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Get Out the Vote! (Just Make Sure You’re at the Right Polling Place) – Justia Weekly Writers’ Picks Updated: by

Serv. Emps. Int’l Union Local 1 v. Husted, US 6th Cir. (10/31/12) Election Law The Sixth Circuit granted Ohio a stay of the district court’s October 26 order granting a preliminary injunction that requires the state to count provisional ballots cast in the wrong polling place due to poll-worker error…

Apple Faces Wrath of U.K. Judges Over Samsung Case Website Notice Updated: by

A snippy apology is apparently not what the judges involved in Apple's U.K. patent litigation over Samsung tablets ordered, according to testy statements made at a U.K. Court of Appeal hearing today. Judge Robin Jacob court told Apple and Samsung lawyers this morning that the iPad maker had 24 hours to…

Facebook Sued for Antitrust Violations Over Virtual Currency Updated: by

Last week, on October 26, Kickflip, Inc. (doing business as, and hereinafter referred to as, Gambit) filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging violations of federal antitrust laws. According to its complaint, Gambit was “a leading virtual-currency and payment-processing provider”…

Apple Seeks U.S. Discovery Against Motorola for German Patent Case Updated: by

On Monday, Apple filed an Ex parte application for discovery against Motorola Mobility ('Motorola') to defend against the Google subsidiary's patent claims in Germany. Motorola's claims allege that Apple's iPhone and iPad wireless devices infringe two of the company's European patents. One central Apple legal defense to Motorola's European patent…

Apple Sued Over Apple Messages and FaceTime Updated: by

Last Friday, Intercarrier Communications LLC (“ICC”), a Texas limited liability company, filed lawsuits against at least thirteen different technology companies, including Apple Inc. Other defendants include the makers of such popular apps as TextNow and PingChat! (by Enflick), Viber, WhatsApp, and Glympse. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District…

Despite Sandy, Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Copyright Case Updated: by

On Monday, in the shadow of then-Hurricane (now-Superstorm) Sandy, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a case involving the applicability of U.S. copyright law to copies of works created and legally acquired abroad and subsequently imported into the United States. In…

Justia Weekly Writers’ Picks: First Amendment and Old Coins – October 26, 2012 Updated: by

United States v. White, US 7th Cir. (10/26/12) Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law White created a website to advance white supremacy and included a statement that “everyone associated with the Matt Hale trial has deserved assassination for a long time.” The site also included information related to the foreperson…

Apple Sued Over “Quick Look” Feature in Operating Systems Updated: by

Yesterday, WhitServe LLC filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging infringement of a patent WhitServe owns. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the lawsuit The patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,921,139, is described as a “System for sequentially opening and displaying files in a directory.” Invented by…