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The EU has been quite strict with U.S. companies of late, as evidenced by a recent ruling against Microsoft, noted Raymond Van Dyke, an attorney and partner at Merchant & Gould in Washington, D.C "With the recent EU antitrust decision against Microsoft, T3 Technologies is like...

"Although I greatly sympathize with Obama on his PDA predicament, there are security risks whenever any e-mail goes off into the air -- on landlines and on the Internet -- and if anyone's private conversations should remain private, it should be the president's," said Raymond Van Dyke, a partner at Washington, D.C.-based law firm Merchant & Gould.

The patent may be subject to a strong invalidation challenge based on 30 years of prior code and articles -- even though the priority date for the patent in the suit dates back to 1998, said Raymond Van Dyke, a software technology attorney in the Washington, DC office of Merchant & Gould.

With a gavel instead of a wand, New York District Judge Robert Patterson on Monday found publisher RDR Books and Steven Vander Ark guilty of infringing the copyrights of J.K. Rowling and moviemaker Warner Brothers Entertainment ...

"The 'Scrabulous' game was an interesting take on an established and well-known game. For many reasons, the new game was popular because of the old game, which had the same rules, very similar name and other indications, making people think that new game was sanctioned. It was not, and we know the consequences," explained Raymond Van Dyke, a technology attorney in Washington, DC...

"This case amply illustrates the power of intellectual property and the potential for disruption," technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times "Companies endeavor to obtain protection on their R&D (research and development), and must, at times, enforce those...

"COPA represents another attempt to protect children from the predators and inappropriate subject matter found in abundance on the wild World Wide Web," technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times. "The Third Circuit, however, felt that the language of the Act was too broad and further work was needed to avoid constitutional issues."

Modern information-gathering tools are growing in power, one result of which will be a continuing encroachment on individual privacy concerns, Raymond Van Dyke, a technology attorney in Washington, told TechNewsWorld "The social balance of an American's right to privacy agains...

"As computers form the backbone of commerce and hold countless billions of secret, private and confidential bits of information, it is not surprising that the penalties are becoming higher and reflect the potential damage to society," Washington technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times...

The Supreme Court on Monday continued its trend toward restricting patent rights with its ruling in the Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics case. In the unanimous opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court addressed a seemingly simple principle called "patent exhaustion." In other words, what restrictions can patent holders place on products that are sold?...

On the other hand, "The sheer elegance and utter simplicity of the Google Web page is its distinctiveness," Washington technology lawyer Raymond Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times. "The inclusion of additional and conspicuous links, words and icons constitutes clutter." Whethe...

"With the evolving nature of actors' roles extending into the cyber and other realms, there is a clear need for actors to realize that their talents may be leveraged," Raymond Van Dyke, a technology attorney in Washington, told the E-Commerce Times Indeed, years ago writers wi...

"The posting of violence and abusive conduct are a byproduct of the sheer omnipresence of the Web where anyone can get their Warholian allotment of fame," technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told TechNewsWorld. "Fortunately, the authorities have an easy case with the evidence quite manifest."

Under copyright, there are a bundle of discrete rights given to copyright holders, one of which is the exclusive right to make derivative works, technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told TechNewsWorld. "As Scrabulous looks quite a bit like the original work, it is understandable that Mattel and Hasbro have grave concerns about this game," he said...

Last Halloween, the intellectual property community was mesmerized by the preliminary injunction hearing on the motion filed by GlaxoSmithKline and others to enjoin the Patent Office on the very eve of enactment of new rules. At issue was a draconian rules package that placed serious restrictions on patentees, hampering their patenting efforts ...

"The boardroom battles of years ago still reverberate for HP even though many of the charges at issue were dismissed and others settled," technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times. "Nonetheless, some privacy issues remain and consequences of pretexting have been made clear...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear an argument in the Quanta v. LG Electronics case. The issues involve some interesting patent doctrines and their interplay with technologies of today ...

"Just as placing an actual explosive device is a felony, so too is placing software logic bombs to disable or destroy computer systems or data," Raymond Van Dyke, a technology attorney in Washington, told TechNewsWorld As the value of data continues to rise, there is a large e...

Even though everything may be entirely "on the up and up, officers of government, as well as lawyers, must strive to avoid even the appearance of impropriety," technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times. "The large value of the deal here, coupled with the conjugal nexus, leaves room to argue on the chairwoman's recusal."

Ultimately, what could be a boon for child safety could be a bane for WiFi, Internet and many other content providers, technology attorney Raymond Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times The Act includes "eye-popping penalties and other potential liability implications for Internet...