The text says that controls on the internet in Germany that are supposed to protect intellectual property will actually limit user freedom and degrade their internet experience. The website is called "Verteidige dein netz" or Defend your network...
TF1 sued YouTube and Dailymotion back in 2008 for intellectual property abuse, seeking damages for alleged copyright infringement on sports and movies that were uploaded to YouTube by users. Google recently commissioned a top first amendment rights...
Florian Mueller, an intellectual property law blogger who has been following the case, said that the instructions from Judge William Alsup and the language used in the document had been hotly debated by both sides in the case.
Google’s current AdWords policy prohibits intellectual property rights infringement by advertisers, though they note that trademarks are territorial and apply only to certain goods or services. Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc.that buying ads based...
I encourage him to continue engaging with all stakeholders to forge a balance between protecting Americans' intellectual property, and maintaining openness and innovation on the internet. The Committee remains committed to finding a solution to the...
He estimates that intellectual property industries provide 19 million high-paying U.S.jobs and accounts for more than 60 percent of American exports, though the number is uncorroborated. The Protect Intellectual Property Act, or Protect IP/PIPA, is...
True, artists and right holders deserve to have their intellectual property protected, but not with laws that can be easily applied beyond their protection. We took the opportunity to pass a law that said that neutral parties on the net are not...
However, intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller argued that Schmidt's comments "totally ignore the basics of patent law", namely that Microsoft was first to the game with its patents. Schmidt may not like that patent law rewards the first to...
The greatest focus is on how the company reported its intellectual property and software rights licensed abroad. This includes $1 billion saved by allocating profits to a Bermuda-based law firm (where corporate income tax is non-existent), the use...
While the Department of Justice has their cyber crime unit, it concentrates on crimes done online – mostly computer crimes and intellectual property theft. With the recent capture of one of the FBI's Most Wanted through the use of social media and...
Because the goods are all virtual, this very often comes down to an accusation of intellectual property (IP) theft, which falls under the purview of the DMCA. Committing the criminal offense of Possession of Stolen Property 1st degree;
While President Obama's administration plans to increase its efforts fighting websites by seeking to make it a felony to illegally stream copyrighted works and obtain wiretaps for suspected intellectual property crimes, Congress is weighing...
While President Obama's administration plans to increase its efforts fighting websites by seeking to make it a felony to illegally stream copyrighted works and obtain wiretaps for suspected intellectual property crimes, Congress is weighing...
Today, we'll look at one such case with the help of intellectual property attorney and past Search Engine Strategies conference speaker, Mark J. Or does their having a "common law trademark" help them, and in what way?
However, this bill ultimately may pit itself against Facebook's own Terms of Service, in which people give up some control of their IP rights: "For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos ("IP content"), you...
White House intellectual property czar Victoria Espinel told a conference Monday that there will be more domain seizures for online copyright infringement, Politico reported. We are going after the piraters and counterfeiters," Espinel said at a...
However, Ballmer did talk about issues that need to be addressed in China - such as the enforcement of intellectual property laws. When asked about China, Ballmer asserted that they will continue to offer Bing according to Chinese law.
A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: our growth strategies; our future business development, results of operations...
It goes on to say that Professor Lessig, who is the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, “spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war -- a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume...
Here we cover important tips and tactics by online intellectual property attorneys and legal counsels for the search engines, for both protecting your own trademark material and respecting the trademarks of others.
