Tag: court

Massachusetts Asks Judges to Curb Juror Facebook Use
In a state first, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has...
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Oracle And Google To Have Their Day In Court On April 16th
Oracle is finally going to get the chance to prove claims that Google infringed their patents. The two companies will be getting their day in court on April 16 in federal court in...
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Post This To Facebook, Or Do 60 Days In Jail
While it may not be surprising that something you post on your Facebook wall could get you in legal trouble, it may surprise you that a judge has ordered a man to post something on...
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Facebook Friend Request Gets Jail Time
Jacob Jock was called up for jury duty. Defendant comes in to courtroom. Jacob Jock likes how she looks. Jacob Jock sends defendant friend request on Facebook. Judge jails juror...
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Capitol Records Denied Injunction In Cloud Case
Capitol Records (EMI) was denied a motion request for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court in New York on February 8....
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Zynga Sued Over Patent Infringement By Small Tech Company
Zynga is being taken to court, but not over their games - it's over patents....
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Thief Turns Self In To Help Expose Pedophile
An unnamed thief in Australia turned himself in to police back in October. Now, he is being shown leniency by the magistrate who sentenced him, and being praised for his actions. W...
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Porn Copyright Case Is One For The History Books
Can you copyright porn? That’s one of the big issues facing copyright law now. Liuxia Wong received a letter last year from Hard Drive Productions claiming that she had used he...
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Pirate Bay Founders’ Appeal To Sweden Supreme Court Rejected
After a long battle, it looks like The Pirate Bay faces its first major loss today....
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Samsung Loses Galaxy Tab Ban Appeal In Germany
Samsung has lost its appeal of an injunction banning the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany. The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court upheld a lower court’s ban on sales of the dev...
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Two Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block Web Sites
Dutch ISPs are fighting the good fight for net freedom by keeping access to Web sites like the The Pirate Bay open....
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What Impact Does Facebook, Twitter Have On Court Juries?
To answer the question above; no, a majority of court cases aren't tainted by the use of social media....
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eBay & Amazon Tussle Over Online Sales Tax – Again
The 7th Annual State of the Net Conference commenced today featuring leading Internet policy gurus and discussion panels focusing on privacy/security issues, telecommunications reg...
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Are ISPs “Broadcasters”? Canada Will Find Out.
In Canada, the regulatory agency charged with overseeing broadcast distributors, Internet service providers,and telephone services is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunic...
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