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Qualcomm Ruling Affirmed, Vacated In Part-U.S. CourtOpen in New Window
"At issue in the dispute is whether Qualcomm waived its right to claim patents by failing to disclose them to a standard setting organization." read more »
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Government, EFF spar in court over telecom immunityOpen in New Window
Lawyers for the Department of Justice and the Electronic Frontier Foundation clashed Tuesday over the constitutionality of legislation immunizing telecoms for their role in warrantless NSA spying.Rea read more »
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Why the Lori Drew Decision Was a Bad OneOpen in New Window
Matthew Ingram writes a controversial post on the guilty verdict handed down to Lori Drew. The verdict, he suggests, endangers the future of the web...even if it does ensure that a guilty individual read more »
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US court orders keylogger CyberSpy to halt software salesOpen in New Window
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) won an injunction today against software vendor and keylogger developer CyberSpy. The US district court ruling prohibits CyberSpy from selling or operating its Remo read more »
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Filtering failure: Belgian ISP gets reprieve from courtOpen in New Window
"Belgian court waives penalties for not complying with earlier far-reaching peer-to-peer filtering court order while appeal is still a year away." read more »
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IP addresses in server logs not personal data: RulingOpen in New Window
Posted on The Register - "A German court has ruled that website operators are allowed to store the internet protocol (IP) addresses of their visitors without violating data protection legislation. W read more »
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Spammer walks as court says state antispam law is unconsitutionalOpen in New Window
The Supreme Court may get to decide whether an antispam law that bans emails with false routing information violates the First Amendment. The Virginia Supreme Court said the conviction of super-spamm read more »
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FISA amendment forces appeals court to punt on wiretap caseOpen in New Window
"EFF's long-languishing warrantless wiretap suit booted back to district court for new proceedings under recent immunity law." read more »
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