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Supreme Court Rules Against Software Patents
""We think that it will cut down on a lot of the worst patents that are out there, the most ridiculous and overbroad software patents… A lot of patent…
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Social media safety when posting pictures
"Cumberland School of Law Professor Woodrow Hartzog sees cases such as these and others dealing with online privacy and communication. Via email, Hartzog…
Are General Threats of Violence Against Groups Punishable?
Cross-posted from Forbes. Under the name “Foss Dark,” University of Washington student Keshav Bhide wrote online: Everything Elliot did is perfectly justified…
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For U.S. high court, a year of discontent with patent rulings
""Every decision has basically said the Federal Circuit was being too pro-patent," said Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foun…
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European Libraries Don't Need Permission to Digitize Books in Their Collection, Says Advocate General of the ECJ
Recently, an Advocate General with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down an opinion in Technische Universität Darmstadt v Eugen Ulmer KG stating that…
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3 ways Glenn Greenwald changed how I look at privacy
"Set aside any discussion about when and whether the data collection is justified. When one side has a lot of it, and the other none, there’s a problem. T…
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Patent Office: Redskins 'disparaging'
""The law is really unclear on this," said Sonia Katyal, the Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham who specializes in intellectual pro…
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Free speech is a bad excuse for online creeps to threaten rape and murder
"There's no way to hear if there's laughter in his voice, for example. But we know he's angry, he's been fired from his job, he's been…
Ruling On Redskins' Trademarks Carries Symbolic Weight
"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six trademark registrations held by the Washington Redskins. Today's ruling determined the football…
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Hong Kong Government Introduces Copyright Bill Providing a “Safe Harbor” for OSPs for Copyright Infringement
Today, the Hong Kong Government introduced the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014 into the Legislative Council to revise Hong Kong’s copyright law so as to “keep p…
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Alleged Revenge Porn Webmaster Faces Trial in California
"“The law does not apply to him because he is not accused of posting nude photos intending to cause specific subjects emotional distress and knowing that t…
ECPA Limitations: Privacy Law and the Cloud
The era of cloud computing has introduced unprecedented computing power and convenience to the way we work and live. But the privacy laws that protect the conte…