Righthaven news good, not sure how I feel about Apple’s multi-touch patent
26 Jun 2011 Comments Off on Righthaven news good, not sure how I feel about Apple’s multi-touch patent
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https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/06/14
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Congress to Device Makers: Don’t Track Me, Bro
Members of Congress announced two separate bills last Wednesday designed to prevent the abuse of location data collected by electronic devices.
Apple Steps into Lodsys Litigation
When we learned that Apple had stepped forward to support iPhone app developers who had found themselves threatened with patent litigation (and, in some instances, actually sued) based on their use of Apple-provided technology, we hoped that could be the end of the matter or at least that Lodsys would pick its fight with Apple, who has the resources to fight back. Unfortunately, the company that started the mess, Lodsys, has decided to up the ante, suing seven developers in the notoriously “troll-friendly” Eastern District of Texas.
We’ve watched with dismay Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s increasing use of domain name seizures as part of its stepped-up IP enforcement strategy. Now one of the seized domains — Rojadirecta — is taking the fight to court.
Microsoft Tries to Quash Innovation in Battle Over Xbox Memory Cards
EFF urged a federal court to block Microsoft Corporation’s attempt to misuse copyright law to thwart a competitor offering memory cards for the Xbox gaming system. Microsoft claims that Xbox users violate U.S. federal law — the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) — if they use third-party cards memory cards, such as those produced by Datel Holdings. If Microsoft were to prevail on this point, it could give the software giant the ability to use the DMCA to prevent competitors from selling Xbox-compatible accessories, like memory cards, controllers, and headsets. Such a ruling would have wide-ranging ramifications for hundreds of other consumer products.
Prosecutors Demand Limitless Warrant in Vermont Computer Search
EFF joined ACLU and ACLU Vermont in urging the Vermont Supreme Court to reject prosecutors’ demands to override a judge’s instructions and allow a limitless warrant for a computer search. During the investigation into an alleged identity theft last year, a detective from the Burlington Police Department applied for a wide-ranging search warrant, which included any computers, compact discs, cell phones, or mobile devices in the home, despite noting it was possible that some of the equipment might be owned by people not suspected in a crime. A judge granted the warrant application after putting reasonable bounds on the search, as well as including basic privacy protections for information and data not connected to the identity theft under investigation. Now prosecutors are petitioning the court for approval of the original overbroad warrant.