Oracle-Google jury reaches verdict on all but one Java copyright question
The jury in the Oracle/Google Java copyright case has ruled on three of the four questions it must answer, but a verdict has not been revealed because the presiding judge has sent jurors back to...
Waiting on the RIAA, feds held seized Dajaz1 domain for months
Documents unsealed this week reveal that the year-long delay in returning the seized Dajaz1 domain name occurred in part because the government was waiting for copyright holders, including the Recording Industry...
Yahoo: Facebook’s Open Compute Project also violates our patents
You already know Yahoo is suing Facebook, claiming its "entire social network model" was made possible by Yahoo's patented Web technologies. Now, it turns out Yahoo is indicating it may assert another 16 patents against...
"Literally" the day he was arrested, hacker Sabu helped the FBI
It didn't take much time to turn Hector "Sabu" Monsegur into an FBI informant—just a few hours, in fact. “Since literally the day he was arrested, the defendant has been...
Oracle v. Google judge asks for comment on EU court ruling
The copyright phase of the Oracle v. Google trial is winding down. While the world waits for a jury verdict on the facts, the judge overseeing the case is wrestling with...
Alleged "mastermind" of #Antisec added to indictment for Stratfor hack
Jeremy Hammond, the former LulzSec member alleged to have been at the center of the hacking of private intelligence company Stratfor, has now been formally indicted on that charge, as well as the hacking of...
Designer group Hermès gets $100M default judgment against alleged counterfeiters
This report is brought to you from Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog which covers aspects of Internet law, intellectual property, and advertising and marketing law. Balasubramani is a lawyer; Goldm......
Furious judge decries "blizzard" of copyright troll lawsuits
Courts around the country are being flooded with mass copyright lawsuits. In a typical case, the owner of a pornographic film sues dozens of anonymous defendants in a single lawsuit, obtains...
EU’s top court: APIs can’t be copyrighted, would "monopolise ideas"
The European Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday that application programming interfaces (APIs) and other functional characteristics of computer software are not eligible for copyright protection. Users have the right t......
Sony: Internet video service on hold due to Comcast data cap
An executive from Sony said Monday that concerns about Comcast's discriminatory data cap are giving the firm second thoughts about launching an Internet video service that would compete with cable and...
Motorola wins sales ban on Xbox and Windows 7, but can’t enforce it
Motorola Mobility has won an injunction preventing the sale of the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 from a German court.
Motorola can't enforce the injunction right away, however. Microsoft will appeal the ruling, and a...
