M&C writes that “[a] U.S. appeals court in Ohio has ruled that e-mail messages stored on Internet servers are protected by the Constitution as are telephone conversations and that a federal law permitting warrantless secret searches of e-mail violates the Fourth Amendment.” Yahoo!News reports that “EU regulators on Thursday cleared [...]
The International Herald Tribune reports that “Antigua and Barbuda said Wednesday it was entitled to $3.44 billion in compensation from the United States in a World Trade Organization dispute over a U.S. ban on Internet gambling. The compensation demand would be enforced as Antigua withdrew intellectual property protection for U.S. [...]
The Register reports on a new Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) report on Intellectual Property which points out that “IP is starting to matter more and more in acquisitions: firms are being bought for what they know as much as anything else. This means working out the value of IP as an [...]
Inc.com writes that “Harvard Business School has created an executive education program for entrepreneurs seeking to launch a start-up, school officials said this week. Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners is an open-enrollment program taking place on Harvard's Boston campus between Sept. 30 and Oct. 5. [...]
The Lawbean blog reports that “European Union justice ministers met today in order to discuss the regulation of sales of violent video games to minors.” According to the Register, anti-fraud activists have warned that “[p]opular UK-based free ads website Adzooks is inadvertently helping fraudsters by failing to properly screen job [...]