I am one of a panel of speakers on July 27, 2006 at an afternoon seminar entitled “IP Law and the Internet” sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (“IPLAC”) Internet Law Committee, and Northwestern Law School. The event will be held at Nortwestern University, and will feature a keynote address by the USPTO’s…
Author: Kevin A. Thompson
Kevin A. Thompson practices primarily in the area of domestic and international trademarks, copyrights and internet law issues. He is experienced with prosecuting international applications under the Madrid Protocol. Kevin counsels clients in the selection, clearance, and maintenance of trademarks. He advises them with respect to enforcement of rights, and assists in representing them in disputes around the world to protect their valuable intellectual property.
Kevin received his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1998 with Honors and Order of the Coif. Kevin received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. He is on the Board of Managers for the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, having served in the past as the chair of its Internet Law Committee, and is also past chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Computer Law Committee.
Chicago blogger not required to turn over interview notes
Jamie Kalven is a Chicago-based journalist who covers the conditions in Chicago’s housing projects. He blogs at ViewFromTheGround.com. He covered the case of Diane Bond, a woman with a pending civil rights case in Federal Court against five Chicago police officers, some superintendents, an administrator, and the City of Chicago. The defense attorneys issued a…
Article on DMCA Proposed Amendments
Lee Hollaar, writing at IPI.org, has written an article discussing proposed legislation that would amend the copyright act and would effectively gut the anticircumvention section, 1201. Also interesting to read is this article on Techdirt that critiques Hollaar’s article. I was curious, so I researched the bill discussed in the article. According to GovTrack, this…
Curto v. Medical World Communications – Attorney client privilege on recovered documents
Curto v. Medical World Communications, Inc., et al. Decided May 15, 2006, E. District of New York, No. 03 CV 6327 (2006 WL 1318387) Plaintiff, Lara Curto, has an ongoing EEOC complaint against the Defendants. While still employed, she used company-issued laptops in her home office to correspond with her attorneys. She was careful to…
Net Neutrality Update
I’ve been following the debate over Net Neutrality rather closely. Since more and more of our economy depends on the Internet for basic functionality, like the reliable functioning of email, VOIP, and telecommuting applications, this debate concerns *everyone.* Higher costs for Internet traffic will be passed along to the economy and end users ultimately. Further,…
Spyware Installer ordered to pay $4,000,000 in Restitution
Sanford Wallace, former spammer and now spyware installer with his company Smartbot.Net, today was ordered by a New Hampshire district court to pay restitution to consumers in the amount of four million dollars. Co-defendants OptinTrade and Jared Lansky were required to pay $227,000 in restitution. The complaint alleges that the Defendants installed spyware on user’s…
Thoughts on ABA Techshow
I attended the ABA Techshow here in Chicago from Thursday through Saturday, and had a wonderful time. On Wednesday evening I was one of the 100 invited guests of the Lexthink! Lounge, presented by Dennis Kennedy, Matthew Homann and JoAnna Forshee. My bowling was a bit rusty, but the conversation and fellowship was great. Rob…
Check out SavetheInternet.com!
Word is spreading through the blogosphere about a new coalition that aims to protect Network Neutrality. The group, called Save The Internet, is obtaining support across the political spectrum. Here is the Statement of Principles: We believe that the Internet is a crucial engine for economic growth and democratic discourse. We urge Congress to take…
Blawg Review #52 is up at f/k/a
May I suggest adding Blawg Review #52 to your reading list? David Giacalone has added his stylistic touch and haiku to the best in legal blogs for the past week. David describes his edition like this: This Blawg Review edition is set up like most of our posts: a lot of white space, a little…
Fight brewing over Net Neutrality, not Political Neutrality
Network Neutrality is one of the concepts the Internet was based upon. Essentially, one person’s traffic is just as important as the next piece of traffic. The packets of information that are reassembled on the other end back into your email message are not treated any differently than your neighbor’s video streaming packets. Before Congress…