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U.S. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure ("Fed. R. Civ. P.") 26(d) and (f) requires parties to a lawsuit to confer before any discovery can be conducted. Yet under precedent decisions, some previous to the enactment of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, U.S. courts may...
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A new law has been enacted by the New York Congress and signed into law by Governor Paterson designed to protect American journalists and authors from foreign lawsuits that disregard First Amendment rights. New York State enacted the "Libel Terrorism...
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After promising for years to start cracking down on rampant piracy, a Chinese court has now handed down a one-year jail sentence to a Beijing man for selling fake DVDs. This marks the first time a person in the Capital has been convicted and sentenced...
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The US Patent Act (title 35 U.S.C) is the legal framework for patent protection in the US. The US Patent Act § 101 defines what is patentable in the US: "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of...
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An executive in the British property sector has been awarded record Internet libel damages by a British court in one of the first-ever cases regarding online harassment by a business rival in the U.K. The recipient was Peter Walls 55, a social housing...
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According to new rules promulgated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), companies are now on the hook for their business dealings, even with customers on the Internet, should what they sell be used for criminal or terrorist activities. The punishments...
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As the Internet increases in range and wealth of business opportunities, so do criminals up their efforts to develop more sophisticated and effective ways to scam online. Net credit card fraud is growing in Europe, according to an official European Commission...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has finally gotten around to finalizing plans for fighting cyber-attacks against its members. It has committed to creating a cyber-defence command to shield allies against crippling online assaults on national infrastructures....
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The current FBI Director, Robert Mueller, is suggesting an Internet surveillance plan that would allow the FBI to monitor Federal-government networks and private-sector networks. The plan was presented to the House of Representative Judiciary Committee...
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Despite repeated reports of bad economic news in many sectors, the Internet continues its global expansion, giving great comfort to those still trying to understand what a world marketplace with a dwindling oil supply will look like. While some segments...
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“LONDON AGREEMENT” PATENTS LAW TO BE ENACTED MAY 2008 Getting patent coverage across Europe is set to get easier and cheaper on May 1, 2008 when a new protocol called the “London Agreement” goes into affect. The London Agreement negotiations have been...
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Since 2007, the FBI has very quietly put together a cadre of professionals with U.S. intelligence and other agencies to help battle crime on the Internet to help identify and respond to cyber threats against the United States. The name of the group is...
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The New Jersey Supreme Court has given a huge victory to Internet privacy advocates by ruling that the Government needs a valid subpoena before it can get private user information from an Internet Service Provider (“ISP”). The case was, State of New Jersey...
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According to premier IT security providers Symantec, the number of computer viruses in circulation has passed well-beyond one million for the first time, and shows no sign of abating anytime soon. Symantec claims over 700,000 new viruses were identified...
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A Bill recently introduced by two lawmakers, one a Silicon Valley Democrat in the U.S. Congress, seeks to make America one giant free wireless hotspot within a decade. The proposed law was written by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah,...
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The EU formally agreed on April 18th in Brussels to an Amendment establishing for all 27 EU member states a standardized criminal definition for the crime of incitement of terrorism on the Internet. Legislation fighting terrorism is already in place,...
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Tech gear used for years by savvy cyber criminals has been mainstreamed and packaged for wide dispersion across the Internet at inexpensive price. These cyber crime tool kits make possible automated fraud, and the top hacking tools are now being sold...
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The 11th Circuit Court of Georgia ruled using another's trademarks in meta tags infringes the Lanham Trademark Act, in the case North American Medical Corp. v. Axiom Worldwide, Inc., decided on April 7, 2008. The case was an appeal that reached the same...
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A firestorm has erupted over the Phorm company's highly sophisticated and invasive Webwise ad selling system that actually intrudes into the user's personal web history to better link sellers with the supposed likes of net surfers. Analysts and security...
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Providing timely, reassuring and comprehensive customer service has been an axiom of good business for as long as people have been doing business. The inability of a business to provide competent, secure customer service is damaging to more than just...
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Sweden Electronic Communications Act 2003: 389 entered into force on July 25, 2003, and aimed to ensure that private individuals, legal entities, and public authorities have access to secure and efficient electronic communications in terms of price and...
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New York appellate court has ruled that e-mails were signed writings that modify contracts, in a April 1, 2008 ruling. The case was filed in October 1999, and related to the claim of breach-of-contract. The court wrote, "The e-mails from plaintiff constitute...
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Internet security expert Dr Richard Clayton, a noted analyst working at England's University of Cambridge claims that the Phorm company's new and highly sophisticated advertising system actually breaches the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act of 2000....
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German music companies who had turned to methods used by the American recording industry to track down music pirates have been stopped by a new court ruling. The Federal German Constitutional Court issued its decision in the case supported by the "Arbeitskreis...
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In 2007 there were over 200,000 claims of Internet-related crime reported to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), with 90,000 referred to U.S. law enforcement, which caused losses of almost$240 million, making an increase of $40 million in...
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