Internet retailers face looming duty to collect out-of-state tax
Death and internet taxes
Online shopping is hugely popular but not with state governments. For years, states have complained the internet shopping boom is costing them billions in…
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Forget TV, let’s put the Supreme Court on YouTube
Cool courtrooms
The Supreme Court is now on YouTube — sort of. A clandestine video from the court has turned up on the popular video-sharing…
Brands can’t use copyright to stop resales, court confirms
First sale freedom
In 2013, the fate of everything from used bookstores to neighborhood garage sales hung in the balance as the Supreme Court decided whether it…
Supreme Court strips more power from controversial patent court
Stick to your day job
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday that will have a significant impact on the patent system by limiting the ability of the…
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The trouble with the Supreme Court’s go-slow approach to tech
A push for paper
Chief Justice John Roberts published a report on the judiciary this week, and much of his meditation focused on technology, and courts’ historical reluctance…
Supreme Court sides with Amazon in worker security screening case
Big win for Amazon and Apple
The Supreme Court handed employers a clear victory on Tuesday, ruling 9-0 that Amazon does not have to compensate workers for the time they…
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Computer experts push Supreme Court to hear Google’s appeal in API copyright case
Can companies like Oracle exert copyright over basic software instructions? A new petition from leading computer scientists makes it more likely the Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a decision that shocked the tech sector.
Amazon workers go to Supreme Court in $100M fight over wages, security searches
Should employees be paid for the time they spend in line undergoing anti-theft searches at the end of a shift? An employee of an Amazon warehouse is leading an important test case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court to rule on Facebook threats and Amazon worker rights as new term starts
What are the most important legal cases in tech? Here are three cases going before the Supreme Court this fall, plus a view of 5 other issues coming down the pike.
After a key Supreme Court decision this summer, courts are shredding software patents and trolls
Patent reform failed in Congress this year but a spec of hope has arrived in the form of a spate of court decisions in which courts are deciding that so-called inventions can’t be patented because they are old and abstract ideas.
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Google must face claims over WiFi snooping after Supreme Court refuses to hear Street View appeal
The Supreme Court refused to hear Google’s appeal of a lower court’s finding that the data it collected from unsecured WiFi networks amounted to a violation of the Wiretap Act.
Senate press gallery ignores the evolution of journalism, denies SCOTUSblog press credentials
The committee that determines who gets an official Senate press pass has denied one to SCOTUSblog because it says the site’s journalism involves a conflict of interest — but the press gallery is ignoring how journalism has changed, in this case for the better
Supreme Court deals blow to computer patents in 9-0 ruling
A new Supreme Court decision will cut down the number of computer-related patents, but will not, as some had hoped, eliminate software patents altogether.
SCOTUSblog continues to run up against the white blood-cell response of traditional media
SCOTUSblog is recognized as one of the leading sites for analysis and commentary on Supreme Court decisions, but it has been unable to get accreditation as an official media outlet from either the court or the Senate press gallery’s committee of journalists
In win for tech industry, Supreme Court overturns two more patent rulings
The Supreme Court struck a blow against vague patents and a controversial infringement theory in two more 9-0 rebukes to the country’s patent appeals court.
Supreme Court reverses patent judges (again) in 9-0 decision on lawyer fees
The Supreme Court issued yet another rebuke to the country’s patent court judges in two decisions that could make it easier to punish patent trolls.
Cell phone searches at the Supreme Court: a guide to today’s big privacy case (and where to learn more)
When can police go through a person’s cellphone? The Supreme Court will hear two cases on Tuesday that will shape the future of privacy and police procedure.
Appeals court says blogs are not only media, they’re an important source of news and commentary
An appeals court has ruled that a blogger is a member of the media for the purposes of defamation law — another decision that helps support the idea of protecting acts of journalism, rather than just specific people who are defined as professional journalists
Software at the Supreme Court: A guide to Monday’s blockbuster patent case
The Supreme Court is hearing what many regard as the most important patent case in years, which is expected to provide new rules on what can and can’t be patented.
When is software patentable? The Supreme Court is about to weigh in
The dividing line between what software is patentable and what is not has been hazy at best. But a case that goes before the Supreme Court later this month may finally bring some much-needed clarity to the issue.
When should patent trolls pay legal fees? Supreme Court reviews “objectively baseless” claims
The problem of patent trolling is rooted in economics: there is little downside to filing outrageous lawsuits since it often costs the other side more to defend than settle. The Supreme Court is hearing cases that could change that.
Supreme Court rebukes patent court judges (again)
A “rogue” appeals court hears every patent appeal in the land — and keeps on getting it wrong. The Supreme Court stepped in once again this week to clean up the mess.
Supreme Court to rule on when cops can search your cell phone
Right now, police can go through the cell phone of someone they’ve arrested in some states but not others. The Supreme Court accepted two cases which could clear what sort of cell phone searches are legal under the Constitution.
Supreme Court to review patents on software
The Supreme Court says it will return to the thorny issue of when software-related “inventions” are eligible for review under patent law.
Supreme Court refuses Amazon’s challenge to online sales tax law
The Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to a New York law that taxes out-of-state online retailers — this means the tax fight in Congress is likely to heat up in coming months.
Supreme Court notes “disconcerting” Facebook settlement, will eye future charity deals
Tech companies have been resolving privacy lawsuits by paying a sum of money to class action lawyers and “charities.” The Supreme Court hinted on Monday it is getting impatient with the practice.
A web page that lasts forever: the plan to stop “link rot” in law and science
Many links cited by influential science journals and the Supreme Court are broken – the result is a growing memory hole in the places where scholars expect to find an authoritative source of knowledge. The good news is a solution is at hand.
Can cops search your phone? Supreme Court likely to tell us in 2014
The law about when cops can search your phone is a cluster of confusion. But now the issue is teed up for the Supreme Court to define the privacy rights surrounding the personal computers in our pockets.
How big data is taking on breast cancer — and big biotech
Now that the Supreme Court has decided that human genes can’t be patented, a group of researchers is using high-tech data science to better understand the genetic mutations associated with breast cancer.
Supreme Court sides with bookseller in major copyright ruling, says resale is ok
The Supreme Court sided with a student textbook seller agains the publisher John Wiley in a major dispute over who can resell copyrighted works.
Supreme Court sides with broadcasters on cussing, nudity
The Supreme Court chose to keep the country in suspense today over its momentous health care ruling, and instead issued a decision confirming that the FCC was wrong to sanction Fox over brief f-bombs by Cher and Nicole Richie.
Supreme Court to rule on “grey market” goods in books case
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.
The Supreme Court, big data and 1984
The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a case that could decide how connected the concept of big data is to constitutional expectations of privacy. How much data is too much before allowable surveillance crosses the line into an invasion of privacy?
Supreme Court Hears Privacy Case On GPS Tracking
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…
Your Guide To Some Key Copyright Cases On The Docket This Week
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…
Don’t Stop Playing Grand Theft Auto, Kids-The Supreme Court’s Got Your Back
The Supreme Court ruled today that a California law that would have banned the sale of violent video games to minors is unconstitutional, be…
Supreme Court Looks Skeptically At Prescription Privacy Law
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…
Supreme Court Health Data Case Could Sway Online Privacy Debate
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…
What Would the Police Find if They Searched Your Phone?
Imagine what the police could find out about you if they had the ability to search your phone and all it contains, from your browser and photo history to your Foursquare check-ins. Police in California now have the right to do this — without a warrant.
Supreme Court Blocks YouTube Broadcast of Prop 8 Trial
Responding to an emergency appeal, the US Supreme Court ruled this morning to block the broadcast of proceedings in the Perry et…
Big Brother Can Spy on Me If I Work for Him?
Everybody’s worried about lack of online privacy, but it seems like if you work for the U.S. government, you ought to be more worried than most. Two legal cases stand poised to heavily influence the online rights of government workers.
Vid-Biz: Quantcast, McCain, Indecency
Quantcast Signs MTV Networks; company will provide web metrics for MTVN sites. (AdWeek) John McCain on Losing the Election; big ideas site…
