Law

Company Sues Former Blogger Over His Twitter Account

by Jeff Weisbein December 30, 2011

We may soon find out how much a tweet or Twitter follower costs in dollar terms. An interesting lawsuit filed by PhoneDog Media L.L.C. against Noah Kravitz, a former blogger for PhoneDog.com.

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Bidding On Trademarks in Search Advertising Continues to Heat Up

by Jeff Weisbein December 28, 2011

Here’s a hot topic: competitors or scammers bidding on your company’s trademark in search results to be at the top of the results in the sponsored links section. Is this illegal? The answer may surprise you: it’s not.

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The Google Patent Hypocrisy

by Mike Mansell August 1, 2011

If you asked me to name one thing – in business and in life – that drives me up the wall it would hands-down be hypocrites. That said, I realize that people are never going to see eye-to-eye all the time, and in all honesty I think that differing opinions on various subjects ultimately does quite a bit of good by brining issues into the open and forcing people to make an attempt at solving things.

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Digital Investigators Uncover Crook Using Google Cookies

by Guest Author May 4, 2011

Last March, digital forensics service CCL assisted British law enforcement in apprehending a suspect through an intricate and unprecedented procedure that netted them access to a smartphone’s tracking cookies buried by Google Analytics. These cookies had Google “value” put on them by the search engine, which included vital information about the time sites were accessed [...]

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Trek 2000 Acquires “ThumbDrive” Trademark

by Mike Mansell December 8, 2010

When discussing data storage solutions for individuals, flash-drives are often one of the most efficient and frequently used options. Students, business people, technicians, and individuals alike use flash-drives because of the rapid data transfer rates and overall durability; a trait that is attributed to the device’s use of flash memory as opposed to typical “disk” solutions. [...]

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Google Sues US Government

by Mike Mansell November 3, 2010

For any business in any industry, landing a government contract is often a major victory in the sense that it provides a steady and reliable line of work and gives the business the ability to expand. However, in the United States, all government agencies are typically required to bid-out projects before making contracts and agreements, [...]

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Copyright Office Makes Changes, Gives More Rights to Consumers

by Mike Mansell July 27, 2010

Yesterday the United States Copyright Office held a rare meeting (held once every three years) to review and change some copyright law. In doing so, the Copyright Office made a landmark decision that can definitely be seen as a win for digital rights supporters. Changes to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) allowed for [...]

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Zuck At Risk of Losing Ownership In Facebook

by Jeff Weisbein July 25, 2010

A lawyer for Facebook said she is “unsure” whether Mark Zuckerberg signed a contract that reportedly entitles Paul Ceglia to 84 percent of the social network. Paul Ceglia sued Facebook and Zuckerberg in state court June 30, claiming that a contract from April entitles him to ownership of most of Facebook. Ceglia’s lawyer produced a [...]

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Thesis vs WordPress: GPL License Debate

by Jeff Weisbein July 15, 2010

Chris Pearson of DIYThemes and Matt Mullenweg of WordPress are at each others throats over this issue about Chris’ Thesis theme framework for WordPress which is not licensed under the GPL (General Public License). Thesis is a very popular theme for WordPress, it has over 27,000 users and while Matt claims it’s the only major [...]

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YouTube vs Viacom Lawsuit Thrown Out

by Jeff Weisbein June 23, 2010

In a battle between the companies dating back to 2007, today a judge has rendered a decision to throw out Viacom’s lawsuit against YouTube because the court has decided that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement. What exactly does that mean? It [...]

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