Is it legal to buy books or watches overseas and then ship them back to America to sell at a profit? For a long time, the law has been unclear. Now, the Supreme Court is set to weigh in. Read More »
GPS is great if you’re hiking or looking for a restaurant on your iPhone. But how you do feel about letting the police place the tracking te… Read More »
While patent law has hogged the headlines in the last year, copyright law is making a splash this week with two cases at the Supreme Court a… Read More »
Don’t Stop Playing Grand Theft Auto, Kids-The Supreme Court’s Got Your Back
By Joe Mullin
Jun. 27, 2011, 11:00pm
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The Supreme Court ruled today that a California law that would have banned the sale of violent video games to minors is unconstitutional, be… Read More »
Microsoft Loses Major Patent Case At Supreme Court
By Joe Mullin
Jun. 9, 2011, 9:26pm
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The whole tech sector was cheering on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) in this case, which could have had a major impact on the function of the U.S. p… Read More »
A variety of bills are being debated in Washington now that would create some new rules for how to handle data and privacy in the digital ag… Read More »
Can You Re-Copyright Works That Fall Into Public Domain? High Court To Rule
By Joe Mullin
Mar. 8, 2011, 3:15am
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Copyrights do end — although these days, they’re so long (95 years for most works) that you’d scarcely know it. Once a work does fall into… Read More »
A conservative majority of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts held last year that a corporation has similar free-speech righ… Read More »
A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court granted extraordinary “free speech” rights to corporations, when it ruled (in the Citizens United v. Fede… Read More »
Supreme Court Health Data Case Could Sway Online Privacy Debate
By Joe Mullin
Jan. 13, 2011, 2:32am
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The Supreme Court has announced it will hear Sorrell v. IMS Health, a case relating to the sale of health data. Though not obvious at first… Read More »
Supreme Court: Record Labels Must Face Digital Music Antitrust Suit
By Joe Mullin
Jan. 11, 2011, 7:35am
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Record labels finally will have to face an antitrust lawsuit that dates back to the early days of digital music, thanks to a Supreme Court o… Read More »
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