Mocking what it termed other filers’ “nonsensical” read of the Copyright Act, DoJ said in a file-sharing brief Fri. that Internet distribution clearly comes under the Act’s treatment of the distribution right pertaining to “material objects.” The Elektra v. Barker defendant and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have said the definition of “copies and phonorecords” in the law excludes network transmission of copyrighted works, a claim that spurred DoJ to tell the U.S. Dist. Court, N.Y. it might intervene (WID April 6 p12). Court precedent and congressional intent line up with its argument, DoJ said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued revised guidance on the classification of festive articles due to its recent decision to limit the court decisions in the case Park B. Smith, Ltd., vs. U.S.(Park) to the litigated entries only, i.e., the specific cotton woven table linen and cotton woven dhurry rug entries before the courts in that litigation.
Mobile phone users could conduct voice-activated searches if a patent granted to Google Tues. for a voice interface search engine is deployed. If so, Google would be weighting records of stored text and audio queries to improve speech recognition, as it does now with recognizing near- misses of keyed in text, the firm said.
Mobile phone users could conduct voice-activated searches if a patent granted to Google Tues. for a voice interface search engine is deployed. If so, Google would be weighting records of stored text and audio queries to improve speech recognition, as the it does now with recognizing near- misses of keyed in text, the firm said.
The FCC Wed. adopted long awaited rules on educational institutions’ leasing broadband radio service (BRS)and educational broadband service (EBS) spectrum to firms planning to use the spectrum for wireless broadband. Firms anxious to roll out wireless broadband networks on the spectrum scored key wins, but many details remain unclear. Comr. Copps voiced deep concerns about the order.
A long-simmering patent dispute between Lexar Media and Toshiba escalated Tues. as the flash memory card maker filed a complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Lexar wants an immediate inquiry into Toshiba over import of NAND flash chips and flash cards Lexar alleges violates 3 of its patents. Toshiba didn’t respond by our deadline to a request for comment.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.
Blockbuster declined comment Wed. on a Netflix suit accusing its rival of violating basic patents on the online ordering and delivery of DVDs. A Blockbuster spokesman said his company hasn’t had an opportunity to review the suit, which Netflix filed Tues. in U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco.
Blockbuster declined comment Wed. on a Netflix suit accusing its rival of violating basic patents on the online ordering and delivery of DVDs. A Blockbuster spokesman said his company hasn’t had an opportunity to review the suit, which Netflix filed Tues. in U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) duty orders.