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Ninth Court of Appeals Rules on Work for Hire clause under the Copyright Act.
Ninth Court of Appeals Rules on Work for Hire clause under the Copyright Act.
CIRA Domain Name Decision: shopnchek.ca
CIRA Domain Name Decision: shopnchek.ca
Online Anonymity Challenged at Divisional Court
Online Anonymity Challenged at Divisional Court
Should Software Makers be Liable for Flaws
Heightened concerns over security are leading many large companies to rethink the legal terms and conditions on which they purchase software.
Documents Surface in Dispute between Viacom and YouTube
Documents were released in the heated battle between Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.’s YouTube service.
SCC to Clarify How Hyperlinks to Defamatory Content may be Separate Defamation
On April 1, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal decision in Crookes v. Newton, 2009 BCCA 392.
Career Agents Network Domain Name Dispute
In Career Agents Network, Inc. v. careeragentsnetwork.biz et al., Judge Robert H. Cleland of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) granted the Defendant's motion for summary judgment and denied the Plaintiff's motion for judgment in a case involving the Defendant's alleged cybersquatting
Facebook Obtains News Feed Patent
On February 23, 2010, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO) issued United States Patent 7,669,123 (the 123 Patent), entitled Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network, to Facebook, Inc., filed August 11, 2006 and claiming priority from various applications filed as early as December 13, 2005.
Online Criticism of Law Related Advice Site Prompts Suit
AdviceScene, a website providing connections between the public and legal professionals who provide free legal information and advice, has sued the operators of another website, lawbuzz.ca, as well as its contributors, for critical comments posted to the Lawbuzz forum.
Apple in Trademark Dispute Over iPad
Fujitsu claims to be the owner of the trademark "iPad" based on its use of the mark with a multi-function touchscreen-enabled communication device.