http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest JOLT Digest offers up-to-date information on current events in law and technology. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:01:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ninth Circuit Remands Cybersquatting Case By Debbie Rosenbaum - Edited by Amanda Rice Lahoti v. Vericheck Inc., No. 08-35001 (9th Cir., Nov. 16, 2009) Opinion On November 16th, the Ninth Circuit held that the district court’s finding that the mark “VeriCheck” was an inherently distinctive, legally protectable mark was based in part on erroneous ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/9th-circuit/lahoti-v-vericheck-inc Intel and AMD announce $1.25 billion settlement By Abby Lauer – Edited by Ian C. Wildgoose Brown On Thursday, Intel announced that it will pay $1.25 billion to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to settle AMD’s antitrust complaints in the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Korea. According to the terms of the settlement, Intel agreed ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/patent/intel-and-amd-settlement No Permission Needed to Copyright a Derivative Work By Adrienne Baker – Edited by Ian C. Wildgoose Brown Schrock v. Learning Curve Int’l, No. 08-1296 (7th Cir. Sep. 9, 2009) Opinion On November 5, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded a decision of the District Court for the Northern ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/copyright/schrock-v-learning-curve-int%e2%80%99l By Tyler Lacey Convicted Murderer Demands that Wikipedia Remove His Name from Victim’s Article On November 11, Wired reported that a convicted murderer in Germany has issued a cease-and-desist letter demanding that Wikipedia remove his name from his victim’s Wikipedia article. Wolfgang Werle murdered Bavarian actor Walter Sadlmayr in 1990, and was ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/telecommunications/flash-digest-news-in-brief-28 Constitutional Challenge to Gene Patents Survives Motion to Dismiss By Davis Doherty - Edited by Jad Mills Assn. for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. USPTO, et al., Case no. 09-CV-4514 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 2, 2009) Slip Opinion (hosted by Patent Baristas) The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied defendants' ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/patent/assn-for-molecular-pathology-v-uspto By Andrew Jacobs Court Issues TRO Against Sales of Beatles Music “Simulation” Ars Technica reports that on November 5, a Central District of California judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against BlueBeat.com, a website offering 25-cent downloads and free streaming of thousands of copyrighted songs, most notably including the entire Beatles ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/copyright/307 Court Suppresses Email Evidence in Bear Sterns Case By Stuart K. Tubis – Edited by Jad Mills U.S. v. Cioffi, et al., Case No. 08-CR-415 (FB) (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 26, 2009) Slip Opinion (hosted by WSJ) The Eastern District of New York granted defendant Matthew Tannin’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from his personal Gmail ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/district-courts/u-s-v-cioffi Ninth Circuit Adopts National Obscenity Standard in Adult Website Spam Case By Ian B. Brooks - Edited by Alissa Del Riego United States v. Kilbride, No. 07-10528 (9th Cir. Oct. 28, 2009) Opinion The Ninth Circuit has affirmed the District Court for the District of Arizona, which had convicted and sentenced defendants Jeffery Kilbride ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/9th-circuit/united-states-v-kilbride Class action claim against Zicam manufacturer Matrixx reinstated by the Ninth Circuit By Abby Lauer - Edited by Alissa Del Riego Siracusano v. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., No. 06-15677 (9th Cir. Oct. 28, 2009) Opinion The Ninth Circuit has unanimously reversed the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona’s holding, which had dismissed a ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/9th-circuit/siracusano-v-matrixx-initiatives By Tyler Lacey Gamer Appeals Ban from Sony’s Playstation 3 Network On September 22, 2009, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed Erik Estavillo’s lawsuit against Sony. Fox40.com reports that Estavillo was banned from Sony’s Playstation 3 Network after allegedly uttering “racial and homophobic slurs to other ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/copyright/flash-digest-news-in-brief-27