ecommerce

Copyright Infringement for the Sale of Publicly Filed Documents?

Peter Vogel
March 20, 2012 13:01

Two lawyers filed a class action suit against West and LexisNexis for violating the copyrights of court filings around the country. The lawsuit filed in Federal Court in New York City on February 22, 2012 by Edward White (of Oklahoma City) and Kenneth Elan (of New York) starts with a description of...

Judge Rules that Apple Didn't Invent the iPad!

Peter Vogel
March 12, 2012 08:59

In 1994 Roger Fidler created a tablet with most of the features of the iPad a federal Judge ruled in Apple’s patent infringement case against Samsung. US District Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple’s motion for an injunction against Samsung for its Galaxy and Droid phone because Fidler’s...

EU Court Ruling Protects Social Media Site

Peter Vogel
February 16, 2012 18:44

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) refused to order a Social Media site to prevent the unlawful use of copyrighted works. In 2010 SABAM (Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs), the Belgian collecting society for music royalties, lost a lawsuit to force...

New Legal Terms from Google

Peter Vogel
January 25, 2012 10:18

Google recently announced revised Terms of Service (ToS) and Privacy Policy which go into effect on March 1, 2012. Google claims that the ToS were rewritten “to make them more readable and to reduce the repetition and legalese.” And with regards to the Privacy Policy Google...

Ever Wonder Who Makes your iPhone? iPad?

Peter Vogel
January 18, 2012 22:34

After getting a new iPhone that had test pictures inside the Chinese factory where is was made, Mike Daisey was intrigued to learn more about the individuals who actually make the Apple products (and Dell, and many others). Daisey recently told his story on This American Life radio about his trip...