Tuesday, September 10, 2013, by Kyle Evans Governor Brown’s signature is all that’s needed to make an alternative license plate pilot program a reality in California. The pilot program would implement digital license plates on a limited basis to evaluate whether the state will adopt the electronic plates on a large scale. The program would …
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, by Keta Desai To add to several other previous lawsuits for e-mail-related privacy violations, technology giant Google has now been sued in a class-action suit alleging that the company is violating the Federal Wiretap Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act. The lawsuit contends that through its practice of automated …
Thursday, September 5, 2013, by Amanda Colley There have been numerous lawsuits regarding video games that address various legal issues, such as lawsuits regarding employment conditions, blame in criminal cases, and athlete likeness compensation. A recurring issue in video game law, however, is copyright infringement. Video game history is littered with stories of video game …
Thursday, September 5, 2013, by Brittany Croom As transparency initiatives continue to infiltrate the nation following recent revelations of surveillance by US intelligence, some tech companies are already taking a stand. Only a few days after social media giant, Facebook, revealed the US government has already made information requests for 20,000 users under the Foreign …
Tuesday, September 3, 2013, by Daniel Choo With every scientific breakthrough, there comes the potential for misappropriate use—nuclear fission and the atomic bomb; Google Earth and the Mumbai terrorist attacks; the Internet and the increased incidences of cyberbullying and cyberstalking. To discourage such misuse, laws relating to such technological innovations need to be tightly regulated, …
Tuesday, September 3, 2013, by Kerry Boehm The act of texting while driving has long been a hot topic of debate, beginning with texting’s initial growth in popularity in the early and mid-2000s. Because texting while driving exists as a provable distraction, many states, North Carolina included, have banned it via statute. The topic is …
Tuesday, September 3, 2013, by Will Blackton Before picking up a crayon, consider that you may be “trespassing” in an area of the visible spectrum. You may be in trouble if your box contains “Coca-Cola Red,” “Starbucks Green,” or “Ford Blue.” “T-Mobile Magenta” was a subject of litigation last week. Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent …
Sunday, April 21, 2013, by Ken Jennings The Mosaic Theory of the Fourth Amendment has featured front-and-center in the continuing debate over the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Jones. In Jones, law enforcement officials tracked the location of the defendant’s (borrowed) vehicle for 28 days via a GPS device installed …
Thursday, April 18, 2013, by Drew Hargrove Trademark law allows an owner to “tack” an older form of mark if the owner makes slight alterations to the existing mark. In order to “tack” the old form of a mark, both the old and new form of the mark must retain the same, “continuing commercial impression.” …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, by Carla Gray In the face of new pollution restrictions, the industry affected often resists change. Thus, when the EPA announced on March 27, 2012 that it would create a Carbon Standard for New Plants as part of their strategy to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs), some in the coal industry feared …