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Free downloading, via the Internet, is no longer a secret and has become commonplace, resulting in immense profit losses and copyright infringements. Established torrent websites and shareware programs, operating without license or authorization, knowingly allow full copies of musical work to be downloaded. These unfortunate circumstances resulted in Jim Griffin, consultant for the music label […]

Deliberate betrayal…a family torn apart in a quest for what is believed to be rightfully theirs.  Although it sounds like a teaser for one of John Steinbeck’s classic novels, the drama that unfolded in a New 91��ɫ courtroom in late August was straight out of the pages of the Steinbeck family feud.  On August 13, […]

Nearly half a million active “Scrabulous” users were surprised to find that their favorite Facebook application had been pulled from the social networking website.  Perhaps even more surprising was that less than two days later, the application resurfaced with a slightly modified exterior under the name “Wordscraper.”  One of Facebook’s most popular applications, the game’s […]

In making what has been dubbed as an “unprecedented ruling,”[1] a New Zealand Judge banned the publication of the names of two men charged with murder on internet-based news sites.  By allowing the names to be published in print, radio and television platforms, Judge David Harvey distinguishing between the internet and the aforementioned media based […]

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has begun to adopt a more strict stance towards software patents.  The USPTO, while not having yet called for the elimination of software patents, has certainly moved to restrict them.  In doing so, the USPTO appears to have aligned itself with the US Supreme Court on the issue, […]

"The fundamental purpose of trademark law, in the bricks-and-mortar world and on the Internet, is to protect consumers from being confused as to the source or affiliation of the products or services that they seek to buy", announced American Airlines in American Airlines, Inc. v. Google, Inc. in August 2007. The airline brought the lawsuit […]