Volume II

Issue : 24: December 16, 2004

• Internet Pharmacies to Operate Legally in Manitoba
• New Laws Target Video Voyeurs
• Court of Appeals Considers Notice and Take Down Provision Under the DMCA
• Commerce Ones Web Services Patents Auctioned for $15.5M (U.S.)
• U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Statutory Fair Use Defense in Trademark Case
• Generic Domain Grabbing not Unethical, German Court Rules
• Canadian Privacy Commissioner Issues Spam Decision
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules that ExPolice Officers Pornographic DVDs not Protected Free Speech

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Commerce Ones Web Services Patents Auctioned for $15.5M (U.S.)

Bankrupt software vendor Commerce One auctioned about 40 of its patents in San Francisco bankruptcy court earlier this month. JGR Acquisitions won over seven bidders including two companies associated with former Microsoft Corp. CTO, Nathan Myhrvold. The Commerce One patents relate to methods for companies to communicate and provide specific types of information in automated transactions over the Internet. Analysts believe the patents could cover e-commerce technology used by other companies. Little is known of JGR Acquisitions and it has not announced its plans for the patents.

For more information, visit:

http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5480341.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/sv/20041207/tc_sv/internetpatentssoldatsfauction