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Creative Commons license upheld by court

March 21, 2006 A "significant development" in copyright law: European court rules that a Creative Commons license is binding. TAGS: Adam Curry, court, license, magazine, Flickr, condition, photograph

Even in Net litigation, it's all about location

May 2, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says Web publishers and surfers can learn--and take comfort--from the dismissed DontDateHimGirl.com suit. TAGS: Pennsylvania, defendant, jurisdiction, court, advertiser, resident, profile, litigation, state, contact, Google Inc., Florida, server

Japan FTC delays Intel report

March 16, 2006 Japan Fair Trade Commission seeks to extend deadline to turn over documents gathered in chipmaker's antitrust case. TAGS: Japan, antitrust, court, chip company, Intel, AMD, document

IRS to search PayPal records for tax evaders

April 13, 2006 Federal court grants IRS permission to troll through PayPal customers' offshore credit card and bank records. TAGS: PayPal, Costa Rica, online payment, tax, court, credit card, bank, Singapore, law, order, income, eBay Inc., U.S.

BlackBerry's legal limbo

February 2, 2006 As Research In Motion heads toward a key ruling in the U.S., the Justice Department and foreign courts weigh in. TAGS: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, court, U.K., U.S.

Court nixes lawsuit fighting copyright law

November 24, 2004 Internet Archive founder's suit against copyright terms is dismissed by federal judge. TAGS: Brewster Kahle, copyright law, court, federal judge, copyright protection, lawsuit, decision, work

T-Mobile Germany stops selling unlocked iPhones

December 4, 2007 A German court has overturned an injunction that had forced T-Mobile to sell unlocked iPhones in that country. TAGS: injunction, Vodafone Group Plc., T-Mobile, spokesperson, handset, court, France, Apple iPhone, Apple Computer

High court rejects CDA

June 26, 1997 The Supreme Court finds the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional under the First Amendment. TAGS: Communications Decency Act, First Amendment, statute, provision, speech, minor, court, law, children

Supreme Court loosens patent 'obviousness' test

April 30, 2007 Unanimous decision holds that lower courts should be more flexible in interpreting the standard for whether patents meet the non-obvious test. TAGS: patent, invention, technology company, court, decision, Cisco Systems Inc.

Recording industry shows how to lose by winning

October 17, 2007 As it seeks to fight digital theft, intellectual-property expert Nancy Prager says the music business is waging the wrong campaign. TAGS: RIAA, court, plaintiff, defendant, damage, file-sharing, P2P, campaign, outcome, intellectual property, Kazaa, owner, organization, song, opinion, music

Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat

June 16, 2006 Case returns to district court, which may consider whether to increase $6.1 million award to Guatemalan inventor. TAGS: court, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Intel seeks to rein in AMD case

May 4, 2006 update Chipmaker contends that foreign business practices are irrelevant to AMD's lawsuit in a U.S. court. TAGS: antitrust, business practice, chip company, AMD, motion, court, Intel, lawsuit, portion

Court questions Zale's use of trademark in paid search text

April 25, 2007 Buying trademarked search keywords may not be illegal, but using the term in ad text generated by search may be, judge says. TAGS: trademark, paid search, pay-per-click advertising, plaintiff, court, lawsuit, Google Inc., motion, Yahoo! Inc., search engine

Principal sues ex-students over MySpace profiles

April 9, 2007 Administrator claims four students who allegedly posted parody profiles to the social-networking site bruised his reputation. TAGS: MySpace, student, school, profile, court, complaint

How GPL fits in with the future of antitrust regulation

November 22, 2006 perspective Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains the ramifications of a recent case on the future of open-source software. TAGS: antitrust law, GPL, antitrust, court, Linux, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., open source, IBM Corp., Novell Inc., work, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Court outlaws EU-U.S. passenger data transfer

May 30, 2006 The European Court of Justice declares as illegal deal for data transfers used to compile no-fly lists. TAGS: plea, court, agreement, credit card, U.S.

Open-source P2P projects keep swapping

July 15, 2005 Supreme Court ruling casts cloud over commercial file-trading companies, but independent projects continue unabated. TAGS: file-swapping, Shareaza, open source, file-trading, Grokster Ltd., open-source project, court, piracy, lawyer, LimeWire, project, P2P, software company, programming

EU ruling deals setback to Microsoft

September 17, 2007 In upholding Europe's landmark antitrust decision, a high-level court foresees a "significant drop" in market share. But what of Vista? TAGS: commission, antitrust, market share, court, European Union, Microsoft Corp., Europe, decision, U.S., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Google wins a court battle

March 16, 2006 Judge rules in search giant's favor, dismissing copyright infringement lawsuit filed by e-book writer. TAGS: Usenet, lawsuit, excerpt, federal judge, court, search result, Google Inc., copyright law, e-book, Time Warner Inc., archiving, decision, search engine, Internet Service Provider

Google suffers setback in copyright case

February 13, 2007 Belgian court says newspaper excerpts are a no-no. But experts question whether there will be much of an impact outside Europe. TAGS: Google News, court, excerpt, Google Inc., Belgium, copyright law, attorney, lawyer, Internet search, spokesman, Europe, article, U.S., message, Microsoft Corp.
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