Flash Digest: News in Brief
By Andrew Crocker
DHS Civil Liberties Office Validates Suspicionless Border Searches of Electronics
Obama Criticizes Patent Trolls
Python Software Foundation Fights Competing Trademark in Europe
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Flash Digest: News in Brief
By Pio Szamel
En Banc Federal Circuit Hears Arguments on Scope of Software Patents
Economists at St. Louis Fed Publish Paper Arguing Patents Should Be Abolished
3D-Printed 30-Round Magazine Unveiled, Named After Andrew Cuomo
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Section 1201 Rulemaking: Fifth Triennial Proceeding to Determine Exemptions By Jessica Vosgerchian – Edited by Dorothy Du Recommendation of the Register of Copyrights On October 25, the Register of Copyrights and the Librarian of Congress announced new recommendations for exemptions to Section 1201(a)(1)(A) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) effective October 28. Section 1201(a)(1)(A) of the DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent technological controls found in electronic devices that control access to copyrighted works. Section 1201(a)(1)(B), however, allows the ... Read More...
Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. By David LeRay – Edited by Michael Hoven Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., No. 2012-1507 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 11, 2012) Slip opinion The Federal Circuit reversed the Northern District of California, which had granted a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone. The case was decided by Judges Prost, Moore, and Reyna, who acted unanimously. The Federal Circuit held that the district court abused its discretion in finding that Apple established it was ... Read More...
Presidential Commission Calls for Privacy Protections in Genome Sequencing; Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Seed Patent Case; Federal Circuit Ends Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Nexus; Patentability of Software to be Reconsidered En Banc by Federal Circuit
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