Software patent filings have gone through snags during the approval process. For many, not having a clearly stated specific enhancement to preexisting software was a liability to the filing’s success. Failing to satisfactorily describe a technical improvement on providing the innovation to the previous invents is another snag. Not distinguishing the innovation from previous filings…
DetailsData security responsibilities are, at times, not met with the requisite level of diligence for compliance. Standards for compliance, for many businesses, institutions, and service entities, are not as specified as one would be drawn to believe. The disjuncture between responsibilities and efforts are becoming more evident with passing days as cyber incidents leave alarming…
DetailsInternet mugshot published online haunts a person for years with embarrassment. For many, as well, the mugshots do not bear a meaningful purpose for others throughout the Internet to know. What remains is the ill circumstance of having future employment out of reach or present employment terminated, for the inadvertent past event. The harm lingers…
DetailsCyber security claims are seldom tempered with an entities acknowledgement of its insecurity of electronically stored information (ESI) and its handling of consumer personal identifying information (PII). Their efforts and planning executed, though they may be diligent, cannot anticipate cyber incidents and breach incidents nor should their efforts to prevent them be overstated. All attention…
DetailsInternet advertising has become intricate and keen. Internet advertising may involve multiple participants. The purpose is essentially to sway readers to purchase products by making representations that at times appear too good to be true. That is what the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Connecticut determined prior to suing LeanSpa. The claims embraced…
DetailsThe Federal Trade Commission under its Act, particularly Section 5, is seeking advertisers to be clearer about how they convey their ads. Advertising disclosures required by the Federal Trade Commission are addressing numerous issues about enhancing disclosures of sources of the statements and claims made in an advertisement. As creativity increases so will the efforts for the…
DetailsInternet cloud options for data computing services are developing as the concept catches on. Incidents of a breach, contract disputes, hacking, and ongoing lawsuits are serving the way for conditions to be highlighted. Nascent, cloud computing contracts were conceived as a data storage solution for businesses, municipal entities, and state organizations. So long as remote…
DetailsPersonal Information is accessed so easily through the Internet that it causes concern for its privacy, handling of personally identifiable information (PII), and its correctness. With the use of a credit card and picking anyone’s name and selecting a state of some form of known or suggested relevance to an individual, anyone can acquire information on one’s profile. Whether…
DetailsInternet speech has drawn concern for its limitless, it seems, availability for anyone to air their comments about something. While there are certain protections for speech, the inherent lack of truth in the statements or the lack of concern for the truth in making such a statement online about someone, engenders a considerable amount of…
DetailsDatabase as a Trade Secret Trade secrets in database records fall victim to many who seek the potential value of stored records from a variety of entities, either from government agencies and competitor businesses, to also include medical and financial enterprises, and even from their own employer or client. Intruding into another’s database is becoming…
DetailsInternet information that is available to read on the Internet about someone or anyone to see is startling. There is a lot to be said about the amount of information available on the Internet. Many are surprised on how their information got on the Internet and the ease with which public information and personal information…
DetailsInternet speech immunity exceptions are sought frequently by individuals and businesses who are affected by someone else’s comments about them via an online site. Online sites are today’s marketplace of ideas to enhance the “competition of the market.”[1] And so, the claim usually asserted is a defamation claim directed to the website from where the…
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