Show Your Support: Tell the Senate to Pass Patent Reform
Show Your Support: Tell the Senate to Pass Patent Reform
Maryland Court Dismisses Landmark Case That Sought to Hold Cisco Responsible for Violating Human Rights
The Federal District Court in Maryland this week dismissed Du Daobin v. Cisco Systems, a case brought by Chinese dissidents alleging that Cisco knowingly customized, marketed, sold, and provided continued support and service for technologies as part of China's Golden Shield, a digital censorship and surveillance system used by...
Bad Facts, Really Bad Law: Court Orders Google to Censor Controversial Video Based on Spurious Copyright Claim
It's an old legal adage that bad facts lead to bad legal decisions, and today we've got a classic example in Garcia v. Google—the "Innocence of Muslims" case. Based on a copyright claim that is dubious at best, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Google to...
Security Experts Call on Tech Companies to Defend Against Surveillance
Fair Use Triumphs in the Munger Games
In a win for online fair use and the free speech it makes possible, a federal district court judge has ruled that using a campaign headshot as part of a critical, noncommercial blog post does not infringe copyright.
The case started back in April, when California Republican Party...
Security Experts Call on Tech Companies to Defend Against Surveillance
Open Letter to Tech Companies Includes 10 Principles to Protect Users From NSA Sabotage
In the past nine months, our trust in technology companies has been badly shaken. Today, in collaboration with prominent security researchers and technologists, EFF presents an open letter to technology companies, urging them to protect...
Speakeasy: Warsaw, Poland
Three Months Later, Alaa Abd El Fattah Remains Imprisoned
Nearly three months since his arrest, the Egyptian blogger, software developer and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah remains imprisoned. Charged in December with organizing a demonstration to protest the failure of the draft constitution in legislating against military court martialing of civilians, Abd El Fattah is awaiting trial in...
42 State Attorneys General Support Patent Reform
In the latest blow to patent trolls, 42 state and territorial attorneys general—that's right, 42!—wrote a letter today calling on the Senate to pass meaningful patent reform. As the AGs write:
So-called patent trolls stifle innovation and harm our economy by making dubious claims of patent infringement and...
