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Apple, Microsoft, Motorola and Others Named in E-Mail Patent Lawsuit

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

In 2001, NTP sued the BlackBerry maker for what it said were infringements on nine of its patents for wireless e-mail. After years of legal maneuverings, in 2006, RIM agreed to make a one-time payment of $612.5 million to NTP, in exchange for being able to continue offering its e-mail services. - On July 8, NTP filed patent lawsuits against six of the industry's biggest players - Apple, HTC, LG Electronics, Microsoft and Motorola - in a United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The lawsuits accuse the manufacturers of infringing on eight patents related to quot;the ...

Weigh Legal Risks of Cloud Computing

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:34:28 -0400

Public clouds present a variety of legal risks that companies must consider before deploying. - Cloud computing has the potential to revolutionize how we invent, develop, deploy, scale, update, maintain and pay for data and applications, as well as the infrastructure on which they run. However, a highly optimized public cloud presents a variety of legal risks that companies must consider befor...

Controlling Your Legal Spending

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:52:43 -0500

How can you balance the expense of high-quality legal services versus the risks of cutting back on spending? - Expert legal advice and high-quality legal services are critical to business success, but in a time of tight budgets, how do you manage the expense without jeopardizing quality? Here are some tactics that let you rein in legal spending without increasing your companys risk. Vendor Relationships: Y...

The Verdict Is In

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:33:33 -0500

Thanks to the companys intranet, the attorneys at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal get 24/7 availability to all the information they need to satisfy their clients and do their jobs effectively. - In 2007, when Sonnenschein Nath amp; Rosenthal launched what it now calls �the Portal,� the firm had to ensure that its attorneys had continuous access to all of its information, even in the event of problems with power, servers, databases or severe weather. The Portal, the companys intranet, provi...

Rules for the Baseline/BTM 500 Survey Drawing

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:29:51 -0400

Following are the rules and regulations for the Baseline/BTM 500 survey drawing for five $100 American Express cards. - Ziff Davis Enterprises Baseline magazine Giveaway Rules amp; Regulations Eligibility: Employees of Ziff Davis Enterprise and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings) are not eligible for the drawings. Contest is open to persons 21 years of age or older. Prize Center Drawings...

Prepare for E-Discovery Before a Lawsuit Is Filed

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:59:59 -0500

A well-organized records management program is the foundation for an effective electronic discovery program. - The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require producing not just paper, but all electronic documents and data for trial. Defendants and their counsel must preserve and provide electronically stored information, and a court can inflict sanctions if it finds that relevant electronic documents have not ...

Web Takedown Notices: Punish the Monkey

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:16:08 -0500

Oh, the cyclical ironies of the Internet. The attention gained by trying to force a Web site to take down content or shut down sparks others to post that content elsewhere.

- Here is one letter that you don't want to receive: quot;You are currently hosting website content that contains our proprietary information. We demand that you take down the posting immediately. quot; I guess I am fortunate that I have only received one takedown notice in all my years of ...