http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest JOLT Digest offers up-to-date information on current events in law and technology. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:48:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Federal Circuit Clarifies Patent Obviousness after KSR By Debbie Rosenbaum -- Edited by Stephanie Weiner Eisai Co. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. Federal Circuit, July 21, 2008, No. 2007-1397 Slip Opinion On July 21, the Federal Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York’s ruling in favor ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/patent/eisai-v-dr-reddys-laboratories District Court Declares Purchasers of Software to Be Licensees By Anna Volftsun -- Edited by Joshua Gruenspecht MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. et al. District Court of Arizona, July 14, 2008, No. CV-06-2555-PHX-DGC Order (via Justia) The District Court of Arizona entered a summary judgment motion finding that MDY Industries, LLC (“MDY”), creators ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/uncategorized/mdy-v-blizzard District Court Will Not Require Ebay to Make Greater Effort to Police Trademark Infringers By Jeff Gritton -- Edited by Joshua Gruenspecht Tiffany, Inc. v. eBay, Inc. S.D.N.Y., July 14, 2008, No. 04 Civ. 4607 First Circuit, June 18th, 2008, Nos. 07-2078, 07-2246 Slip Opinion On July 14, the Southern District of New York denied Tiffany’s ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/district-courts/tiffany-v-ebay New Law Expands Government Surveillance Powers By Daniel Ray -- Edited by Sarah Sorscher H.R. 6304 — FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Full Text of Enrolled Bill Senate Vote Summary GovTrack.us Summary On July 9, the Senate passed H.R. 6034, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, and President George W. Bush signed it into law the ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/legislation/hr-6304-%e2%80%94-fisa-amendments-act-of-2008 District Court Compels Disclosure of YouTube User Logging Records, Protects Source Code By Jay Gill -- Edited by Sarah Sorscher Viacom International, Inc. v. YouTube, Inc. S.D.N.Y., July 1st, 2008, No. 07 Civ. 2103 Order (Provided by Justia) The District Court for the Southern District of New York partially granted a discovery motion made by ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/copyright/viacom-v-youtube Eleventh Circuit Applies Copyright Act's Collective Works Provision to CD-ROM Collection By Dmitriy Tishyevich -- Edited by Andrew Ungberg Greenberg v. National Geographic Society 11th Circuit, June 30, 2008, No. 05-16964 Slip Opinion On June 30, the Eleventh Circuit issued a divided en banc opinion, affirming by a 7-5 vote the panel decision in ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/copyright/greenberg-v-national-geographic-society ICANN Opens Up Available Top Level Domains By Joshua Gruenspecht -- Edited by Andrew Ungberg June 26, 2008 ICANN press release The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), the international organization in charge of allocating resources and establishing protocols on the Internet, last week removed the existing limits on internet generic top-level ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/internet/icann-expands-domain-names First Circuit Lifts Trademark Injunction to Make Way for Super Duck By Miriam Weiler -- Edited by Evie Breithaupt Boston Duck Tours v. Super Duck Tours First Circuit, June 18th, 2008, Nos. 07-2078, 07-2246 Slip Opinion On June 18, the First Circuit lifted a preliminary injunction granted by the District Court of Massachusetts, which ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/international-decisions/boston-duck-tours-v-super-duck-tours Ninth Circuit Applies Fourth Amendment to Text Messages at Work By Anna Volftsun -- Edited by Evie Breithaupt Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Company, Inc. Ninth Circuit, June 18, 2008, No. 07-55282 Slip Opinion On June 18, 2008, the Ninth Circuit held that the City of Ontario, California violated the Fourth Amendment when Ontario ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/9th-circuit/quon-v-arch-wireless Federal Circuit Affirms Award of Attorney Fees for Inequitable Conduct and Litigation Misconduct By Christina Hayes -- Edited by Stephanie Weiner Nilssen v. Osram Sylvania, Inc. Federal Circuit, June 17, 2008, No. 2007-1198 Slip Opinion The Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granting a motion ... http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/patent/nilssen-v-ostram-sylvania-inc