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Property Rights of a Twitter Handle

by amalson | Jan 6, 2013 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology

In this age of social media and social networking, Twitter has become a resource that continues to grow in importance. While still less than seven years old, Twitter is one of the 10 most popular websites in the world and has over 500 million registered users. Authors...

Supreme Court to Revisit Question of Patentable Subject Matter

by felleman | Dec 6, 2012 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Technology

Since the establishment of the Federal Circuit three decades ago, the Supreme Court has tended to distance itself from the development of patent law. As the Federal Circuit holds exclusive jurisdictions over appeals arising from disputes involving patents, circuit...

Japanese Company to Acquire 70% of Sprint

by fflima | Oct 17, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology

On October 15, Japanese tech titan SoftBank announced that it will acquire 70% of Sprint Nextel. The $20.1 billion deal will allow Sprint to compete with the two largest American wireless companies, Verizon and AT&T, by providing Sprint with $8 billion in new...

Tightening Security–What We Can Learn from the Yahoo! Voices Hack

by anickow | Jul 15, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology | 1 comment

Yahoo’s digital publishing platform, Yahoo! Voices, was the latest major website to fell prey to a cyberattack. A group called ‘D33Ds Company’ stole over 450,000 usernames and passwords from the site (fortunately, less than 5% were still valid) and...

Here’s Some Food for Thought…

by cjschlos | May 30, 2012 | Cases, Commentary, Legislation/Regulations, Technology

Have you ever considered what the prices on a restaurant menu cover? Undoubtedly the prices cover the cost of food, the services of the chefs, waiters, busboys, and even the rent and furniture. But have you ever thought that these prices might cover the background...

Android v. Apple: The Latest Round of Legal Disputes in a Long Fight

by petermag | May 27, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology

On April 24, Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender of the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Apple was in violation of infringement of a Motorola patent  on 3G wireless technology. The violation is in regards to the use of the 3G wireless technology in...
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