eardrumbuzz: IPintellectual property law(Untitled)- March 31, 2005 Supreme Court Justices Grill Both Sides at Copyright Hearing. MGM v. Grokster Raises Questions About Innovation and Litigation Washington, DC - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was heartened to hear the Justices of the United States Supreme Court engage in a lively debate Tuesday about whether technology manufacturers should be held liable for the infringing activities of consumers. At stake is nothing less than the future of innovation in the United States if vendors are held...http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/ip/2005/03/30.html#a1131 (Untitled)- March 24, 2005 EFF appeals ruling that Apple can subpoena fan sites. Apple scored a big victory when a judge in California ruled that the company was allowed to subpoena online news sites in their quest to discover who at the company has been leaking confidential information about unreleased products, and as expected, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is representing the sites, filed an appeal today. Their argument That not only does the judge&8217;s ruling violates First Amendment protections for..http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/ip/2005/03/24.html#a1127 (Untitled)- March 2, 2005 Media professors' SCOTUS brief on why P2P should be legal. A group of 22 Media studies scholars from around the country signed on to this brief, which was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday: Amici are deeply concerned that recent legal, commercial, and political turmoil surrounding the proliferation and use of "peer-to-peer" communicative technologies threaten to chill legitimate contributions to teaching and research in this nation's institutions of higher education. This Court and..http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/ip/2005/03/02.html#a1118 (Untitled)- March 2, 2005 TiVo registers five new patents. TiVo has been granted five new patents from the U.S. government, along with three from the Chinese and Japanese governments, bringing the company&8217;s total patent portfolio to 70, with over 100 still pending with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patents are most valuable to TiVo in its ongoing lawsuit against Echostar for violating their patent for a &8220;multimedia time warping system&8221; (which hardly ever gets talked about), but otherwise it.http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/ip/2005/03/02.html#a1115 |