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Information Today April 2005 George H. Pike	Patenting the Internet The role of Internet patents has come into question as a number of patents have been issued to cover routine Internet practice such as media streaming.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Google Takes Hit in U.S. Trademark Case Court ruling means American Blind & Wallpaper Factory trademark suit over keyword-based ads can proceed.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Clint Boulton	Judge May Deny Lexar Injunction Request The $465 million award a jury granted Lexar may just negate the injunction it's now requesting against Toshiba, which was on the giving end of the award.
ifeminists March 30, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Mother Sues Cops For Failing to Protect Kids As long as restraining orders are "standard" and "perfunctory" they lose all value as indications of possible violence. Perhaps the police would take them seriously if they were issued only after a genuine threat of violence had been established.
InternetNews March 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Will High Court Dodge P2P Decision? Analysts say justices could tell lower courts to decide if file-swapping firms actively induce users to infringe.
InternetNews March 30, 2005 Tim Gray	EBay Wins Patent Ruling If the action is upheld it would invalidate the MercExchange patent that led to a $25 million judgment against eBay over the "Buy It Now" feature.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Supreme Court Questions FCC Cable Modem Regs Cable industry, FCC tell high court it's lawful to deny ISPs access to cable broadband lines.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Roy Mark	High Court Hears P2P Appeal Justices press both sides on implications of reversing landmark Sony Betamax decision.
InternetNews March 28, 2005 Roy Mark	P2Ps Face Supreme Test High court to hear Hollywood's challenge against file-swapping networks.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Eric Griffith	Intermec Strikes Back -- Again Earlier this month, Symbol sued Intermec over Wi-Fi patents and other intellectual property. Now Intermec is counter-suing, in a skirmish that goes back to RFID suits filed last year.
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