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Spyware stories
Ever had your computer attacked by spyware? Do the names PacerD, Exfol, EliteBar, 180solutions, 3D Desktop, YupSearch, or BlazeFind sound familiar? If so, the…
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Technology Used to Document Massive Political Violence in Timor-Leste
I never publish press releases here but I'm going to make this exception. Patrick Ball is a pioneer in the use of technology to assist human rights activis…
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Secure Flight Suspended
TSA announced in hearings before the Senate Commerce Committee that they've suspended plans for Secure Flight, the "ambitious program to check every do…
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Now That All of the World's Problems are Solved . . .
An anxious (bored?) blog reader (I didn't know there were any!) has just emailed me saying: "It has been so long since you blogged. Your public demand…
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Federal Circuit vacates dismissal of a patent infringement suit, finding that a patent holder retains standing to sue in an excl
In this patent infringement suit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit considered the question of whether a patent holder retained the sta…
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Federal Circuit Dissent Calls for Clarification of Written Description Doctrine
The Federal Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc over the issue of what is required in the written description to justify a patent’s claims. Lizardte…
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Court rules website not liable for third party false information
Plaintiff Shelly Landry-Belle sued defendant Various Inc., the operator of AdultFriendFinder.com and several other websites, after Landry-Belle’s ex-boyfriend p…
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California District Court Enjoins Enforcement of Violent Video Game Law
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, granted plaintiffs’ Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) and Entertainment Softwa…
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Communications Decency Act Does Not Protect Internet Author-Administrators
The district court for the Southern District of Texas remanded this Internet libel action to state court. Plaintiff had originally filed suit in state court ag…
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Court Finds No Antitrust Injury From GNU General Public License (GPL)
This case involves the GNU General Public License (GPL), which governs the use of many products sold and distributed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), incl…
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Eighth Circuit Holds that a Computer Security Contractor May Be Considered a “Victim” Under the CFAA
Defendant Thomas Millot worked for Aventis Pharmaceuticals as a systems analyst in the company’s information security department. Among other duties, Millot wa…
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California District Court Finds Anti-Bootlegging Statute Constitutional
This decision granted a motion by intervenor the United States to reconsider a motion to dismiss granted on December 21, 2004, in the United States District Cou…