Tuesday, July 15, 2003

A number of news sources (including the International Herald Tribune) are reporting on a release from the European Commission regarding its anti-spam directive, 2002/58/EC. As stated in the release, "Member States have to apply and effectively enforce this regime by the 31st of October 2003 at the latest." If anyone would like to see the actual release in English, it may be found at: (Note: TinyURL used to shorten a rather lengthy eu.int citation) with the actual Directive (Article 13 deals with spam) found in PDF format at: (Ditto) 10:53:11 PM    comment []

This is a dangerous precedent. Bowers vs. Baystate Technologies, Inc., 320 F.3d 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2003) On June 16, 2003, the Supreme Court denied certiorari, without opinion, in Baystate v. Bowers, a patent, copyright and contract case involving CAD software. http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2003/20030616.asp http://www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/courtorders/061603pzor.pdf IEEE Supreme Court Amicus brief http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/policy/2003/Baystate060203.html http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/policy/2003/baystate%20amicus%20brief.pdf Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, January 29, 2003 http://laws.findlaw.com/fed/011108v2.html http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/federal/judicial/fed/opinions/01opinions/01-1108o.html prior opinion: 302 F.3d 1334, 2002 U,S.App. LEXIS 17184, 64 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1065, Cop. L. Rep. (CCH) P28,479 (August 20,2002): http://www.law.upenn.edu/fac/pwagner/patents/2003sp/downloads/bowers_v_baystate_2002.pdf District Court Opinion: 112 F. Supp.2d 185 (D. Mass, 2000). Appellate court friend of the court briefs and comments: http://www.acm.org/usacm/Briefs/bowersVbaystatebrie.htm http://www.info-commons.org/blog/archives/000035.html http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/briefs.html http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/amicus/bowers_v_baystate_rehearing.pdf IEEE links page http://rrcs-se-24-73-162-58.biz.rr.com/bowers/#reference Commentary: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/dmca-activists/2002-10/msg00075.html http://www.sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/000173.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/02/09/13/020916opgripe_1.html http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/0/3145265E7140D30D48256D520023F052?OpenDocument http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/26/HNreverseengineering_1.html?development http://www.andrewspub.com/rptr_desc.asp?pub=SLB http://www.ieeeusa.org/releases/2003/060403pr.html http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/administration/scholarly_communication_issues_29.htm http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002102501t.htm Atari Games reverse engineering case: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/cases/atarivnintendo.html 9:53:10 PM    comment []

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