While there is sure to be more to come regarding the opinion handed down by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in In Re Bilski, much of the blogsphere is already buzzing with opinions and commentary about the case that rejects the test for patentability of business method claims in State Street Bank.
Blog Archive for October 2008
The Prisoner’s Dilemma of the Digital Age
South Carolina’s state prison chief, John Ozmint, recently announced his wish to jam cell phone signals in prisons to prevent further crime and inmate escapes. Unfortunately, Mr.
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Typosquatters are Trespassing on Trademarks
Harvard Business School professor Benjamin Edelman has filed a class action lawsuit to fight the widespread trademark infringement called “typosquatting.” Typosquatting is the practice of registering domains that are very similar to the domain name of popular businesses, often purchasing domains that are common misspellings of the proper website.
YouTube and Copyright Law
Recently in the news, articles regarding YouTube, Presidential Candidates, and copyright law are getting attention. In TechNewsWorld.com, Jason Cohen wrote a blog regarding how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a law that McCain voted for, was now coming back to haunt him. As a result of the DMCA, YouTube, against McCain’s wishes is pulling some of McCain’s political ads off of its website.
Facebook as a Place of Business
A recent Washington Post article entitled “A Social Network Where You Can Be Too Social” described how individuals were kicked off of Facebook for “using it too much.” For example, one young woman was kicked off the site after having sent 100 people a link to her company’s website through Facebook.
Craigslist: the Modern Criminal’s Best Friend
Craigslist.org has long been linked to advertisements for prostitution and violations of the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 USC 3604, but the website sunk to a new low last week when it facilitated the escape of a thief.
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Techno-Czar
On Monday, President Bush signed a bill into law that creates a point-man (Technology/IP Czar) in the government to continue the fight against piracy. The IP Czar would be in charge of coordinating efforts to fight IP infringement in all areas of IP including copyright and patent.
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Stem Cell Science: Present Achievement and Future Prospects
In late September, at the Southern California BioMedical Council's 10th Investor Conference, biotech firm Capricor Inc. announced that clinical studies were underway in another miracle of modern medicine.
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For Less Than a Dollar a Day, an Orphan [Bill] Can Help You
On September 26th, the senate voted unanimously to pass the Shawn Bently Orphan Works Act of 2008. The bill has been declared by many to be dead, at least until after the November election. Orphan works are works by authors who cannot be identified or located.
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Yahoo!-Google and Antitrust: Leave Google Alone!
In April 2008, Microsoft and Yahoo! appeared ready to sign a deal to combine the two companies. Microsoft would buy Yahoo! shares for a little over $30 apiece. But as often happens at these high levels, Yahoo! was stolen away by another suitor, Microsoft’s arch-nemesis, Google. As opposed to an outright buyout, Google sought to sell its ads to Yahoo! such that Google ads would appear on Yahoo! search pages.
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