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IP Protection Vital to Economic Growth

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Recently, I’ve made several trips to Geneva, Switzerland, the home of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). I’ve seen firsthand how this once-sleepy organization of patent attorneys and intellectual property technicians has become ground zero for an assault on the economies of the industrialized world. In a global information economy, WIPO is the most important…

Patent Office Deals Blow to Microsoft, Internet Explorer

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week dealt Microsoft a blow that may not be a knock-out punch, but comes pretty close to hobbling its argument that Internet Explorer (IE) does not infringe on a Web browser patent because prior art makes the patent invalid. The USPTO reviewed and reaffirmed the patent owned…

Big Music Sues Schoolgirl, Mainstream Media Doesn’t Care

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In a report on the upcoming P2P Litigation Summit, I mentioned “Big Music wants Britanny Chan,” which describes how the Big Four are using the RIAA to terrorize a 14-year-old Michigan girl and her mother. Having already failed once to frighten Brittany through her mother, the cartel is now going after her again, this time…

The Future of E-Mail Archiving

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The past two years have seen several high-profile corporate scandals that illustrate the dramatic consequences of e-mail misuse — and those are just the ones that have made headlines. In fact, one in five employers has had an e-mail subpoenaed by courts and regulators, and another 13 percent have battled workplace lawsuits triggered by employee…

Price-Fixing Settlement Stings Samsung

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Unfortunately for Samsung, it is not only the latest dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip maker to admit to price fixing, but it is also paying the largest fine, US$300 million, for the illegal activity alleged by the U.S. Department of Justice. The South Korean company joins other DRAM chip makers Hynix and Infineon, which…

Codes Make Printers Stool Pigeons

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Clandestine codes used to track the output of some color laser printers have been cracked by a research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). According to the organization, the codes are part of a deal cut by the U.S. Secret Service with some printer makers to help curb the counterfeiting of currency. In…

FBI Net Wiretapping Under Fire

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Universities and digital freedom organizations are filing appeals to the Federal Communications Commission’s call for phone-system wiretapping on the Internet, complaining of the expense of compliance and negative effect on innovation. A requirement that universities, carriers and other Internet service companies build spying capabilities into their networks for law enforcement purposes — enforced by the…

Expert: BitTorrent Conviction Unlikely to Be Copied in US

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Hong Kong officials have successfully prosecuted a BitTorrent user for sharing three copyrighted movies on the file-sharing network. Chan Nai-Ming, 38, was arrested in January by the Hong Kong Customs Services and will be sentenced Nov. 7. He faces up to four years in jail and a fine of up to about US$6,400. Chan had…

Regulations Set, But Questions Remain About ePassport

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The U.S. government has finalized plans to implant RFID tags in all newly issued or renewed passports beginning October 2006. The State Department issued new regulations yesterday, despite concerns from privacy advocates that the chips will pose threats on several different fronts, including the ability to track citizens’ movements via the chip in their passports.…

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