http://www.stlr.org Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:21:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.stlr.org/2010/03/stlr-link-roundup-march-5-2010/ http://www.stlr.org/2010/03/stlr-link-roundup-march-5-2010/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:03:37 +0000 STLR http://www.stlr.org/?p=859 The latest on the STLR radar:

• Out-Law reports on a US District Court for the Northern District of California case that clarifies how damages for groundless claims of copyright infringement should be determined.

• Apple is suing HTC over infringement of its user interface patents, but it’s really Google it’s after, says IP Watchdog.

• RealNetworks drops its appeal against a ruling declaring that its DVD-copying software violated the DMCA – Wired reports.

• Is it the car or the driver’s fault? Toyota recall casts doubts on driver’s conviction, says Autoblog.

• BusinessWeek reports that Google is pushing for the U.S. to take a WTO action against China over internet censorship (and see our recent post on the subject here).

• Are you liable if you forward a defamatory e-mail with introductory comments? Eric Goldman reports on a recent California appeals case.

• The E-Commerce Times wonders whether Microsoft is behind Google’s recent antitrust troubles.

• Netflix is being sued for its deal to delay the availability of Warner Brothers DVDs, reports the New York Daily News.

• Out-Law opines that the convictions of Google executives in Italy is not just about Italian law – the problem is with the EU directives Italy implements (see our post on the case here).

• Is that really Yao Ming’s Twitter page?  Twitter is testing out a new verified account feature for celebrities.  See our old post on Twitter-squatting here.

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