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Daily Archives: July 9, 2003
Patents and Business Methods
From the New Yorker magazine, Patent Bending: “For most of American history, it was next to impossible to get a patent on what the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office called ‘a mere method of doing business’… But in July, 1998, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit did away with that principle. The… Continue Reading
Limitations on Total Information Awareness Program Deployment
Text below is from the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004, (House of Representatives – July 08, 2003), (Page: H6276) SEC. 8124. Limitation on Deployment of Terrorism Information Awareness Program: (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in paragraph (2), if and when research and development on the Terrorism Information Awareness… Continue Reading
Rocky Road for Anti-Spam Legislation
July 8, 2003 – Legislative hearing on H.R. 2214, the “Reduction in Distribution of Spam Act of 2003.” Witness List, Honorable Jerry Kilgore (Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia), Honorable Will Moschella (Ass’t AG, Office of Legislative Affairs), Joe Rubin (US Chamber of Commerce), Chris Murray(Consumers Union). Antispam Legislation Hits Rocky Road– No one is pleased:… Continue Reading
Compilation of Intelligence Laws
(Please note, this document comprises 1175 pages in pdf): Compilation of Intelligence Laws and Related Laws and Executive Orders of Interest to the National Intelligence Community, As Amended through March 25, 2003, Prepared for the use of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, June 2003. This Committee Print gathers together… Continue Reading
VP Cheney Loses Appeal On Energy Task Force Disclosure
In Re: Richard B. Cheney (July 8, 2003), New Federal Appellate Court Decision Rejecting Attempts By Vice President Dick Cheney And The Solicitor General’s Office To Prevent Enforcement Of A Lower Court Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Discovery Requests Seeking More Information On The Inner Working’s Of The White House Energy Task Force (HTML); (PDF) US Court… Continue Reading
Status Report From 9/11 Commission
First Interim Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Thomas H. Kean, Chair, and Lee H. Hamilton, Vice Chair, July 8, 2003. The Commission will hold its third public hearing on “Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and the Muslim World” on July 9, 2003 in Washington, DC. Sept. 11 probers complain of… Continue Reading
