It seems obvious that patents were intended to be public. Ostensibly, patents reward innovation by allowing for a temporary legal monopoly, and legitimate patent-holders who are using patents to produce exclusive goods would want others to know their patent exists to avoid copycats and costly litigation. Unfortunately for many producers, modern patent law allows for [...]
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In May, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released their report, “Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations,” which offers an eminently readable summary of the technology as it currently stands. For anyone interested in learning what cloud computing is and how it can be used, or anyone wanting to refresh their knowledge, this report [...] Back in March, the Bllawg covered the latest revision of Delaware’s Default Standard for Discovery, which was current as of December 8th, 2011. On the same date, the court released the Default Standard for Access to Source Code, which has received considerably less press. However, as several high profile patent cases have recently been in [...] A third edition of “Digital Evidence, Digital Investigation and E-Disclosure: A Guide to Forensic Readiness,” by Peter Sommer, has been published by the Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC). The IAAC is a not-for-profit research organization based in the United Kingdom that specializes in strategic level information assurance issues, and enjoys the sponsorship of major UK [...] The antitrust case of Kleen Products, LLC, et. al. v. Packaging Corporation of America, et. al., which many may know as the “other” predictive coding case, has finally started to tear the attention of the e-discovery industry away from Da Silva Moore. While the issue at hand in Da Silva Moore was the argument over the [...] The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules met late this March in Ann Arbor to discuss amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Included on the agenda was the report of the Discovery Subcommittee, which has been pondering the issue of sanctions and preservation since their mini-conference in September 2011. Since that time, the subcommittee [...] |
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