Peter J Pizzi

January 04, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Peter J. Pizzi, a partner in Connell Foley, asks: Could the right to search copyrighted images on the Internet be in jeopardy? That would be outcome if Perfect 10, Inc., a purveyor of adult entertainment, has its way.

By Peter J. Pizzi

12 minute read

March 08, 2005 | Legaltech News

For more than a century, the idea/expression dichotomy in copyright law has troubled courts. Only the expression of an idea can be protected by copyright, not the idea itself. A recent 3rd Circuit decision wrestled with this elusive distinction in the rather mundane context of industrial fasteners. The ruling has implications for other industries, including computer hardware and software, because it may further limit protectable elements in those fields.

By Peter J. Pizzi and Noel D. Humphreys

10 minute read

September 15, 2006 | Law.com

Employers victimized by disloyal employees who have misappropriated sensitive computer data have successfully sued under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Section 1030(g) of the act offers a right to injunctive relief and damages where the former employee "without authorization" has accessed the network in order to take proprietary information or interfere with the company's relationships. According to attorney Peter J. Pizzi of Connell Foley, the act turns on the meaning of "without authorization."

By Peter J. Pizzi

12 minute read

May 11, 2005 | Law.com

Attorney Peter J. Pizzi examines a recent 1st Circuit decision, Uncle Henry's Inc. v. Plaut Consulting, Inc., which demonstrates the litigation hazards that software and Web developers face when a project does not launch because, somewhere along the way, the working relationship between developer and customer utterly collapsed. See what lessons this case offers to other parties confronting similar situations.

By Peter J. Pizzi

10 minute read

August 08, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

If the evidence relied upon by the Court in Grokster is any indication, it will hardly take a "smoking gun" to find against the technology firm.

By Peter J. Pizzi

4 minute read

January 03, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Peter J. Pizzi, a member of Connell Foley, writes that the ability of computers to create perfect copies and, through the Internet, to disperse copies instantly, has lead to continuing conflicts between "content" industries and the forces of Internet-based information technology.

By Peter J. Pizzi

12 minute read

May 11, 2005 | Legaltech News

Attorney Peter J. Pizzi examines a recent 1st Circuit decision, Uncle Henry's Inc. v. Plaut Consulting, Inc., which demonstrates the litigation hazards that software and Web developers face when a project does not launch because, somewhere along the way, the working relationship between developer and customer utterly collapsed. See what lessons this case offers to other parties confronting similar situations.

By Peter J. Pizzi

10 minute read

February 22, 2005 | New York Law Journal

A recent en banc decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit wrestled with an elusive distinction in the rather mundane context of industrial fasteners.

By Peter J. Pizzi and Noel D. Humphreys

10 minute read

May 02, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Peter J. Pizzi, a partner at Connell Foley, writes that adult material has always proliferated on the Internet. It is a safe bet that a nude photograph posted on a Web site will be copied and displayed on dozens of other sites within days of its original posting. If that image is copyrighted, each replication represents an act of infringement.

By Peter J. Pizzi

13 minute read

September 05, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Peter J. Pizzi, chair of Connell Foley's Internet and information law practice, writes that most courts have interpreted the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which offers injunctive relief and damages when a former employee "without authorization" has accessed a company's network in order to abscond with proprietary information, to include departing employees. Recently, a district court has gone against this precedent.

By Peter J. Pizzi

12 minute read