8 posts and columns on appeals court

TiVo Soars on Ruling in Dish Network Case

in News on April 20, 2011 at 12:12 pm PT

TiVo Inc. stock was up 35 percent in afternoon trading Wednesday after a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that would force satellite broadcaster Dish Network to shut down millions of digital video recorders because they were found to have infringed upon TiVo Inc. patents.

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Verizon Makes Its Net Neutrality Objections Formal

in News on January 20, 2011 at 3:43 pm PT

Verizon, one of the myriad and diverse parties unhappy with the FCC’s latest net neutrality rules, took its beef to court today, filing a challenge to the agency’s authority in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. “We are deeply concerned by the FCC’s assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the Internet itself. We believe this assertion of authority goes well beyond any authority provided by Congress, and creates uncertainty for the communications industry, innovators, investors and consumers,” said Michael E. Glover, senior VP and deputy general counsel, in a statement.

ITunes Songs Aren’t Purchased but "Licensed," Court Rules

in News on September 7, 2010 at 1:08 pm PT

In a decision that could affect the financial relationships between record labels and performers, a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday ruled that songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes store are not actually purchased, but are rather “licensed” by the ostensible buyer.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at D8: Trying to Get U.S. Broadband Up to Speed

in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 1:15 pm PT

It has been a tough spring for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. In April, a federal appeals court found that the FCC had overstepped its bounds when it censured Comcast for violating its net neutrality principles and in so doing, called into question the agency’s authority to regulate the Internet. And in May, 282 members of Congress, from both political parties, petitioned Genachowski to suspend the FCC’s plans to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service, a move that would put broadband under the agency’s purview and clarify its jurisdiction once and for all.
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Court Rules Against FCC in Comcastic Net Neutrality Decision

in News on April 6, 2010 at 8:34 am PT

In the end, the federal appeals court reviewing the Federal Communications Commission’s sanctions against Comcast was as skeptical of the FCC’s authority to issue them as Comcast itself. This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the agency overstepped its bounds when it censured Comcast for interfering with peer-to-peer traffic on its network.

Die, SCO, Die!

in News on August 25, 2009 at 9:19 am PT

“There’s No Free Lunch–or Free Linux.” That was the title of SCO CEO Darl McBride’s keynote address at the Computer Digital Expo in Las Vegas back in 2003, and it signaled the start of a long legal siege. Earlier that day, SCO announced plans to file suit against a large-scale user of Linux as part of its campaign against the open-source operating system.
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