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Historic Number of Votes Against Sitting President
President Bush's declaration of a "historic victory" must be tempered by the "historic rebuff" that he received. I do not mean to impug…
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The Power of Web Hosts
Check out Wildbits.com, where the owner reports that she was required to take down a piece of software because Apple had threatened to sue the webhost. That so…
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Golan: SJ opposition filed
CIS filed a brief and several declarations in opposition to the government's motion for summary judgment in the Golan v. Ashcroft case. The case challenges…
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Opposition to summary judgment motion filed
We filed a brief and several declarations in opposition to the government's motion for summary judgment on November 4. We had a great team of lawyers, law…
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"Yoni Ki Baat"
Just returned from a performance of selections from "Yoni Ki Baat" organized here at UC Davis. This is a retelling of "The Vagina Monologues&quo…
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How I spent my Election Day
I spent fifteen hours on Election Day in a conference room in a Manhattan law firm, surrounded by dozens of attorneys, fielding questions from what felt like al…
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How I spent my Election Day
I spent fifteen hours on Election Day in a conference room in a Manhattan law firm, surrounded by dozens of attorneys, fielding questions from what felt like al…
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Hang On Little Tomatoes!
Pink Martini's new album, "Hang On Little Tomato," offers a nice reminder to keep hope alive.…
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Ninth Circuit holds that Computer Fraud and Abuse Act does not require $5000 floor on damages to be met by a single unauthorized
The Ninth Circuit considered whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1030) requires plaintiffs to prove at least $5000 of damages or loss resul…
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Decision by British court orders ISP to disclose identity of file sharers
Following a policy similar to that employed in the U.S. by the RIAA, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) decided to sue individuals offering large number of…
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Illinois District Court Holds that a Mere Registration of Domain Name by a Third Party Not Sufficient to Establish Trademark Rig
Plaintiff Pure Imagination, Inc. filed suit against defendant Pure Imagination Studios, alleging trademark infringement and cyberpiracy for defendant’s use of t…
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For the First Time, a Federal Court Finds Misuse of the DMCA’s Notice and Take Down Procedures
During early 2003, unknown persons leaked or intercepted an archive containing thousands of emails exchanged between employees at Diebold, a company that makes…