Patent Assignments on the Web
Patent Assignments on the Web was scheduled to be deployed on January 26, 2004 and indeed, here it is.
Day archives: January 26th, 2004
FindLaw Acquires Glasser LegalWorks
FindLaw, owned by Thomson, announced today it has acquired Glasser LegalWorks.
Campaign 2004 News
From LexisNexis, Campaign 2004 News. Free access to content that includes headline news about the major candidates and their campaigns, as well as articles on platforms and issues.
Judge Rules Patriot Act Provision on Expert Advise Unconstitutional
Judge Audrey B. Collins, United States District Court for the Central District of California, ruled a section of the Patriot Act unconstitutional on January 25. >li>”The USA Patriot Act places no limitation on the type of expert advice and assistance which is prohibited and instead bans the provision of all expert advice and assistance regardless …
Amazon Now Taking Campaign Contributions
“Presidential Candidates: Amazon.com takes the friction out of grass roots contributions to presidential candidates. A 1-Click payment is the easiest way to make a contribution — from $5 to $200.” [Link via Declan McCullagh] See the FAQ here.
Controversy Over Congressional Computer Security Grows
On January 23, I posted on how GOP Staffers Improperly Accessed Democratic Files. See this related commentary today, from ZDNet, Security breach on Capitol Hill: It’s criminal and from KnoxNews, Computer reportedly seized from Frist’s office.
Another Perspective on Knowledge Management in Law Firms
Capturing tacit knowledge: Do you know more than you think? “An examination of the challenges involved in capturing tacit knowledge, by Bina Shah, Allen & Overy.” [via excited utterances] “Tacit knowledge is a mixture of deliberations, subjective insight, intuition and judgment that lawyers acquire by virtue of their experience and expertise.”
Guidance on Record Retention
From the January 2004 issue of Law Practice Today: Electronic Document Retention Policies (And Why Your Clients Need Them).
Copyright Law Critics Pursue Fair Use
From the Sunday, January 25 New York Times Magazine, The Tyranny of Copyright? reviews the impact of the Internet in the context of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Copyright Term Extension Act, the Copy Left movement, and the Creative Commons.
