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Computer file extension functional, therefore not protectable as trademark
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- April 14 2010
A computer file extension is inherently functional, therefore a software company that utilizes a particular file extension to designate files that are accessed by its proprietary software may not protect the letters comprising the file extension as a trademark, a district court ruled
U.S. Supreme Court grants petition for certiorari in Quon v. Arch Wireless case involving employee communications claim under Stored Communications Act
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- April 14 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari filed by the employer in a case involving the privacy of employee communications under the Stored Communications Act provisions of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
No implied consent under SCA to discovery of e-mails arises from e-mail account holder's fugitive status
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
A parent who is alleged to have unlawfully taken her children to a foreign county did not thereby consent, within the meaning of the Stored Communications Act, to the disclosure of her e-mails pursuant to a civil discovery subpoena directed to her ISP, the district court ruled
FTC consumer privacy settlement over Google Buzz includes EU Safe Harbor violations
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- European Union, USA
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- May 5 2011
The Federal Trade Commission settled deceptive practices charges against Google relating to the rollout of the Google Buzz social network in 2010, including charges that Google violated the substantive requirements of the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor agreement
No Fourth Amendment violation in transfer of laptop seized at border for forensic examination
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
The transfer of a laptop seized at a border crossing to a facility 170 miles away for forensic examination was justified under the border search doctrine, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled
Cost of credit monitoring for victims of data security breach constitutes loss under CFAA
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
The cost of providing credit monitoring for employees whose personal information was accessed as a result of unauthorized access by an inmate to a prison computer network constitutes a "loss" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled
Access to licensed software by attorneys acting for benefit of licensee breached license agreement
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- January 11 2011
Use of licensed software by attorneys acting for the benefit of a licensee of the software breached the terms of the license agreement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled
Expectation of privacy in computer files negated by P2P user's failure to engage program privacy feature
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- April 14 2010
A federal agent's access to a user's computer via a peer-to-peer file-sharing program did not violate the Fourth Amendment, because the user's expectation of privacy in the contents of his computer was negated by his failure properly to engage the privacy features in the program, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled
E-mails sent to transferred domain name and read by new domain owner not intercepted under ECPA
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- January 11 2011
E-mails that were sent to e-mail accounts connected to a domain name that was transferred pursuant to a settlement agreement, and that were read by the new domain name owner, were not "intercepted" within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a district court ruled
Riteaid pays $1 million fine to settle FTC and HHS data disposal charges
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- September 30 2010
Rite Aid has agreed to pay $1 million in fines to resolve allegations that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act by disposing of pharmaceutical bottles and prescription information into publicly accessible dumpsters near Rite Aid stores
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