Internet search giant Google has agreed to a settlement, including a $7 million payout, with a group of states in a case involving privacy complaints. The complaints stem from Google’s street view cars, which travel the roads taking 360-degree pictures as well as the location of wireless hotspots and cell phone towers. [...]
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The Economist highlights business’ calls for a federal cause of action for intellectual property theft The FTC issues preliminary recommendations for mobile payment apps, focusing on privacy and security National Security Advisor Tom Donilon publicly expresses concern over the “cyber [...]
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A few weeks ago, a 75-year-old farmer from Indiana who was sued for using the progeny of patented soy beans found himself before the Supreme Court. Vernon Bowman originally represented himself against seed giant Monsanto when he was sued by the company four years ago. By the time he reached the Supreme Court late [...]
Continue Reading →Patent and antitrust laws have the potential to work harmoniously in achieving the goal of encouraging innovation and while promoting commerce. However, there is also a natural tension between patent and antitrust laws, particularly when a patent holder attempts to exceed his exclusionary rights, thereby negatively affecting competition. This tension is [...]
Continue Reading →As of late last year Google’s driverless test cars have driven 300,000 miles with only two accidents. That itself would be impressive, but one of those two accidents occurred when the car was being driven by a human driver and the other was when it was rear-ended by, of course, a human-driven [...]
Continue Reading →Will we one day no longer be judged by a jury of peers but by a jury of robots? Scientists are currently teaching robots to identify false testimony. The authors of the study, Tommaso Fornaciari and Massimo Poesio, explain that “effective methods for evaluating the reliability of statements issued [...]
Continue Reading →You’ve probably been the victim of a misleading text from one of your favorite companies promising gift cards or other fabulous prizes. By clicking the link, you’d likely have been directed to a web site asking for your personal information, such as social security or credit card number, and rarely leading to an actual reward. [...]
Continue Reading →FTC report on mobile payments raises concerns about ‘cramming‘ on carrier billing. Bipartisan bill to re-legalize cellphone unlocking introduced in Senate.
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Recently, the JETLaw blog detailed Anheuser-Busch’s trademark dispute over the use of “Bud” in regions of Europe, but now the company faces a different legal dispute in the United States. The company now faces allegations that it intentionally lowers the alcohol content of many of its beverages by using [...]
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So far, 2013 has been anticlimactic for litigators waiting for an authoritative appellate decision addressing the rules of social media discovery. Although state and federal trial courts have established some basic parameters regarding the accessibility of private social content in litigation, there remains a conspicuous lack of appellate court guidance on [...]
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