Copyright Law

Open Source Licenses Held Enforceable
In Jacobsen v. Katzer (No. 2008-1001, Aug 13, 2008), the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit reversed a lower court's ruling that copyright protection is not available for software distributed free-of-charge under an open source license...

Symposium on Noëlle McAfees Two Feminisms
McAfee’s article is accessible here, via the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2005. McAfee writes at her blog: An article of mine that I wrote a few years ago, ?Two Feminisms,? found a new life as the subject of the fall symposium of the online journal, Symposia on Gender, Race, and Philosophy...

Yahoo Partners With McAfee To Make Search More Secure
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 7, 2008. Yahoo Partners With McAfee To Make Search More Secure"The collaboration covers Web site security issues, such as identifying sites associated with adware, malware, spyware, phishing, and spam...

McAfee Identifies Most Dangerous Web Domains to Search and Surf
The second annual McAfee Mapping the Mal Web report (pdf) on the riskiest and safest places on the Web reveals that 19.2% of all Web sites ending in the ".hk" domain pose a security threat to Web users...

CAFC speaks to "open source" issues in Jacobsen
In 2006, IPBiz discussed the Jacobsen model train case. On August 13, the CAFC vacated and remanded the ND Ca decision. At stake, was the right of a copyright holder to enforce an "open source" license; also of interest were the jurisdictional matters which allowed the CAFC to speak to copyright, normally not the province of the CAFC...

Open Source Here in Google, There in Quebec, and Maybe Everywhere
There’s quite a bit of buzz this week about open source  software. Earlier this summer Google banned open source code on Mozilla Public License,  claiming spiraling legal costs...

Nationwide Recall Of All Lots Of Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap
Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap All Lots Recalled Nationally

Zonisamide
FDA Issues Information on Risk for Metabolic Acidosis

Spa Factor
Aromatherapy Fountain & Bath Benefits Kits Recalled

McAfee, Symantec
Settle Investigation into Automatic Antivirus Subscription Practices

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

FDA Issues Safety Warning About Valproic Acid and Divalproex Sodium
Valproic Acid and Divalproex Sodium FDA Issues Safety Warning About Risk for Birth Defects