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Should we be using RFID tags to monitor workers?
A few days ago FT.Com ran a story (available here) about an Ohio company that has embedded RFID (radio frequency ID) technology in two of its employees. Ostens…
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Shameful Behavior
It disturbs me to no end to say that, when viewing these pictures (warning: they are graphic), it is difficult not to be ashamed as an American, even if these a…
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Nurturing the African Commons Project blog!
"So the main idea behind the African Commons Project is about nurturing the idea of an “information commons” in Africa - discovering what that is, what it…
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Goldstein and Friedman
Some random thoughts I had about two books I read recently: "Copyright's Highway" by SLS Prof. Paul Goldstein, and "The World is Flat" b…
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The Religion of Liberalism
In yesterday’s New York Times the distinguished law professor Stanley Fish offered some provocative commentary on the recent furor over the Danish cartoons: “T…
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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…