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iPhone jailbreaking exempted from DMCA prohibitions

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) at 17 U.S.C. 1201(a) prohibits the circumvention of technological protection measures used by copyright owners to prevent copying

Copyright Office and Library of Congress allow “jailbreak” of iPhones

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 12 2010

The Library of Congress and Copyright Office gave the go-ahead to users of smartphones - including the iPhone - to engage in "jailbreaking" by installing third-party software and modifying the operating systems

Software company Hottrix has a few tricks up its sleeve in its copyright battle with Hershey

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2010

Got Milk?

Mobile carriers not secondarily liable for copyright infringement on multimedia messaging system

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 5 2011

Mobile carriers are not liable for inducing infringement of copyright on their multimedia messaging system because they did not design the system with the object of promoting infringement, nor did they take any specific, affirmative steps to actively encourage or induce infringement by users of the system, a district court ruled in a copyright infringement action brought by a producer of multimedia messaging content

Knockoffs: nemesis of the gaming world

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 9 2011

On March 22, Amazon launched the Appstore for Android, bringing video games to the fingertips of thousands of Android users who, like their iPhone and iPad-toting friends, can now purchase and play video games anywhere, anytime

The Supreme Court - January 18, 2012

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2012

The Supreme Court of the United States announced decisions in three cases this morning

Company sues Justin Bieber over company's "joustin' beaver" app

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 29 2012

RC3, Inc., a mobile application development company, created "Joustin' Beaver," a mobile application available for download on smartphones and tablets

Illinois federal court limits discovery of IP address identification information from ISPs in John Doe actions: highlights continuing challenge of identifying anonymous posters of trade secrets and other intellectual property on internet

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2012

As highlighted in our recent webinar, The New Risk: Employee Theft Of Trade Secrets And Confidential Information In The Name Of Protected Whistleblowing, companies continue to struggle with anonymous whistleblowers in the Internet and social media age, including anonymous individuals who post trade secrets and other intellectual property on the Internet

Library of Congress offers six exemptions to Copyright Act

  • Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 13 2010

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) generally forbids the circumvention of technological measures designed to prevent the piracy of copyrighted works, such as the use of a black box in order to gain access to cable signals

Lawyers debate applicability of Cablevision decision to Aereo case

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 8 2012

During oral arguments on the broadcast networks’ request for a preliminary injunction to shut down the Aereo web streaming service, a Manhattan federal district court judge questioned the networks on the extent to which the Second Circuit’s 2008 decision in Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings applies to the case at hand