Tuesday, 13 September 2005
It is encouraging to hear that the education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina will not go neglected.
Several school districts throughout the country are taking on elementary and secondary school children, whose numbers are thought to exceed 200,000.
In addition, a number of universities (including law schools), both public and private, have offered places to college and graduate school students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. (more…)
Monday, 5 September 2005
An article published in The Wall Street Journal Online (posted 31 August 2005) reports that a company has sued the owner of a blog for comments posted on his site by readers about the company. This case, should it proceed to trial, will raise very interesting issues that are similar to those recently raised in Australia in Universal Music v Cooper , which considered the liability of a website operator for links to infringing mp3s installed on his website by third parties. Although this case does not concern copyright law, but instead defamation and the misappropriation of trade sercrets, it considers the liability of a website operator for the actions of third parties. (more…)
Sunday, 17 July 2005
The Seattle Times is reporting that Amazon has sued Cendant alleging infringement of patents. The story is thin on details, but the patents are supposed to be “e-commerce” patents, and Amazon contends they were infringed when using tools “to secure credit-card transactions”. It will be interesting to analyse the claims (and the patents) when further details emerge.
Cendant sued Amazon last year, claiming infringement of a patent for recommending choices to buyers based on previous ordering history.
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