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Accidental Access, 'Catfishing' and Unsecured Wi-Fi
The increasing use of Web browsing and other user data has stirred some users to reconsider the unspoken "bargain" that exists on social media and other interactive websites, namely, that privacy sacrifices in the form of targeted marketing and data collection subsidize free content and services and promote a robust online ecosystem. However, beyond the larger debate over digital privacy, new practices and technologies have emerged that do not neatly fit within the boundaries of existing privacy laws.
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Recent Issues in Cybersquatting Disputes
There are several pressing issues within the realm of cybersquatting, including: recent heightened scrutiny applied by courts to cybersquatters and the operators who host their domains; the various methods by which companies attempt to combat the problem; and whether cybersquatting will become a substantial problem on newer platforms, such as social networking sites and on the forthcoming new gTLDs.
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Spotlight on 3D Printing: Intellectual Property
3D printing technology, also known as additive manufacturing, is nothing new. It has been used for decades by designers and engineers. But the technical capabilities that make 3D printing technologies so useful likely will facilitate intellectual property infringement.
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Maddeningly Mismated Matches
In paired opinions rendered the same day by the same judge, the Ninth Circuit reached seemingly directly contrary conclusions in virtually identical cases concerning the balancing of intellectual property rights and First Amendment interests.
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FACE Act Introduced
The Forbidding Advertisement Through Child Exploitation Act (FACE Act) of 2013 was introduced in Congress on July 10, 2013 by U.S. Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-N) to help protect the personal privacy of children and teens.
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Forensic and e-Discovery Tools to Help Win Your Case
Winning or losing your client's case often rests on your ability to prove facts that support your client's position. Subject-matter expert witnesses play a prominent role in interpreting the facts available to them and helping the trier of fact reach a conclusion on the meaning of such information. Forensic and e-discovery experts are no different than any other experts in that their opinions can only be as solid as the information they can find and analyze.
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FTC Warns Big Data Companies on Consumer Privacy
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez last month issued a stern warning to U.S. companies that house vast amounts of consumers' personal data: Watch out.
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Open Source Code Attribution in a Remix World
The landscape of software development and distribution is changing. Traditionally a closed-off proprietary process, developers and businesses alike are quickly realizing the many advantages that flow from the adoption of a more collaborative open source approach.
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Your Business: Someone Online Hates You
As word of mouth moves online, lawyers occupy the same place today that hotels were in a decade ago: just starting to face the prospect of widespread use of online user reviews, and concerned that such reviews will crater their businesses. The following 10 tips will put these concerns into context and explore which methods of responding to negative feedback are effective and ethical and which ones aren't.
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e-Mail Troll Hushed
A federal judge recently ruled that an Internet service provider is barred from pursuing claims for alleged violations of the California and Maryland anti-spam statutes because it existed primarily and substantially to collect e-mails it believed to be spam and sue over it, and because it consented to receive the e-mails over which it sues.
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