The Associated Press 02-14-2008 A Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday proposed legislation to stop network providers from playing traffic cop on the Internet. Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet, introduced the bill to promote the principle, known as “Net neutrality,” of treating all Internet...Read More

Fed. Cir. 11-16-2007 The Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas denying defendant-appellant Microsoft Corp.’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law after a jury ruled that it had infringed two of the plaintiff-appellee’s patents related to prevention of software piracy and failed to...Read More

The Associated Press 02-13-2008 Yahoo Inc. is discussing a possible partnership with News Corp. in its latest effort to repel Microsoft Corp. or prod its unsolicited suitor into raising its current takeover bid. News Corp. and a private equity firm also would buy significant stakes in Yahoo in a complex deal designed to boost the...Read More

IBLS Editorial DepartmentWednesday, February 13, 2008Most cybercrimes tried in the United States have dealt with violation of purely federal statutory law; and therefore, they have been conducted in federal courts. Yet, a recent 2008 criminal case emerged as one of the first criminal case involving a typical state criminal case but because of the forum...Read More