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August 08, 2006 |

Watching the Tech-Media Whirlwind

Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Ken Steinthal has been shaping the media/tech convergence for years. His current battle � saving YouTube from copyright litigation � is just another day at the office.
4 minute read
March 12, 2009 |

Newspaper wars branch into hyperlocal content

As newspapers hemorrhage money and cut staff, the future of the industry is playing out in the suburb of Maplewood, N.J.Internet sites have started blanketing the town with press coverage, with a new Web venture backed by a Google Inc. executive battling two locally run Web pages for readers. The New York Times joined the fray this month with a Maplewood blog.
5 minute read
August 12, 2005 |

Yahoo Charges Into China

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo Inc. agreed Thursday to take a 40 percent interest in China's largest e-commerce company, Alibaba.com Corp., for $1 billion in cash in what would be the largest acquisition ever in China's fledging but fast-growing Internet market. In return, Yahoo has agreed to sell its entire China business and an exclusive right of unlimited use of its name in China to Alibaba.com for an undisclosed amount. The companies said the entire transaction is valued at more than $4 billion.
4 minute read
February 24, 2010 |

Further Cuts Could Impair Courts' Vital Functions, Steele Warns

In his address to the Joint Finance Committee of the General Assembly on Feb. 9, Chief Justice Myron T. Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court warned that continued cuts to the judiciary's budget could seriously erode the constitutionally mandated services provided by the courts.
5 minute read
July 11, 2012 |

Applying Statutes to Foreign Conduct; Willful Patent Infringement

In his Intellectual Property Litigation column, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partner Lewis R. Clayton reviews recent decisions, including the Fourth Circuit's recognition, for the first time, of an exception to the Copyright Act's limitation to conduct in the United States, allowing a plaintiff to collect damages based on foreign conduct where there is a "predicate act" of infringement in the United States that permits future infringement abroad, and more.
10 minute read
March 15, 2012 |

Former Weil Patent Litigator May Have Conflict in First Suit at New Firm

Matthew Powers and his Tensegrity Law Group filed suit this week against Amazon, a company he represented before leaving Weil last year.
3 minute read
December 06, 2004 |

Virtual IP Rights Rock Online Gaming World

San Francisco-based game developer Linden Lab has rocked the online role-playing game world by granting "Second Life" players IP rights to their virtual creations. Linden Lab insulates itself from real-world liability with a user license agreement, but a player who develops a new virtual car model might have a copyright claim against another player who makes unauthorized virtual duplicates. The possibilities may soon draw U.S. law into virtual worlds.
3 minute read
October 08, 2012 |

Big Data Explosion Emerges As Legal Issue

We've all experienced the "ick" factor—that queasy feeling that a company has just a bit too much information about you.
4 minute read
February 07, 2005 |

Voir Dire Remarks Torpedo Life Sentence

A Cisco Systems shipping clerk who was sentenced to life in prison for theft will get a new trial because of "highly inappropriate" remarks by a trial judge, an appeal court has ruled. California's 6th District Court of Appeal on Thursday reversed Gregory Wilks' conviction for stealing company laptops because Superior Court Judge Ronald Lisk had told potential jurors that Cisco routinely hires warehouse workers who "are just out of prison."
3 minute read
December 06, 2004 |

Online Games' Worlds Imaginary -- but the Property Isn't

Years from now, it may be that "Second Life" will be as prominent on bar exams as contract law. This isn't a prediction of a New Age approach to torts. "Second Life" is an online role-playing game that could draw U.S. law into virtual worlds. The buzz surrounding the game at the recent law school-sponsored State of Play II: Reloaded conference followed the excitement the game's developers generated last year when they granted players intellectual property rights to their virtual creations.
3 minute read

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