Agencies wary of admitting data security incidents should consider how their secrecy will play in the media, which is bound to learn of even low-risk leaks, agency privacy chiefs said Tuesday. In remarks to the American Society of Access Professionals conference in Washington, they urged involvement by public affairs officials in any response, as a way to set the narrative on an incident. And don’t fear to learn from hackers, a cyber security academic said.
The RIAA ignored another potentially liable person in its drive to win a P2P infringement case against an Oregon woman - one of several reasons the industry group should pay her attorney’s fees, ruled a U.S. magistrate judge in Portland, Ore. The judge’s findings and recommendation will go to a higher judge for review. Parties can file objections until Oct. 9, and if one does, that will give the other two weeks to respond. If upheld, the ruling will be the second known RIAA loss on attorney’s fees, after a nearly $70,000 hit to the group in Oklahoma (WID July 18 p5).
A former P2P infringement defendant seeking class-action status for her lawsuit against the RIAA is plagiarizing her own counterclaims in a suit still pending, the trade group told the U.S. District Court in Portland, Ore., in a hefty motion to dismiss the case. The RIAA asked the court to reject Tanya Andersen’s “gamesmanship,” calling her suit a “blatant effort… to do an end run around the scheduling and discovery deadlines that have expired” in the so-called Atlantic v. Andersen 1 case in the same court.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a final rule, effective September 24, 2007, revising and updating its regulations in 50 CFR Parts 10, 13, 17, and 23 that implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). According to a FWS news release, the final rule represents the first major update and compilation of regulations implementing CITES since 1977.
A precedent-setting court order staying the International Trade Commission Qualcomm chip ban for third parties is “very good news” for T-Mobile but a long term “concern” for the ITC and patent holders, officials told Communications Daily Thursday. Late Wednesday, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit ordered a partial stay of the ITC limited exclusion order against Qualcomm chips that infringe Broadcom patents. The ruling could be a “harbinger for a favorable final decision” for Qualcomm, a Stifel Nicolaus analyst said.
With Google deemed the next target of aggressive antitrust regimes in Europe and Asia, and a European court decision due next week on Microsoft’s position in the server market, tech interests want Congress to give industry and agencies resources to fight back. Panelists at a Tuesday Association for Competitive Technology discussion on Capitol Hill explained unhindered persecution abroad as resulting from factors ranging from lax U.S. enforcement of trade agreements to “forum shopping” abroad by jealous U.S. competitors.
The International Trade Commission has issued a notice of institution of a section 337 investigation of certain 3G mobile handsets and components thereof imported and sold by Nokia Corporation of Finland and Nokia, Inc. of Irving, Texas.
In Ford Motor Company v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with Customs and reversed the Court of International Trade's decision on waiver procedures and Customs' ability to pursue civil penalties under 19 USC 1592.
With Google deemed the next target of aggressive antitrust regimes in Europe and Asia, and a European court decision due next week on Microsoft’s position in the server market, tech interests want Congress to give industry and agencies resources to fight back. Panelists at a Tuesday Association for Competitive Technology discussion on Capitol Hill explained unhindered persecution abroad as resulting from factors ranging from lax U.S. enforcement of trade agreements to “forum shopping” abroad by jealous U.S. competitors.
Nokia opened its defense in an International Trade Commission hearing on alleged Nokia infringement of three Qualcomm patents, Nokia said Monday. The complaint involves Nokia GSM/GPRS/EDGE devices. The hearing runs Sept. 10-24. Qualcomm complained June 9, 2006, invoking six of its patents. The ITC agreed July 10, 2006, to investigate; the case was stayed from Feb. 26, 2007, until June 12, 2007. Since first filing, Qualcomm has pulled three patents from its complaint. “Nokia is confident that its products do not infringe any of the patents remaining in this case and that the patents are invalid,” said Carl Belding, Nokia chief legal officer. “We look forward to proving that the claims regarding the three remaining patents have no more merit than those already withdrawn by Qualcomm.” Qualcomm could not be reached for comment.