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Technology Law and Electronic Media Updates

Below are links to our Technology Law newsletters distributed by the firm to its clients and other friends.

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Technology Law and Electronic Media Update Archives

 

• House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) introduced a controversial patent “reform” bill in an attempt to reign in what some view as abusive patent litigation—this coming a year after the effective date of the prior reform bill.  The new bill proposes that patent plaintiffs that lose pay the defendant’s legal fees, unless their case was substantially justified. (Click here to PDF)
  
  
• President Obama calls for standardized practices for maintaining cyber-security of critical infrastructure. Federal Trade Commission issues rules governing tracking of children under age 13 by websites under the Child On-line Privacy Protection Act. DON’T FORGET: ON MARCH 16 THE PATENT LAW CHANGES TO “FIRST TO FILE.” (Click here to PDF)
  
  
• Federal court rules in a patent case that no preliminary injunction should issue if the alleged infringement by a computer product is not the primary driver of its sales. In addition, the court widens the basis of possible infringement liability by Internet website operators for certain kinds of patented computer process claims. (Click here to View)
  
  
• Ted Sabety publishes “Weak IP Protection Hurts Small Businesses” in Inventors Digest Magazine, Illuminex Corporation receives a Notice of Allowance, Drive Sentry receives a patent, Sabety +associates defends Destiny Media Technologies et. al. in a patent litigation case. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• U.S. Supreme Court clarifies Anti-Trust treatment of patents, New Bill authorizes Digital Radio Broadcast Flag, Research Grant application invalidates Researcher’s patent and other important news from the technology law and electronic media fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Important news concerning a U.S. court decision extending software patent protection to foreign sales, recent developments in revising the U.S patent statute, the possible end of the s. 115 compulsory copyright license, the failure of the pan-Europe software patent proposal and other news from the technology law and electronic media fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Important news concerning extensive revisions to the U.S. patent statute under consideration by congress, legislative process begins to mandate consumer datasecurity, and other news from the technology law and electronic media fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• European Commission postpones its decision to approve patent protection for software in Europe, FCC Unanimously Rules that Voice over I.P. (VOIP) is an “interstate” service exempt from state regulatory requirements, US Patent and Trademark Office Establishes a New Invention Class for Nanotechnology, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Three Note Sample in a Hip-Hop Record “De Minimus” Copying of the Underlying Song and other news from the technology law and electronic media fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Important news concerning a New York state ruling on Voice over IP, a Nanotech IPO, The i-Pod technology, Intel, SCO, The Free Software Foundation, and other news from the technology law and electronic media fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Kodak sues Sony for Infringing Digital Camera Patents, FTC Questions Innovation Market Anti-Trust Theory, F.C.C. Rules that Pulver.com’s Voice Over IP Service is Exempt from Telecommunication Provider Regulations, and other news from the technology law and electronic media fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Congressional committee approves database protection law; Trademark infringement case over search keywords reinstated and settled; Copyright Office Sets Digital Sound Recording Performance Royalties, and other activities in the technology law and electronic media fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• FCC adopts regulations concerning digital television, and other activities in the electronic media and digital copyright fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Summer of 2003 ends with significant activity in the electronic media and digital copyright fields. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Further litigation in digital copyright and open source fields among other developments changes the strategic context. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• 2003 Begins with a Flurry of Activity in the Copyright Protection Arena. (Click here for PDF)
  
  
• Federal Communications Commission considers a mandate for a digital copyright protection scheme. (Click here for PDF)

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