“International civil liberties group IP Justice published a report today entitled “FTAA: A Threat to Freedom and Free Trade,” that analyzes key sections of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Treaty. The FTAA Treaty will govern the lives of 800 million Americans in the Western Hemisphere in 2005. Similar to the North American… Continue Reading
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Copyright Lawsuit Results in $19 Mln Damages Judgment
As a follow-up to my August 14 posting, Publisher Sues Financial Services Firm for Copyright Violation, this news from Reuters, Legg Mason told to pay $20 mln in copyright suit. “Lowry’s, which is based in North Palm Beach, Florida, said it brought the lawsuit because Legg Mason permitted wide distribution (via the company’s intranet) of… Continue Reading
Hearing on Proposed Database Misappropriation Bill
The House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Committee on the Judiciary, Joint Hearing with the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Oversight, Hearing on the Discussion Draft, H.R. ____, The Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003, held Tuesday, September 23, 2003: Witness List;… Continue Reading
Amazon Wins Domain Name Dispute
Amazon wins tussle over lookalike site: “A Web site owner arguing that online retailer Amazon.com Inc. cannot lay exclusive claim to the name of the world’s second longest river to sell goods on the Internet learned today that … well, yes it can. Arbitrators for the United Nations copyright agency WIPO told the Arizona man… Continue Reading
Researcher Details Security Concerns and Hidden Data in Word Documents Online
Scalable Exploitation of, and Responses to Information Leakage Through Hidden Data in Published Documents, by Simon Byers, AT&T’s Research Labs. Mr. Beyer’s research focused on the tools and techniques used to “search for hidden data in Word documents.” The use of hidden text is routine in the process of creating documents using Word, so this… Continue Reading
CA Court Rules Former Employee’s Spam Protected Speech
From Boston.internet.com: “In a blow for chipmaker Intel, the California Supreme Court Monday found that senders of spam e-mails cannot be sued under state law forbidding property trespass. The 4 to 3 ruling reversed a lower court injunction preventing former Intel engineer Ken Hamidi from sending e-mails critical of Intel to thousands of its employees.”… Continue Reading
LC’s Digital Archiving and Preservation Program
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program: An Interview with Laura Campbell, Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives Library of Congress. From the ariticle editors: “In January Congress approved the Library of Congress’s Plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), which will enable the Library to launch the initial phase of building… Continue Reading
Hearing on IP Protection
June 17, 2003 – Legislative hearing on H.R. 2344, the Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2003 (to restore Federal remedies for infringements of intellectual property by states), Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Witness List Continue Reading
Copyright Law, IP and Eldred
Professor Pamela Samuelson, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California at Berkeley, published a new article, The Constitutional Law of Intellectual Property After Eldred v. Ashcroft, 50 J. Cop. Soc’y (forthcoming 2003). Link via A Copyfighter’s Musings, which reviews the article, and its significant citations from other forthcoming articles. Continue Reading
FTC Requests Expanded Authorization to Fight Consumer Fraud
Today the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Reauthorization. Testimony was presented on the agency’s work in the areas of competition and consumer protection, and future plans for programs that respond to the challenges from the wide range of consumer fraud conducted via the Internet, along… Continue Reading
Dastar Decision, Public Domain and Copyright
From the American Library Association Washington Office Newsline: “The U.S. Supreme Court on June 2 issued its opinion in Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. (case no. 02-428), in which ALA participated as a “friend of the court” in support of Dastar Corporation. The Court has ruled unanimously 8-0 (Justice Breyer did not… Continue Reading
Chart of Monetary Awards in IP-Tech Infringement Cases
Via Internet Law Blog, this “table listing the monetary awards that companies have received because they were either victorious in an IP infringement lawsuit, or they negotiated deal in the absense/presence of a infringement lawsuit, or related technology litigation such as antitrust,” by Gregeory Aharonian. The chart organizes the information according to the following categories:… Continue Reading
