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Computer and Internet Law Weekly Updates for 2013-06-23Computer and Internet Law Weekly Updates for 2013-06-23

June 23, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Facebook, Microsoft reveal U.S. government data requests http://t.co/ROpmmXktHD ->
New Brunswick paper plant’s bid to impose random alcohol tests at work shot down by Supreme Court http://t.co/1FE2I0vW9Z ->
Saudi Arabia plans to block WhatsApp within weeks: report http://t.co/sdu5ZxqguM ->
German VP8 infringement cases show Google’s inability to cut through the codec patent thicket http://t.co/9CCQjAiEfT ->
Twenty Thoughts on the Importance of Myriad http://t.co/KcpV5qbBtq ->
Internet Society Urges Transparency in IP Discussions -innovation w/o permission as a guiding principle? http://t.co/O0NRvwDUhB ->
Sweden effectively bans government use of Google Cloud Apps for violating data protection rules http://t.co/IlWtYJfAy2

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June 11, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Google reportedly close to $1.3B acquisition of map app Waze http://t.co/4kuRvcMpae ->
BC Court finds that former employer is primarily responsible for patient records, not the departing therapist http://t.co/xA1sTI1XIf ->
Liver-like cells made with 3D printer – Business http://t.co/iHntREV8qc ->
William Hague denies UK internet snooping http://t.co/zojFpQUY5x ->
The laughable innocence of Facebook and Google (and us) http://t.co/uq0rUfeAUe ->
Internet Shattered: Spies, Spooks, and Disgust http://t.co/tYn0FnQyNU ->
What’s a “Document”? http://t.co/VNhEEtvdoz ->
Blogged, Challenges of Cloud Computing – http://t.co/Z4GjNC4MLU ->
OPC Annual Report to Parliament 2012 – Report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act http://t.co/1N9rQxeolr

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June 10, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Google in spotlight again for links to criminal websites http://t.co/CvZPCTGY4Q ->
Michael Geist – Why Canadians Should Be Demanding Answers About Secret Surveillance Programs http://t.co/XI1cRMcIEb ->
Computer and Internet Law Weekly Updates for 2013-06-09: Computer and Internet Law Weekly Updates for 2013-06-… http://t.co/Q2SjWSGBIg ->
Privacy Tradeoffs are Inevitable to Keep Nation Safe, Obama Says http://t.co/OF2T3gJkEj ->

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June 9, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2013-06-08: Court does not enforce the choice of forum clause in 2249659… http://t.co/lnFfewtCVU ->

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June 9, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Computer and Internet Law Weekly Updates for 2013-06-02: Ohio bans those dangerous dens of iniquity, Internet … http://t.co/3pZESS9Xwr -
Application Developers Alliance lashes out at Oracle over its Android-Java copyright appeal http://t.co/Pwpoh2bGYE -
Google and EFF have credibility deficit in 'interoperability' context, try to redefine the term http://t.co/gpmut4vYKJ -
Apple, betrayed by its own law firm http://t.co/teZ2OkMm5b -
Microsoft settles patent suit for $1 million, plus a Google “bonus” http://t.co/fTy6cfnNX1 -
Realtor association awarded $2.7 million in copyright suit http://t.co/6keQiV0QWw -
Christian Paradis, "Combating Counterfeit Products Act" on May 30th, 2013 | http://t.co/FWF7gVQ5oM

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June 8, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Court does not enforce the choice of forum clause in 2249659 Ontario Ltd. v. Sparkasse Siegen, 2013 ONCA 354 http://t.co/LMp6OqYLl3 ->
Another copyright in project homes case http://t.co/TDWlF7ZucE ->
Wiretaps through Software Hacks to Get Legal Scrutiny: Scientific American http://t.co/E2mXzuIq8x ->
'Revenge porn' could be outlawed under California bill http://t.co/xY0ULkZlHN ->
Apple hammers Google witness hard in e-book pricing trial http://t.co/VlvV3MLNqJ ->
Chinese hackers stole confidential 2008 presidential campaign email and documents, say officials http://t.co/KVgxj9zZzD ->
TiVo and Google finally settle years-long Motorola patent lawsuit http://t.co/E6KK15UnOV

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June 7, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

US court has no personal jurisdiction over vendor with website with minimum sales in state BIOTECH v. LANGOOST
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U.S. secretly collecting phone records of millions, U.K. paper says http://t.co/4WsKiOiu8H ->
Andy Warhol's photos of Wayne Gretzky trigger Vancouver lawsuit http://t.co/EJ5Ta58hiO ->
MPs raise alarm over Chinese equipment in UK phone networks http://t.co/QaZ5ANqqRI ->
The US Copyright Office Demands That Broadcasters Start Paying Artists for full performance rights http://t.co/2j9eQWNDgW ->
Sorry, folks: EU net neutrality plans won't kill website blocking http://t.co/bxoSLhMCXx

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June 6, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

ALRC Releases Discussion Paper – News & Policy – Australian Copyright Council http://t.co/PRfiYQeWKT ->
Link to Copyright and the Digital Economy (DP 79) | ALRC http://t.co/Gtk7RhICVr ->
Credit card class actions put constitutional issue before Supreme Court of Canada http://t.co/eT5lJUU5HC ->
Class actions meet the fine print http://t.co/49X4NP5orM ->
Espionage malware infects raft of governments, industries around the world http://t.co/g0VEO5CxcN ->
Proposed amendment to Copyright Act seeks to establish artists' resale rights http://t.co/FABwPBa49g ->
Injunction for Trademark Infringement: Québec http://t.co/XGPvYp5Rk8 ->
Copyright Review Under the Microscope at World Creators Summit http://t.co/1xqyvOe2nK

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June 5, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Publishers launch global exchange on copyright and content aggregators http://t.co/rQozlm4VGP ->
China music sites urged to start charging users http://t.co/bdbl8LgMa3 ->
Feedly to open APIs – yeh, but it will never be the ecosystem that Google built and is now crippling http://t.co/oIg4PBG1a3 ->
Apple denies conspiracy in ebook pricing trial: “Publishers fought (us) tooth and nail” http://t.co/2fAnokL3ms ->
President Obama to take aim at patent trolls with executive actions on Tuesday http://t.co/pOoWzuG64r ->
Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2013-06-03 http://t.co/ktykzeaf85

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June 4, 2013 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Canadian Revenue Agency mails private records to wrong person http://t.co/rqvH948QdG ->
Reverse engineering and copyright in programming languages and data file formats in UK http://t.co/zhxJgjf6Z0 ->
Link to UK decision in SAS v WPL denying copyright protection for programming languages and data formats http://t.co/59QjpezeSH ->
Google nixes facial recognition in Glass for now http://t.co/3eQWEpzLxB ->
Did Google Let Patent Trolls Quash A Key Open-Source Technology? http://t.co/CvfBOaH4zP ->
Tech Companies Defeat ‘Abstract’ Acacia Software Patent http://t.co/ekCSSlM9xF ->
Cowardy custody order as copyright is ruled partnership property http://t.co/pyd8iJFvJQ