digital media

Federal Circuit Narrows Claim Construction Options in Game Controller Suit

Sheppard Mullin
February 24, 2012 10:05

By Ryan Lindsey and Nick Setty In Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC (Case No. 2011-1114, Feb. 1, 2012) (Moore*, Rader & Aiken (D. Or. sitting by designation)), the Federal Circuit reiterated the prohibition against importing limitations from the specification and reversed...

SOPA and PIPA Have Been Shelved

February 06, 2012 16:30

On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, thousands of internet companies including Google and Wikipedia protested against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) proposed by the House and its counterpart in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). For example, Wikipedia blacked out its website while Google...

SOPA and PIPA Have Been Shelved

February 01, 2012 14:26

On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, thousands of internet companies including Google and Wikipedia protested against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) proposed by the House and its counterpart in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). For example, Wikipedia blacked out its website while Google...

Gibbons Director Catherine Clayton to Host Roundtable on Internet Privacy and Emerging Issues Relating to Online and New Media Enforcement

August 15, 2011 15:41

Gibbons is pleased to announce that Catherine M. Clayton, a Director in the firm's Intellectual Property Department, will host a roundtable on Internet privacy and emerging issues relating to on-line and new media enforcement on September 22, 2011 at 12:00 pm. This program is part of the...

Yet Another Facebook Privacy Apology

William McGeveran
June 09, 2011 16:05

Last week, I participated in a meeting at Facebook headquarters, where the Future of Privacy Forum’s Advisory Board discussed privacy with some of the company’s leaders (more on that below). Now, just days later, they have another privacy problem brewing, and boy, do the headlines sound...