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How Courts Are Defining ‘Distribution’ In Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Lawsuits
Entertainment Law & Finance
In the entertainment industry’s efforts to stem the infringement of sound recordings and motion pictures on the Internet, more than 20,000 infringement actions have been commenced against individuals. This article discusses several recent P2P cases that deal directly with a central element of most P2P cases.

e-Commerce Meets American Idol
e-Commerce Law & Strategy
With review sites, blogs and commentary appearing everywhere online — and who knows if anyone other than these sites’ creators read them — let’s examine the legal implications of online commentary, everything from writing a review of a book you love on Amazon.com, to registering a domain name and creating a Web site.

Blogs Are Afforded Unequal Protection
Internet Law & Strategy
The U.S. Supreme Court created a bit of a problem when it ruled that commercial speech is entitled to limited First Amendment protection, but failed to clearly identify what commercial speech is. This issue is becoming especially important to owners of blogs.

Search Engine Optimization for Law Firm Web Sites
LJN's Legal Tech Newsletter
“Search engine optimization” and “marketing” are the hottest buzzwords in the digital agency space in 2008. Why is this? Marketing and IT professionals have been able to track Web site visitors and understand online customers for long enough to confirm that traffic is mainly driven from the major search engines using a combination of keywords and phrases.

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Who Owns the Web Site? Preventing Disputes Between You and Your Web Designer
Hiring an outside Web designer can be an efficient and effective way of ensuring a high-quality Web site for a company. However, when the relationship with the designer ends, the question of who owns the copyright in the Web site can lead to contentious and costly litigation.

TiVo v. EchoStar: Federal Circuit Does the Time Warp
In TiVo, Inc. v. EchoStar Commc’ns Corp., the Federal Circuit affirmed TiVo’s $74 million judgment against EchoStar and reinstated TiVo’s permanent injunction. If the parties could go back in time having the benefit of the Federal Circuit’s decision, the patent-in-suit might be drafted differently and the claim construction arguments might be more persuasive. This article explores some of the lessons from the Federal Circuit’s decision.

What Is Reasonable?
Several recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court have arguably tipped the scales toward alleged infringers involved in a patent battle.

IP News
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

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