Internet Freedom

Hilary Clinton's speech yesterday on Internet freedom attracked an interesting reaction from China.

See http://www.america.gov/internet-freedom.html

Speech and video

News coverage of Chinese reaction:

NY Times

Financial Times

Legal Blogs

ABA's list of 100 great legal blogs

Examples

• Internet Law - Law & Disorder and Technology & Marketing
• IP Watchdog
• Copyright Campaigns
• Patents

See also, Great Legal TV Shows and Great Legal Movies

Updated Internet Law Website

I have updated the class Internet Law website.

It is now located at www.cyberspac.com

There is a list of useful Internet law links here.

Also, as an experiment, have a look at:
www.ecyberspac.com

Sports Website

A new sports website, run from Brisbane, looks interesting:
www.sportsvolcano.com

New Australian IP Blog

IP Blog - http://blogs.mallesons.com/ipwhiteboard

Google Steals The Web?

The Google sideWiki product is kicking up a storm.

http://talkbiz.com/blog/google-steals-the-web/

http://www.google.com/sidewiki/entry/foley.sj/id/1ksJhFGMBYdq_whDm7Ihcc4wz14

Photos and Piracy

"Internet accessibility of images amassed by governmental organizations, commercial entities and individuals is the basis of novel privacy violation claims. However, Internet distribution of images of both individuals and private places collected from public places remains lawful."

Pictures From Public Places Not Private

French parliament delays vote on Internet law

"A law backed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to tackle Internet piracy suffered a new setback on Tuesday after legislators postponed a vote on the bill until September."

Source: Reuters

A warning from California

"The FLIR decision is a reminder to employers to be cautious when determining to bring a lawsuit against former employees for trade secret misappropriation. California courts may not tolerate the filing of misappropriation claims where it appears the employer is merely fearful or suspicious of wrongdoing. In such cases, the employer plaintiff risks not only a dismissal of its claims but the possibility of being sanctioned for bringing the action. "

FLIR Systems v. Parrish

Apple and Protection of Trade Secrets

From the NY Times
"The local police bureau declined to answer questions about the case. But reports of the apparent suicide have set off a firestorm of criticism of Foxconn’s treatment of Mr. Sun, labor conditions at its factories and the pressures Apple places on suppliers to abide by the culture of secrecy that surrounds its development of new products.

The case also underscores the challenges that global companies face in trying to safeguard their designs and intellectual property in the hotly contested smartphone market, particularly here in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, an electronics manufacturing center known for piracy and counterfeiting."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/technology/companies/27apple.html