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Case Finally Deemed Served on Defendant

While waiting for service under the Hague Convention to be completed, we served Defendant, located in London, via International Federal Express on November 17 and filed a declaration concerning service with the Court, explaining exactly what we did.
Today I received an e-mail from the Court stating that the Defendant has been served and the Answer is due December 8. We have a case management conference scheduled for January 14, 2004. Read more about Case Finally Deemed Served on Defendant

Peter Pan Case Is Finally Served

Somma v. GOSH is a case about defending the rights of authors to write new stories about characters in the public domain, like Peter Pan. While waiting for service under the Hague Convention to be completed, we served Defendant, located in London, via International Federal Express on November 17 and filed a declaration concerning service with the Court, explaining exactly what we did. Read more about Peter Pan Case Is Finally Served

Court Denies Registrars’ Injunction Request in Domain Name Waitlisting Controversy

On November 10, Judge John Walters of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California rejected a request by several domain name registration companies to block ICANN -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- from authorizing the rollout of a controversial domain name “waitlisting” service. In his memorandum denying the registrars’ motion for a preliminary injunction, Judge Walter held that the registrars had failed to prove either irreparable harm stemming from the new service’s launch or a likelihood that the registrars’ suit would succeed on its merits. Read more about Court Denies Registrars’ Injunction Request in Domain Name Waitlisting Controversy

No Legal Action Against Shift-key Bypass Discoverer

Research conducted by John Halderman, a Ph.D. student at Princeton University, on MediaMax CD3 copy prevention technology developed by SunnComm Technologies showed that users can bypass that protection by holding the shift key every time they insert one such protected CD into a computer. Haldeman also discovered the process to disable the protection software if it had already been installed, and published such results in his website. Read more about No Legal Action Against Shift-key Bypass Discoverer

District Judge Rules that Replacement Transmitter for Garage Door Openers Does Not Violate DMCA

The Chamberlain Group filed suit against Skylink Technologies in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 1201. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Skylink, and dismissed the complaint. Chamberlain manufactures and markets garage door openers (GDOs), including a “Security+” line that uses a “rolling code” technology to prevent “code-grabbing” (i.e., the capturing and recording of transmitter signals to obtain unauthorized access to a consumer’s garage). Read more about District Judge Rules that Replacement Transmitter for Garage Door Openers Does Not Violate DMCA

FBI Can’t Use Automobile Communication System if Surveillance Disables Service

The Ninth Circuit ruled that the FBI could not require a provider of a telecommunications device to allow the FBI use the service to listen in on customers in their cars if the surveillance disrupted the service too much. Some luxury cars are equipped with on-board communication systems that assist drivers in a variety of activities. The appellant (“the Company”) runs this type of service (“the System), which uses a combination of satellite and cellular technology. Read more about FBI Can’t Use Automobile Communication System if Surveillance Disables Service

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