STLR is on Twitter
If regular RSS and Google reader aren’t your preferred methods of consumption, you can receive a tweet each time we post a new story, which will be once or twice per week during the academic year. Our Twitter name is columbiastlr, and you can find our Twitter page here.
To any aspiring Twitter-ers: signing up for [...]
STLR Link Roundup – March 26, 2010
The latest on the STLR radar:
The working text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has been released. See Wired and The Register coverage of the story, and our post on the draft treaty here.
The Federal Circuit rules on patent dispute Applera Corp v. Illumina, Inc. on the basis of Californian employment law, writes [...]
STLR Link Roundup – March 5, 2010
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 [...]
Twittersquatting: Twitter Is Doing Something About It
Many prominent brand names and trademarks have been registered as Twitter usernames by non-affiliated individuals. As Twitter’s popularity has skyrocketed, corporations have taken note and become much more interested in securing their usernames. While trademark owners are understandably concerned that Twitter has complete control over the assignment of usernames, Twitter’s newly-updated terms of service and [...]