The Seattle Times reports that “[a] South American trade group gave member states the go-ahead to set their own intellectual property laws on Thursday, letting Peru clear a key hurdle toward implementing a free-trade deal with the United States. The change gives member states the right to make their own [...]
Read it here. Among other things he's for "open and fair" trade and preserving the FCC’s 4 freedoms, but will not be in favor of a prescriptive, legislative approach to net neutrality. As President, John McCain would: Encourage investment in innovation Develop a skilled work force Champion open and fair [...]
ITNews writes that “[a] report by the Center for American Progress and the Center for Democracy and Technology has found there is too little action being taken against online criminals, despite rising consumer concern about online safety. The report found that [U.S.] state officials were spending only 40 per cent [...]
I have to spend some time thinking about what this means and may post more about this later, but I would be remiss if I did not mention that the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Jacobsen v. Katzer today. The appeals court overruled the lower court decision, which I [...]
The Silicon Valley Watcher blog has a really interesting post today giving “7 reasons [why] startups should not take VC funding.” The Register reveals that “[a] Dutch online reseller who promised customers simlock-free iPhones has apparently gone missing, leaving coworkers bemused and hundreds of consumers a total of €700,000 in [...]