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Cybersex toy industry heats up as infamous “teledildonics” patent climaxes
"Meanwhile, Daniel Nazer, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, also applauded the occasion. "It's a classic example of how an ove…
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Teledildonics Startups Are Pumped This Cockblocking Patent Is Dead
"EFF senior staff attorney Daniel Nazer tells me in an email that “it’s a good thing this patent is expiring” and noted that the owner of the patent had fi…
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This Company Keeps Lies About Sandy Hook on the Web
"For years, Automattic’s strident response to copyright abuse earned praise from digital rights advocates. Now, this approach has effectively lumped in Mr.…
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Google privacy. Oxymoron?
If you use Google, have you ever read their privacy policy? If you haven’t, please keep reading. The policy delineates under what circumstances Google can perus…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 174: How Private Agreements Recreated SOPA
One of the most dangerous aspects of SOPA and other copyright proposals is the idea of moving enforcement and liability further down the stack of technology tha…
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How NXIVM Used the Strange Power of Patents to Build Its “Sex Cult”
"But even when the U.S.P.T.O. granted patents to Raniere for his inventions (which they did for over 20), it shouldn’t necessarily be considered proof of b…
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FBI v. Apple -- Round 2 . . .
How important is your iPhone privacy? Does it defeat law enforcement's interest in obtaining evidence of child pornography productions from your iPhone? Acc…
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T-shirt maker sinks rival with dubious trademark of 150-year-old nautical icon
"Another law professor, Annemarie Bridy of the University of Idaho, lamented gCaptain's situation. "It's a shame, really, to see people with…
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Plimsoll Gear, which sells T-shirts with icon, threatens trademark lawsui
""It is far from clear how this symbol is operating as a trademark," Daniel Nazer, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, emailed A…
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Artificial intelligence art -- who owns the copyright?
If your pet dog Hans takes a selfie, does he own the copyright? A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) is instru…
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Did YouTube Phenomenon Poppy Steal Her Style From Another Star?
""You'll notice the complaint is very vague when it comes to what works actually infringe—there's just a lot of hand-waving about global simil…
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Facebook Dating Looks a Whole Lot Like Hinge
"Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's intellectual property team, thinks Tinder's case faces many of the same pit…