David Hosp and Ed Weiss offer their perspectives on the Cablevision case By Paul Cathcart – Edited by Ryan Ward On Thursday, November 4th, JOLT and the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society hosted a talk by David Hosp and Ed Weiss, two attorneys who worked on opposite sides of the “Cablevision” case, Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings, 536 F.3d 121 (2008). In that case, the Second Circuit held that Cablevision’s “Remote Storage” Digital Video Recorder ... Read More...
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By Esther Kang Google Settles Buzz Class Action Suit for $8.5 Million The New York Times reports that Google has settled a class action suit over privacy violations related to its release of the Buzz application last February. The settlement stipulates that Google will set up an $8.5 million fund for Internet privacy organizations and will educate users about Buzz’s privacy features. Google chose not to compensate individual users because few class members suffered actual damages, and because pro rata ... Read More...
The Supreme Court Asked to Rule on the Constitutionality of “Restored” Copyright Protection By Andrew Goodwin – Edited by Cary Mayberger Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Golan v. Holder (U.S. 2010) Petition hosted by The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School In June 2010, the United States Circuit Court for the Tenth Circuit held that § 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (“URAA”), codified in 17 U.S.C. §§ 104(A) and 109(a), did not violate the First ... Read More...
By Daniel Doktori Philadelphia School District Settles Laptop Spying Case The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Tuesday that the Lower Merion school district has settled with two students whose school-issued laptops had webcams that were remotely activated by school officials. Plaintiff Blake Robbins’ parents initiated the suit in February after a school administrator confronted Robbins of wrongdoing using photo evidence of his home taken from the computer’s webcam. CNN reports that the school agreed to pay $175,000 to the family of ... Read More...
Microsoft asks the Supreme Court to rule on the evidentiary standard for patent invalidity By Abby Lauer – Edited by Matt Gelfand Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. P’ship (U.S. 2010) Petition, hosted by Patently-O Last week, Microsoft announced that it has filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in an effort to overturn a $290 million damages award imposed by a federal jury last year. The plaintiff in the case is ... Read More...
