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Does Court Ruling Over Artistic License Conflict With Other Copyright Rulings?

Both Slashdot and Larry Lessig are cheering about a CAFC (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) ruling concerning the scope of various "free" licenses (pdf) like the Artistic License or Creative Commons' licenses. It's an interesting ruling, overturning a lower court ruling. The details are actually connected to a case we wrote about a few years ago, though that was focused on the patent questions related to this case, rather than copyright.

Cablevision DVR Ruling and the Death of MP3.com

Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals overturned a ruling by a lower court that barred Cablevision from launching a new type of DVR service. What's interesting about the ruling is that it supports the original MP3.com position in the devastating suit that company faced several years ago from the record labels.

Comcast Appeals FCC's Net Neutrality Ruling

Ian Lamont writes "Comcast has filed a court appeal of an FCC ruling that says the company can't delay peer-to-peer traffic on its network because it violates FCC net neutrality principles. A Comcast VP said the FCC ruling is 'legally inappropriate,' but said it will abide by the order during the appeal while moving forward with its plan to cap data transfers at 250 GB per month."

Jack Thompson Disbarred

Sockatume writes "The Florida Supreme Court has approved Judge Dava Tunis' recommendations for the permanent disbarment of John B. "Jack" Thompson, with no leave to reapply and $43,675.35 in disciplinary costs. The ruling is a step up from the enhanced disbarment that had been suggested by the prosecution, which would have forbidden him from reapplying for ten years. Thompson has 30 days to appeal the ruling before the disbarment is permanent. Thompson responds to the ruling."

Judge: Qualcomm Still Infringing On Broadcom Patents

Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has violated a court order to stop using chipsets that infringe on Broadcom patents, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. There is “clear and convincing evidence,” that showed Qualcomm is in contempt of his late 2007 ruling, U.S. District Judge James Selna said, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Selna followed up by ordering Qualcomm to stop providing support services for some 3G cellphones and to pay Broadcom all profits earned from its QChat walkie-talkie service, which is offered by Sprint (NYSE: S). A court document dug up by Reuters indicates Qualcomm received more than $93 million in QChat payments from Sprint since the injunction ruling. Thursday’s ruling gave Qualcomm 30 days to calculate profits from its QChat software and to make a payment.

Ruling in Qualcomm-Broadcom Fight Brings Back Opinion Letters for Patent Cases

Opinion letters are back in vogue for patent cases, after a Wednesday ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Video Ruling May Not Aid YouTube's Case

While YouTube cheered a Northern District of California ruling this week in a case mirroring its own fight against Viacom, some IP lawyers doubt the victory of video-sharing site Veoh will have much bearing on YouTube's battle in a New York court.

Landmark ruling for online copyright

A US judge has thrown out a copyright infringement case against Veoh Networks Inc, an Internet video start-up with high-profile Hollywood backers, ruling that video-sharing companies are not solely responsible for policing piracy that may take place on their sites.

Court Ruling Upholds Open-Source Copyrights (NewsFactor)

listen up: If you think open source is a free toolkit from which you can borrow at will, take a good look at Wednesday's legal ruling. A

Open source advocates hail appeals court ruling

Federal courts ruling allows greater protection for open-source software against copyright infringement

Tiffany appeals ruling eBay won over fakes

Tiffany & Co. challenged yesterday a federal ruling that largely absolved eBay Inc. of policing its auction site for counterfeit items, saying the judge was wrong to leave the primary burden to the jewellery maker. The appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York extends a case that Tiffany filed against eBay in 2004 arguing that most items listed for sale on eBay as genuine Tiffany products were fakes. Last month, a judge ruled that trademark holders like the jewellery maker, rather than auction platforms like eBay, are responsible for policing their brands online. Tiffany lawyer James Swire said yesterday that trademark law doesn't put the responsibility on Tiffany for policing its own trademark. "The judge's entire analysis of what is Tiffany's responsibility with respect to the site versus eBay's starts from an incorr

Tiffany appeals ruling eBay won over fakes

Tiffany & Co. challenged yesterday a federal ruling that largely absolved eBay Inc. of policing its auction site for counterfeit items, saying the judge was wrong to leave the primary burden to the jewellery maker. The appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York extends a case that Tiffany filed against eBay in 2004 arguing that most items listed for sale on eBay as genuine Tiffany products were fakes. Last month, a judge ruled that trademark holders like the jewellery maker, rather than auction platforms like eBay, are responsible for policing their brands online. Tiffany lawyer James Swire said yesterday that trademark law doesn't put the responsibility on Tiffany for policing its own trademark. "The judge's entire analysis of what is Tiffany's responsibility with respect to the site versus eBay's starts from an incorr

Tiffany appeals ruling eBay won over fakes

Tiffany & Co. challenged yesterday a federal ruling that largely absolved eBay Inc. of policing its auction site for counterfeit items, saying the judge was wrong to leave the primary burden to the jewellery maker. The appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York extends a case that Tiffany filed against eBay in 2004 arguing that most items listed for sale on eBay as genuine Tiffany products were fakes. Last month, a judge ruled that trademark holders like the jewellery maker, rather than auction platforms like eBay, are responsible for policing their brands online. Tiffany lawyer James Swire said yesterday that trademark law doesn't put the responsibility on Tiffany for policing its own trademark. "The judge's entire analysis of what is Tiffany's responsibility with respect to the site versus eBay's starts from an incorr

Appeal Court Ruling on Symbian Patent Ends Uncertainty

Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold earlier High Court ruling on software-related patents ends uncertainty for inventors, say patent attorneys.

Federal Circuit Ruling Sets Legal Standard for Design Patent Infringement

The landscape of design patent law changed fundamentally following a federal appeals court ruling this week that sets aside the decades-long use of the "point of novelty" test in assessing design patent infringement.

Strong Court Ruling Upholds the Artistic License

dilute writes "The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (an authoritative court that normally deals with patent law), has issued a strong ruling (PDF) upholding the Artistic License in a copyright dispute between the developers of the Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI), and Kamind, a company that used portions of DecoderPro to develop a competing product. The product at issue was DecoderPro, an open source project released on SourceForge under the Artistic License, for interfacing with model railroad control chips. Kamind used a number of DecoderPro files in developing its product, Decoder Commander. However, Kamind did not comply with the Artistic License in a number of respects, including attribution, copyright notices, tracked changes or availability of the underlying standard version.

Broadcom wins initial ruling in GPS patent dispute

Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems.

Broadcom wins initial ruling in GPS patent dispute

Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems.

Broadcom wins initial ruling in GPS patent dispute

Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems.

Broadcom wins initial ruling in GPS patent dispute

Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems.

Broadcom wins initial ruling in GPS patent dispute

Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems.

Broadcom wins initial ruling in GPS patent dispute

WASHINGTON - Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems.

Tiffany to appeal ruling favoring eBay

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tiffany & Co. said Monday that it has appealed a federal judge's ruling in favor of eBay Inc. in a dispute over the sale of counterfeit goods via the online auction site.

Broadcom wins initial ruling in GPS patent dispute [XFNA]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday that it had won an initial ruling against rival SiRF Technology Holdings for violating six patents covering technology designed for global positioning systems.

Appeals court reverses Steinbeck copyrights ruling

A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that awarded John Steinbeck's son and granddaughter publishing rights to 10 of the author's early works, including "The Grapes of Wrath."

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