Thanksgiving for New DMCA Exceptions: Exciting and surprising good news from the world of copyright law: the Librarian of Congress has approved an exception to the anti-circumvention rules of the DMCA that prevented film and media studies professors from copying…
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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Thanksgiving for New DMCA Exceptions
Posted in Copyright
Fourth Circuit Gives Boost to Spammers
Fourth Circuit Gives Boost to Spammers: An recent decision by the Fourth Circuit held that a federal anti-spamming law protects spammers by shielding them against state anti-spam laws. The federal CAN-SPAM Act, which provides remedies against some spammers, contains a…
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Posted in Internet Law
43(B)log: New federal dilution law applied in “dog of a case”
43(B)log: New federal dilution law applied in “dog of a case”: Friday, November 10, 2006New federal dilution law applied in “dog of a case”Beginning the opinion with a barrage of puns, a federal district court has engaged in the first…
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Posted in Trademark
Judge won’t halt AT&T wiretapping lawsuit
Judge won’t halt AT&T wiretapping lawsuit: San Francisco court says lawsuit alleging the carrier illegally allowed the U.S. government to spy on its customers can continue.
Posted in Misc
SEC Filings Now Searchable Online
SEC Filings Now Searchable Online: The SEC announced that people may now search the contents of SEC filings, including company disclosures, with a new search tool on the agency’s Web site. The tool allows users to enter a keyword or…
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Posted in Misc
Wireless Security Sells
Wireless Security Sells: When it comes to WiFi security, there are greater worries than thwarting wireless intruders and tracking PDAs. Provisions in Sarbanes-Oxley and other acts require that companies protect sensitive data. Small wonder tech outfits that help secure WiFi…
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Posted in Misc
JPEG Patent Claim Surrendered! – From GrokLaw
JPEG Patent Claim Surrendered!: Here you go, straight from the Public Patent Foundation’s press release: Forgent Networks has stopped asserting its patent against JPEG, has dropped all its pending cases that were asserting the patent, and says that it won’t…
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Posted in Intellectual Property
