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Stories from the Week that Was – 6/10/12-6/16/12

17 Sunday Jun 2012

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I spent this week in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. It was my first visit and I have to say the place is top-rate. Some of the best museums you can imagine and the C-SPAN junkie in me was absolutely thrilled to walk inside Congress Hall, location of the first U.S. House and Senate from 1790-1800. But just because I’m out sightseeing doesn’t mean the news stops. Here are the top stories I followed this week:

Indiana finally has its own keyword advertising case

$176 million unmanned drone crashes in Maryland

Twitter Takes a New Approach to Avoid Patent Litigation

The NLRB’s Dos And Don’ts For Employer Social Media Policies

US elections 2012: top 50 Twitter accounts to follow

Downloaders take heed, Indiana’s first BitTorrent download case – CP Productions v. John Doe

These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America

Comcast: Don’t “Shake Down” Our Customers

Got another big story from this week that I missed? Leave a comment below.

“He snatched the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from tyrants” – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, speaking of Benjamin Franklin

Stories from the Week that Was – 4/22/12-4/28/12

29 Sunday Apr 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 4/22/12-4/28/12

US says intellectual property supports 40 million jobs

How CISPA will affect us [infographic]

Facebook Signs $550M Patent Deal

Judge Adds #Hashtags To Twitter Ruling

House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168

Social Networking Online Protection Act (#SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info

Will ’emoticon defense’ disprove cyberbullying?

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?

CISPA: Next Steps

“If you value liberty, privacy and the Constitution, then you will vote no on CISPA.” – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga)

 

 

 

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?

29 Sunday Apr 2012

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An intriguing story of patent litigation and “patent trolls” featuring a Lafayette law firm, Dowell Baker.

“Dowell Baker, a law firm specializing in patent litigation in Lafayette, Indiana, finds companies to target in a couple different ways. The firm’s client, ArrivalStar, holds 34 U.S. patents, all related to the idea of tracking a vehicle in motion and then alerting people, through some communications device, of when it may arrive or whether it’s running late. As you might imagine, many entities – airlines, school buses, freight-tracking services, package-delivery companies – do something quite similar to this. And Dowell Baker believes they’re all infringing on these patents.”

For the full story, follow the link below:

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies? – Technology – The Atlantic Cities.

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/27-12/3/11

04 Sunday Dec 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/27-12/3/11

USPTO releases 2011 Performance and Accountability Report

Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything

US judge orders hundreds of sites “de-indexed” from Google, Facebook

Governor Brownback apologizes to Emma Sullivan over Twitter tiff

The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit

Teen Tweeter Won’t Apologize To Kansas Governor

US Senate To Vote On Bill That Will Allow The Military To Arrest Americans On American Soil And Hold Them Indefinitely

“As we’ve seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture.” -Lawrence Lessig