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Newegg defeats patent troll who claims it invented the shopping cart

Newegg defeats patent troll who claims it invented the shopping cart
  • Posted January 28, 2013, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Presenting CompuServe's ancient online "mall" as an example of Precambian prior art, Newegg successfully defeated Soverain Software's supposed patent claim to what is essentially the modern day shopping cart. If Soverain had won the verdict, there's a good chance nearly…

Banning sex offenders from social media sites violates free speech, Federal court rules

Banning sex offenders from social media sites violates free speech, Federal court rules
  • Posted January 23, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Due to First Amendment concerns, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated an Indiana law barring registered sex offenders from using social network sites. "The Indiana law targets substantially more activity than the evil it seeks to redress,"…

Twitter ordered to identify protester, argues users own their data

Twitter ordered to identify protester, argues users own their data
  • Posted September 12, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • A New York State Supreme Court judge ordered Twitter to hand over the account information of Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris, Bloomberg reports. Twitter has until September 15 to comply with the court order to face an undisclosed fine…

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