Stanford Center for Internet and Society

Clinic Asks Court to Award SLAPP Fees After "Doe" Case Dismissed

Today, Cyberlaw Clinic student Erica Platt filed the Appellant's Opening Brief in Ampex v. Doe. Ampex filed a defamation suit in California against an anonymous former employee. The Cyberlaw Clinic challenged the suit under California's Anti-SLAPP statute. Rather than litigate the motion, Ampex dismissed the suit and refiled in New York, which has a much narrower anti-SLAPP statute. The appeal asserts that the court should grant the employee his attorney's fees to dissuade Ampex and others from filing meritless cases in the California courts just to determine an anonymous speaker's identity, then dismissing.

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Webcast and Discussion of Stanford Professor Lessig and Radin's Presentations

October 9-10 Catholic University in Washington DC hosted a symposium in conjunction with the Eldred arguments. Stanford Professors Larry Lessig and Margaret Jane Radin presented papers at the event. The entire event was archived.

This Tuesday October 15 at 3:30, CIS will broadcast each Professor's talk back to back in room 230 at the Law School, followed by a discussion of the two papers led by CIS Asst Director Lauren Gelman. Students, faculty, and the public are invited to the law school for the event.

October 9, 2002-- Findlaw Q&A Features CIS' Lauren Gelman on Eldred and the Bookmobile.

European Patent Office
Prosecution Overview: Prosecuting Complex Specifications and 'Written Description' Concerns

Wednesday Oct 9

6:00 p.m. => reception
7:00 p.m. => panel
Room 80, Moot Court Room

Examiners from the European Patent Office (EPO) provide a brief, general overview of European patent prosecution, followed by a focused discussion of two topics that are of particular relevance to U.S. patent practitioners filing and prosecuting patent applications in the EPO: (i) how the EPO views and deals with complex specifications having multiple independent claims with distinct points of novelty; and (ii) how the EPO applies its substantive "written description" standards under EPC Article 123.