Appeals Court Reverses “Remote DVR” Decision: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a lower court decision that, as CDT and a number of others argued in a 2007 amicus brief, had the potential to chill innovation in products…
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Yearly Archives: 2008
Appeals Court Reverses “Remote DVR” Decision
Posted in Copyright
Comcast Sues FCC, Says Net Neutrality Order Legally Inappropriate
Comcast Sues FCC, Says Net Neutrality Order Legally Inappropriate: Comcast has filed suit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today in order to block the agency’s decision to sanction Comcast for blocking certain Internet traffic. Comcast has released the following…
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Posted in Internet Law
Copyright content providers lose control of a DVR market to cable companies.
Copyright content providers lose control of a DVR market to cable companies.: Who should derive revenue from remote DVR systems? According to a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Cartoons case, the revenue should not go to the…
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Posted in Intellectual Property
UDRP decision against 11 year old boy
Once upon a time in Narnia, a little Scots boy lost a battle with corporate lawyers … – The Scotsman: AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy was last night ordered by a court to hand back his birthday present – a Narnia-based website…
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Posted in Internet Law
“Rethinking Trademark Fair Use” Now Posted
“Rethinking Trademark Fair Use” Now Posted: My full-length article about the practical problems with trademark fair use (and possible reforms) is now available on SSRN. It will appear in the Iowa Law Review at the end of 2008. A shorter…
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Posted in Trademark
Good News from Three Spam Cases in the U.S.
Good News from Three Spam Cases in the U.S.: They say (whoever “they” are) that good things come in threes, and that certainly seems true for law enforcement against spammers this week. In New York, Adam Vitale was sentenced to…
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Posted in Internet Law
Legal Technology – 9th Circuit Rules on Text-Message Privacy
Legal Technology – 9th Circuit Rules on Text-Message Privacy: Most employees know that their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers’ e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory. A federal appeals court sought to clarify matters…
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Posted in Misc
How Well Does Software Work as a Service?
How Well Does Software Work as a Service?: You might be tired of the phrase “think outside the box,” but that’s what Software as a Service does — the “box” being your computer. Though many are leery of having their…
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Posted in Misc
ICANN Takes First Step to Becoming a Global Content Regulator
ICANN Takes First Step to Becoming a Global Content Regulator: There has been wide coverage of ICANN’s decision this week to adopt a new process for creating new global Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Publishing a clear, transparent and objective process…
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Posted in Internet Law
Federal court enforces Facebook trade secret settlement with ConnectU
Federal court enforces Facebook trade secret settlement with ConnectU: [JURIST] A US District Court for the Northern District of California judge Wednesday granted a motion to enforce a previous settlement agreement between two social networking websites, Facebook and ConnectU. The…
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Posted in Internet Law
