The Courts Stories for 1999

eToys Drops Lawsuit Against eToy 193
RealNetworks Sues Streambox.com 181
DoJ Looking for New Target in MTV 0
Are Links Illegal? 0
Judge Finds Major DNA Patent Invalid 171
US vs MS Joint Conclusions of Law Released 0
LinkShare Patents Affiliate Programs 0
Amazon Takes Round One in Patent Dispute 229
Who is Responsible? The Developer? The User? 376
White House Web Page Cracker Faces Prison 139
Microsoft == Monopoly says Judge 963
Legal Actions Against Linux-DVD authors 346
USvMS Ruling Expected Today 309
After Toshiba's settlement, Others Follow (Law)suit 135
Popular (& Common Sense) Y2k Fix Patented 319
Domain Registrars Not Legally Responsible for Domain Names 58
Trend: More Software Patents 212
MS Lobbies to Cut DOJ Antitrust Budget 278
One for the Kids 261
Dirty Domains 82
DOJ Fights Hackers with Brainwashing 257
Encryption in Court 2
Close out to Microsoft Anti-Trust Case 155
Chad Davis May Be the Next Kevin Mitnick 281
FCC Makes Wiretapping Easier for Cops 178
Melissa Virus Suspect Confesses 133
New Ruling Makes Domain Name Theft Harder to Prove 61
First person convicted of U.S. Internet piracy 279
Caldera Trial Update 85
The MS vs. DOJ case arguments end 193
DOJ wants Court to re-think Pro-Crypto Ruling 118
Demon.uk "not backing down" On Godfrey 29
ISP Liability for Content - Demon.uk Case 80
3Com Class Action Suit 141
NSI antitrust suit dismissed 23
2600 publishes FBI's inflated Mitnick money figures 124
Microsoft Legal Info Released 14
The Open Source model in a legal setting 30
Get a Cable Modem...Go to Jail 91
Linus says Patents are a real problem 148
Microsoft Video Blunder 130
MS: Sued, Falsifies Evidence and Contradicts self 167

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