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A Madness to the Method? The Impact of Bilski on Method Patents Image

A Madness to the Method? The Impact of Bilski on Method Patents

Brian Mudge

For more than a year, the software/information technology, financial, and even biotech industries, along with the patent bar, waited for the Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue of business methods and patent-eligible subject matter under ' 101 of the Patent Act. In its recent decision in <i>Bilski v. Kappos</i>, the Supreme Court provided an answer for the business method claimed by Bilski, but not a lot of detailed guidance for future cases.

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Policing Workplace e-Mail Use

Fernando M. Pinguelo & Laura J. Tyson

On-the-job Internet surfing has become a problem that employers can no longer ignore. A recent Office of Inspector General investigation, for example, revealed that senior-level SEC staff, including an attorney, used their workplace computers to view online pornography for up to eight hours per day during the period of time that led this country's biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression.

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Technology in Marketing: Developing a Team-Authored Blog Image

Technology in Marketing: Developing a Team-Authored Blog

Joshua Fruchter

Publishing a blog can be time-consuming for an individual attorney when done right. One solution: Publish a blog in collaboration with other attorneys in the same practice area.

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Employer's Review of Text Messages on Company Pager Reasonable Image

Employer's Review of Text Messages on Company Pager Reasonable

Sarah A. Kelly

In a closely watched case and in a nearly unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the City of Ontario, CA, Police Department did not violate the Fourth Amendment privacy rights of its employee when it audited text messages he had sent and received on a department-issued paging device.

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Policing Workplace e-Mail Use

Fernando M. Pinguelo & Laura J. Tyson

Under what circumstances do employees who use a workplace computer to communicate with their attorneys waive the attorney-client privilege that would normally attach to such a communication? A recent ruling from New Jersey addressed this question.

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Sharing Courtroom Insight and Legal Relays for Professional Success

Ari Kaplan

CourtroomInsight.com and LegalRelay.com both launched at LegalTech New York in February. They are growing by encouraging users, as well as experts and vendors who can benefit from the reviews, to take advantage of their respective "freemium" models. The unrelated sites allow visitors to post and read reviews for free, but offer enhanced positioning and descriptive information to paid subscribers.

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Providing IT with Pertinent Support Information

Sue Hughes

What is the first step that an end-user should consider when in technical distress? My first suggestion to that end-user is the time-honored, well-known and often irritating ' reboot.

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Obtaining Assent in Today's e-Conomy Image

Obtaining Assent in Today's e-Conomy

Michael J. Breslin

A growing number of courts have addressed the validity of contracts purportedly created through Web-based transactions. While the judiciary has produced mixed results in this area, a few trends have emerged ' notwithstanding the nuances presented by online transactions.

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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Federal Judge Hands Google Victory in Viacom's $1 Billion Suit Over YouTube Content Image

<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Federal Judge Hands Google Victory in Viacom's $1 Billion Suit Over YouTube Content

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A federal judge handed Google Inc. a major victory on June 23 by rebuffing media company Viacom Inc.'s attempt to collect more than $1 billion in damages for the alleged copyright abuses of Google's popular YouTube service.

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Hiring a Web Site Developer: Top 10 Tips

Nancy Roberts Linder

Whether your firm is redesigning its existing Web site or creating its first site, hiring a developer can be an expensive and time-consuming undertaking. To make your redesign/development experience rewarding and to avoid misunderstandings, outline the scope of your project before obtaining proposals from Web site design firms.

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