Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of § 1983 Claim Arising from Publication of SSN on County Website By Evan Kubota — Edited by David Lawson Lambert v. Hartman et al. Sixth Circuit, February 25, 2007, No. 07-3154 Slip Opinion District Court Order On February 25, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissing a § 1983 claim brought against the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts and Board of City Commissioners by ... Read More...
Archive for February, 2008
En Banc Hearing of the Federal Communications Commission on Broadband Network Management Practices Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School, February 25, 2007 Full video recording (RealPlayer format) Full audio recording (RealPlayer format) Statements of FCC Chairman Martin and Commissioners Copps, Adelstein, Tate, and McDowell On February 25, Harvard Law School and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society hosted an unusual en banc hearing of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) at Harvard Law School. FCC held the hearing in response to ... Read More...
Federal Circuit Holds that Automatic Assignment of Employee Rights May Foreclose Certain Defenses By Sarah Sorscher — Edited by David Lawson DDB Technologies, L.L.C. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. Federal Circuit, February 13, 2008, No. 2007-1211 Slip Opinion On February 13, the Federal Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded for further discovery a decision of the District Court for the Western District of Texas related to employee assignment of patent rights. The court affirmed the ... Read More...
Comcast Comments to FCC on Broadband Network Management Practices By Debbie Rosenbaum — Edited by David Lawson Comcast Comments to the Wireline Competition Bureau FCC Request for Comment on Broadband Network Management Practices FCC Request for Comment on Request for Declaratory Ruling on ISP Network Management Policies Vuze, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking FCC Internet Policy Statement On February 13th, Comcast Corporation, one of the largest Internet service providers (“ISP”) in the United States, filed comments pursuant to two Requests for ... Read More...
Federal Circuit Upholds Damages Award Against Echostar By Andrew Ungberg — Edited by Wen Bu TiVo, Inc. v. EchoStar Commc’n Corp. Federal Circuit, January 31, 2008, No. 2006-1574 Slip Opinion The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld in part and reversed in part an Eastern District of Texas jury verdict finding that EchoStar’s DVR machines infringed hardware and software claims of TiVo’s patent. Writing for a unanimous panel, Judge Bryson found that EchoStar’s devices infringed TiVo’s software ... Read More...
