A newly launched Web site, LegalForce, offers an online “marketplace” for buying, selling and licensing patents. Through July, listing patents for sale costs nothing. Interested buyers can view listings and post bids, which are non-binding as serve as invitations to negotiate. The site also provides a networking forum for inventors, attorneys and IP professionals,…
RIAA Expert’s Deposition Posted Online
Via Recording Industry vs The People comes word that the transcript of the deposition of RIAA’s expert, Dr. Doug Jacobson of Iowa State University, is now available online, courtesy of Pike & Fischer Internet Law & Regulation. Deposition exhibits are also available.…
Lawyer2Lawyer: Family Law Update
With gay marriage comes gay divorce. With emerging technologies comes virtual visitation. With fractured families comes grandparent visitation. These are just some of the current issues in family law that we discuss this week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Joining my cohost J. Craig Williams and me to discuss the latest developments in…
New Site Makes Congress More Transparent
A new Web site, OpenCongress, draws on a variety of sources — from official government sites to blogs — to provide an in-depth view of “the real story behind what’s happening in Congress.” A joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation, the site allows you to track official…
Slide Show: All-time Worst Tech Bills
eWeek writer Jim Rapoza has assembled a slide-show commentary on the worst tech-related bills of all time.…