Category: Revision Legal

In an age where 68% of Americans own smartphones, our data and communication sources are sometimes our most prized possessions. With the help of technology, individuals now conduct business and pass time all from hand-held devices with little thought about privacy. While most people assume their conversations via cellular phones are secure, is it possible […]

There are two sayings in particular that have become common phrases in today’s society. Because many of us are convinced that Google knows all, “Google it!” Second, and definitely growing in popularity is “There’s an app for that!” While the use of Google to help us understand and learn many new things is an invaluable […]

There are few feelings worse than when the faith and trust that’s been placed in a loved one is smashed and plastered across the Internet for the world to see. More accurately described as ‘nonconsensual pornography,’ (“NCP”) the ever-growing area of revenge porn is at long last starting to see a response in the judicial […]

We’ve written before about the European Union’s “Right to Be Forgotten” laws (see our post on Making A Murderer’s Ken Kratz and his potential to be forgotten here), and we’ve talked a great deal about defamation and privacy concerns. Today we’re excited to offer the third in our series of blog posts that talk about what it takes to […]

Who is Machinima?

Over $30 million in damages, with an additional $6 million in interest and costs. That’s the price Clear Logic, Inc found itself paying after losing an infringement claim under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act (“SCPA”). In 2005, the Ninth Circuit Court affirmed a case coming out of the Northern District of California regarding an infringement […]

Not really Copyright law and not really Patent law, but somewhere in between: this is where the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act (“SCPA”) stands in US intellectual property law. In 1992 a case came before the Federal Circuit Court that resulted in a detailed explanation of the SCPA and a look at what Congress really intended.Brooktree […]

In 2013, a carpet cleaning company brought an action in the state of Virginia against members of Yelp. The complaint alleged that anonymous users had posted fraudulent, defamatory comments on Yelp giving negative feedback about the company….

We’ve written before about the European Union’s “Right to Be Forgotten” laws (see our post on Making A Murderer’s Ken Kratz and his potential to be forgotten here), and we’ve talked a great deal about defamation and privacy concerns. T…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a new policy that puts stronger restrictions on what Internet service providers such as Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T can do with customer data. The goal of the proposal is to ensure…