NEW & NOTEWORTHY
• Applying Judicial Common Sense to Electronic Discovery Burdens
• Google Joins Effort to Make More Web Sites More Sociable
• MIT Students Show Power of Open Cell Phone Systems
• Facebook, States Set Bullying, Predator Safeguards
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• Apple: iPhone Sold Out in US, UK
• EBay's PayPal Rule in Australia Draws Fire
• Google Execs Hope for Long-Term Ad Deal with Yahoo
• Gates: Microsoft Shifts Focus After Yahoo Deal Collapses
• Fees for `.org' Domain Names to Increase 10 Pct
RECENT CASE SUMMARIES
• Lucent Techs., Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.
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NEW & NOTEWORTHY:
APPLYING JUDICIAL COMMON SENSE TO ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY BURDENS
(Eric Sinrod) - Since the enactment of the electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in late-2006, parties have been paranoid that the scope of their production obligations would be gargantuan, and that they would be compelled to search for and provide a wide array of electronic information, at a tremendous financial cost. Read more...
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• FindLaw's Interactive Guide to E-Discovery
GOOGLE JOINS EFFORT TO MAKE MORE WEB SITES MORE SOCIABLE
(AP) - The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. Following similar moves by the two biggest online hangouts, Internet search leader Google Inc. is introducing tools that are supposed to make any Web site more sociable. Read more...
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• VIDEO: Legal Issues for Social Networking Sites and Users
MIT STUDENTS SHOW POWER OF OPEN CELL PHONE SYSTEMS
(AP) - What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Industry of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google Inc.'s upcoming Android mobile operating system. Read more...
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• More Articles on Cell Phones
FACEBOOK, STATES SET BULLYING, PREDATOR SAFEGUARDS
(AP) - Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday. Read more...
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• The Law of Social Networking Sites: a Primer
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APPLE: IPHONE SOLD OUT IN US, UK
(AP) - Apple Inc. says its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation that will feature faster Internet surfing speeds. Read more...
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• iPhone to Support Third-Party Web 2.0 Applications
EBAY'S PAYPAL RULE IN AUSTRALIA DRAWS FIRE
(AP) - EBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a PayPal-only rule takes effect next month. Read more...
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• Analysis of an eBay-Related Case
GOOGLE EXECS HOPE FOR LONG-TERM AD DEAL WITH YAHOO
(AP) - Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. - a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo. Read more...
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• Google to Acquire DoubleClick
GATES: MICROSOFT SHIFTS FOCUS AFTER YAHOO DEAL COLLAPSES
(AP) - Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday. Read more...
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• Yahoo Shares Fall 16 Pct After Microsoft Withdraws Bid
FEES FOR `.ORG' DOMAIN NAMES TO INCREASE 10 PCT
(AP) - Wholesale fees for Internet addresses ending in ".org" will increase 10 percent Nov. 9. Public Interest Registry, which operates the ".org" domain name, disclosed the planned fee increase in a May 1 letter to the Internet's key oversight agency, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The fee increase does not require the organization's approval. Read more...
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• FindLaw's Networking & Storage Section for Legal Professionals
RECENT CASE SUMMARIES:
LUCENT TECHS., INC. V. GATEWAY, INC.
(U.S. Federal Circuit) - In a patent case pertaining to alleged infringement by Microsoft and Dell of two patents owned by plaintiff-Lucent, summary judgment of non-infringement as to one patent is vacated and remanded where the district court's construction of the term "terminal device" was erroneous. Summary judgment of non-infringement as to another patent is affirmed as the district court's construction of the phrase "each successive iteration including the steps of" was proper. Read more...
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