Jan

31

Copyright – Fair Use with Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc.

January 31, 2012 | Comments Off on Copyright – Fair Use with Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc.

On a motion for a preliminary injunction, the Court holds plaintiff likely to succeed on copyright infringement claims arising out of defendant Google’s display of “thumbnail” images of plaintiff’s copyrighted photographs in response to users’ searches for images matching their description.  The Court held that it is likely to find that such a display is […]

Jan

22

What is copyright?

January 22, 2012 | Comments Off on What is copyright?

What Is Copyright?     Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 […]

Jan

15

In re: Asia Global Crossing, Ltd., et al.

January 15, 2012 | Comments Off on In re: Asia Global Crossing, Ltd., et al.

Employee Does Not Waive Attorney Client Privilege Simply By Communicating Over Company Email System Court holds that the use of a company’s e-mail system by an employee to send personal e-mails to the employee’s personal counsel does not, without more, waive any attorney client privilege in such communications.  Whether a waiver had occurred must instead […]

Dec

30

American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, et al. v. Zell Miller, et al.

December 30, 2011 | Comments Off on American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, et al. v. Zell Miller, et al.

Plaintiffs brought suit to challenge the constitutionality of a statute passed by the State of Georgia (O.C.G.A. § 16-9-93.1) which, inter alia, makes it a crime for: any person … knowingly to transmit any data through a computer network … for the purpose of setting up, maintaining, operating, or exchanging data with an electronic mailbox, home […]

Nov

25

Name.Space, Inc. v. Network Solutions

November 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Name.Space, Inc. v. Network Solutions

Plaintiff Name.Space, Inc. and its predecessor-in-interest PGMedia, Inc. (collectively “Name.Space”) operated a domain name registry in competition with defendant Network Solutions, Inc. (“NSI”) which, at the time this action was commenced, operated the exclusive domain name registry for the generic top level domains (“gTLDs”) “.com”, “.org”, “.net” and “.edu”. In its effort to compete, Name.Space […]