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  1. Court Upholds Warrantless Internet Snooping

    News · Court · · posted by kdawson · from the repeat-after-me-you-have-no-expectation dept. · 173 comments
    amigoro writes to let us know about an appeals court ruling on Friday that holds that federal agents can snoop on an individual's web surfing, email and all other forms of Internet communication habits without a warrant. The court found recording this kind of information to be analogous to the use of a pen register. In 1979 the Supreme Court ruled that this technique did not constitute a search for Fourth Amendment purposes.

  2. Google Loses Gmail Trademark Case

    Tech · Google_Fb · · posted by samzenpus · from the ooglemail-coming-soon dept. · 293 comments
    amigoro writes "A court in Germany today banned Google from using the name 'Gmail' for its popular webmail service following a trademark suit filed by the founder of G-Mail. Daniel Giersch, started using the name G-Mail in 2000, four years before Google released 'Gmail'. "Google infringed the young businessman's trademark that had been previously been registered," said the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in its judgement."