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Tapped Out: Controlling the internet via selective authorization

by Michael Oliver | Aug 28, 2013 | Cybercrime, Infotech, Internet, Technology and Privacy Law, Uncategorized

Craigslist, Inc. v 3Taps Inc., No. CV 12-03816 CRB. (N.D. Ca. August 16, 2013) is another case in a now long line of cases that establish that in most situations access to even an otherwise publicly accessible website can be controlled via selective authorization. The...

In software disputes, don’t send someone armed with Play-doh to a knife fight – GMG Health Systems v Amicas, Inc.

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Contracts, Infotech, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Software, Uncategorized

In GMG Health Systems v. Amicas, Inc., 1st Cir April 10, 2012, the court had occasion to address a dispute between a software licensor / developer, and a licensee, in which more typical contractual language was in issue (for example, use of the term...

Recent court decision in Oracle v Google raises serious copyright questions in certain types of software

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Copyrights, DMCA, Infotech, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Patents, Software, Uncategorized

In a decision in the Oracle v Google case, the court held that APIs – application program interfaces – small amounts of human readable source code, are not sufficiently original to qualify as copyrights.  This decision can impact API licenses, which...

Perils of overpricing and responding to government RFPs

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Business Law, Government, In the News, Infotech, Internet, Technology and Privacy Law, Uncategorized

The article in Networkworld “Cisco network really was $100 million more” is a good example of the danger in responding to governmental requests for proposal (RFP) without considering the publicity downside of significant overpricing. The article explains...

From the patenting-the-internet-is-not-a-good-idea department – Ultramercial decision goes back to the CAFC

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Advertising, Infotech, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Patents, Uncategorized

We have all seen them – the short clips of video advertising we must watch before we are granted access to some other video content.  A company known as Ultramercial claims that the “idea” of putting that short advertising clip in front of...

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