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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Monthly Archives: June 2008
ICANN Takes First Step to Becoming a Global Content Regulator
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
Judge Orders Legal Fees in RIAA v Andersen | Threat Level from Wired.com
Judge Orders Legal Fees in RIAA v Andersen | Threat Level from Wired.com: A federal judge is awarding Tanya Andersen, who defeated the Recording Industry Association of America’s file sharing lawsuit, $108,000 in legal fees to compensate for defending herself…
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Posted in Copyright
Brand Owners Express Concern Over Introduction of New Top-Level Domains
Brand Owners Express Concern Over Introduction of New Top-Level Domains: Monika Ermert reporting on Intellectual Property Watch says: “Some think ICANN should have moved much faster to introduce new names in the Internet to join the likes of .com and…
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Posted in Internet Law
Canadian DMCA will criminalize emailing your kids’ class photos to their grandparents
Canadian DMCA will criminalize emailing your kids’ class photos to their grandparents: Michael Geist continues his ongoing series on activities that will be illegal under Canada’s new copyright act, the so-called Canadian DMCA (Bill C-61). Today, backing up DVDs and…
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Posted in Internet Law
China begins anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft, software companies
China begins anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft, software companies: [JURIST] China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Wednesday announced an anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft and other international software companies suspected of dominating the Chinese software market, unfairly raising prices and bundling software.…
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Posted in Intellectual Property
Judge Takes Hard Line in First Economic Espionage Sentence
Judge Takes Hard Line in First Economic Espionage Sentence: On Wednesday, Judge Jeremy Fogel became the first judge in the U.S. tosentence a defendant convicted under economic espionage statutes.Xiaodong Sheldon Meng was hit with a 24-month sentence, the maximumunder a…
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Posted in Misc
Federal Judge Rules ‘Patent Troll’ Must Pay $3.8 Million in Attorney Fees
Federal Judge Rules ‘Patent Troll’ Must Pay $3.8 Million in Attorney Fees: Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz have been awarded almost $4 million for attorney fees after beating back a patent infringement suit brought by one of several interlocking companies whose “primary…
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Posted in Uncategorized
TracFone wins another DMCA round
TracFone wins another DMCA round: Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. GSM Group, Inc., — F. Supp. 2d –, 2008 WL 2215059 (S.D. Fla.) (magistrate) Following the lead of an earlier case, the court held that buying plaintiff’s prepaid wireless phones, then…
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Posted in Misc
Bit Caps, Consolidation, and Clearwire
Bit Caps, Consolidation, and Clearwire: The news that Comcast, Time Warner, and AT&T are all considering capping use of their networks — so that “overuse” would trigger a charge — has prompted intense discussion of just why these network operators…
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