The JOLT Digest is proud to introduce our newest feature, Digest Reporter! In addition to our coverage and commentary on the latest law and technology news, the Digest will now periodically report on important technology-related events at Harvard Law School and other events that may be of interest to the law and technology community. These pieces are written entirely by members of our staff, on topics and events they choose to cover. While the Digest provides hosting for Digest Reporter, the opinions expressed ... Read More...
Archive for April, 2010
District Court Limits the Use of State Secrets Privilege in Warrantless Wiretapping By Kathryn Freund – Edited by Davis Doherty Al-Haramain Islamic Found., Inc. v. Obama, No. 07-0109 (N.D. Cal., Mar. 31, 2010) Memorandum of Decision and Order (hosted by Electronic Frontier Foundation) The District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs, the defunct Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation and the charity’s two attorneys, finding that they presented sufficient non-classified evidence to hold the government liable ... Read More...
By Chinh Vo Moviemakers Sue Tens of Thousands of BitTorrent Users A coalition of independent filmmakers has sued more than 20,000 individual movie torrent downloaders for copyright infringement in federal court in Washington D.C., the Hollywood Reporter, Esq. blog reports. The series of lawsuits marks the first major move in the U.S. by the movie industry to target individual torrent downloaders, rather than the torrent sites themselves, and is preceded by similar actions in Germany and the U.K. According to ... Read More...
Court Invalidates Gene Patent By Elizabeth Akerman – Edited By Davis Doherty Assn. for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. USPTO, et al. Case no. 09-CV-4514 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2010) Slip Opinion (hosted by PatentlyO) The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held the patents issued to Myriad Genetics for isolated versions of two human genes to be “directed to a law of nature,” and therefore invalid pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101. Judge Sweet granted ... Read More...
