BlawgIT
BlawgIT covers internet legal issues, including patent, copyright and trademark issues.
Author: Brett J. Trout is a solo practitioner in Des Moines, Iowa, and the author of Cyber Law: A Legal Arsenal for Online Business. He also contributes to LAWpportunities.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Patent Law • Trademark Law • Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from BlawgIT
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Comcast’s Ongoing Assault on Net Neutrality
What exactly is Net Neutrality? If you are like most people, it is probably the biggest thing you have never heard of. Have you ever received a satellite television brochure detailing what packages…
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Supreme Court Denies Cert in Patent Infringement Appeal - Dish Network to Pay TiVo $104M
TiVo’s 2004 lawsuit against Dish Network (formerly EchoStar Communications) ultimately resulted in a $74M patent infringement verdict against Dish Network. The lower court also ordered Dish Network to turn off the three million digital…
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Define Yourself
The best things in life are free At least when it comes to things like Ted Demopoulos’ eBook Ted Demopoulos’ effective internet presence. Ted is a National Information Security expert and author of several…
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Internet Fraud
Not your grandfather’s Internet fraud When most people think of Internet fraud, they picture a grammatically-challenged Nigerian stuck in a boiler room emailing you that he is actually a preternaturally endowed and scantily clad…
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Document Retention Road Kill
Is Your Company Road Kill Waiting to Happen?In my last post I explained many of the dangers Cyberlaws pose to your company. Given the complexity of these laws, many companies choose a deer in…
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Page One of Google Search For Patent Lawyer
Page One This week my website started appearing on the first page of Google results for the phrase “patent lawyer.” Not so unusual, until you consider that I spent zero dollars in making this…
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State Turns Blind Eye To Identity Theft
Even if your state government is not going to step in and protect you from identity theft, you would at least figure your elected officials would not be spoon feeding identity theives your social…
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Worry About Internet Law Because . . .
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TrustyPig - A Webjacker Gets Pwned
Webjacking is the illegal practice of stealing a legitimate website’s design and confusing potential customers into believing they have stumbled upon the legitimate site. Once at the bogus site, the webjacker may extract…
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Does Patent Application Reveal Television on the iPhone
According to the iPhone blog, a recently published Apple patent application reveals an Apple iPhone dongle of some type capable of receiving over the air television, cable television, satellite television and more. The…