Supreme Court Issues a Stay to Prevent Broadcasting of Proposition 8 Case By Andrew Segna – Edited by Dmitriy Tishyevich Hollingsworth v. Perry (on application for stay), Case No. 09A648 (U.S., Jan. 13, 2010) Slip Opinion The Supreme Court granted a stay of the order issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for a broadcast of the California lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define a valid marriage as only ... Read More...
Archive for January, 2010
By Tyler Lacey Comcast Claims It Would Accept Net Neutrality if Rules are “Clear” Ars Technica reports that on January 11, Comcast’s executive vice president David Cohen has issued a blog post declaring that it “is time to move on, and for the FCC to decide, in a clear and reasoned way, whether and what rules are needed to ‘preserve an open Internet.’” Cohen claims that the FCC’s 2008 sanctions of Comcast are invalid because they were not based on ... Read More...
Federal Circuit Rules Against PTO’s Interpretation of Patent Term Adjustments By Gary Pong – Edited by Dmitriy Tishyevich Wyeth and Elan Pharma Int’l Ltd. v. Kappos, No. 2009-1120 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2010). Slip Opinion The Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court for the District of Columbia, which had granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs, and held that they were “entitled to extended patent term adjustments under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b) due to the Patent and Trademark Office’s (“PTO’s”) delay ... Read More...
The Digest is celebrating our two-year anniversary! Since January 2007 we have grown from a dedicated group of five to a staff of more than twenty-five; this past year we’ve worked to bring our readers a greater quantity and variety of content, including the reintroduction of Flash Digest and Digest Comments. We hope to continue to be a valuable source of law and technology news. We sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed our coverage this year - Stay Tuned! - The Digest Staff
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By Dr.Jur. Eric Engle LLM[i] Editorial Policy An internet fraudster, a repeat offender, has recently been charged[ii] with “fraud and related activity in connection with computers”[iii] in connection with a financial crime – fraudulent currency trading through phishing.[iv] The defendant obtained the passwords to another person’s internet account and then used that person’s account to trade foreign currency. Interestingly, the indictment[v] uniquely charges the fraudster with a computer crime. The fact pattern, however, raises the interesting question of whether the ... Read More...
