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Patent Office Email Bid To Attract Public Comments
News The public can comment on anything that could affect whether a pending patent should be granted, such as if the 'invention' is not new or is obvious, or if it is of a kind excluded from patent protection.
[June 3, 2005, 17:55]
Comments From A CEO Of One Of The Worlds Largest Adult Companies.
Talkback My comments are: There is significantly more public companies that derive 70-80% of their income from porn, but simply don’t highlight it ;) …eg Hotel entertainment systems providers, mobile payment processors & content suppliers etc.
[March 9, 2007, 14:53]
US Copyright Office Wakes Up To Flaws In Anti-hacking Law
News Free-speech advocates have challenged the constitutionality of the law, and the last round of public comments on the anti-circumvention clause three years ago drew an avalanche of comments from critics.
[October 14, 2002, 10:13]
Google And SEC In Tax Dispute
News There were also suggestions that Google might face investigation after its company founders gave an extensive interview to Playboy Magazine during the company's "quiet period", when executives are expected to refrain from public comments.
[March 2, 2007, 13:34]
Australian Code Aims To Curb Spam
News Once the comments from the public have been incorporated into the code, it will be submitted for registration to the ACA. His comments came as Campbell said the survey found 29 percent of respondents had no anti-spam measures in place to protect...
[July 26, 2004, 10:55]
Microsoft Antitrust Debate Heats Up
News In Friday comments, 13 consumer groups from five states--among them, the Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America--ripped into the settlement proposal, which they characterised as "fundamentally flawed".
[January 29, 2002, 8:57]
Keeping Your Ear To The Blogosphere
News During the months before and after the suit was filed, a word-of-mouth marketing research firm called BuzzMetrics tracked more than 2.6 million comments about trans fats in various online forums, discussion groups and blogs from more than 120,000...
[January 4, 2006, 14:15]
When Goliath Manipulated Goliath
Blog Comment Over 100 pages of critical comments were also received from or apparently on behalf of a certain company. There was much heated discussion during the workshop, which led to the EC agreeing to a short period of comments - as stated in the published...
[February 2, 2007, 9:08]
Gates, Ballmer May Testify At Hearing
News If the 30,000 comments received by the Justice Department about the settlement are a gauge of public sentiment, then the majority of people oppose the proposed deal by a 2-to-1 margin. Sixty days of public comments concluded on 28 January as...
[February 11, 2002, 9:03]
SETI@home Looks For User Funding
News At the height of speculation that the project was in danger of closing in October, immediately after Werthimer's comments to Australian scientists became public, Anderson said the donation page received around $1,400 over a 24-hour period.
[November 13, 2002, 9:38]
Public Blasts Microsoft Antitrust Settlement
News The Justice Department and Microsoft on Thursday filed a legal brief summarising public comments received on an antitrust settlement cut in November. What impact the largely negative public comments will have is uncertain, but the settling parties...
[February 8, 2002, 8:45]
Google Shares Plunge After Growth Warning
News Here are some recent stories published by ZDNet UK and other sources that provide some context for Reyes' comments. As you'll see, the CFO's comments shouldn't have been a surprise - although the stock market's reaction is never predictable.
[March 1, 2006, 9:30]
The Mailroom - Click Here To Look At This Week's Letters
News Send your comments to The Mailroom If you want to follow up there is a list of comments here on why we want Notes for Linux. I believe Robin Bynoe is just plain wrong; he's failing to distinguish between private and public email.
[October 9, 1998, 12:40]
Google Lobbies For 'open' Wireless Networks
News Final comments on that proposal were due on Wednesday. More than 250,000 people submitted comments to the FCC calling for an "open, accessible and affordable" internet, the group says. A group of 15 wireless industry entrepreneurs, led by Virgin...
[June 15, 2007, 10:07]
Libraries Not Actually A Failure
Talkback Despite comments to the contrary, Suse 9.3 was the current, supported release at that time. Ubuntu was not chosen as the desktop for a number of reasons, all of which were justified by facts, many of the people who have criticised the chouce of...
[November 28, 2006, 14:32]
Libraries Not Actually A Failure
Talkback Despite comments to the contrary, Suse 9.3 was the current, supported release at that time. Ubuntu was not chosen as the desktop for a number of reasons, all of which were justified by facts, many of the people who have criticised the chouce of...
[November 28, 2006, 16:03]
Judge Clears Way To Antitrust Verdict
News Pursuant to the Tunney Act, the Justice Department accepted comments about the settlement for 60 days. Initially, federal trustbusters said about half the 30,000 comments opposed the proposed deal. But the judge must also determine whether the...
[July 3, 2002, 7:59]
Public Get A Say On DMCA
News On Tuesday, the US Copyright Office began accepting comments from the public on the law's "anticircumvention" section, which limits people's ability to bypass copy-protection mechanisms. Comments are due by 18 December.
[November 20, 2002, 16:03]
Microsoft Foes Can Testify At Hearing
News Earlier this month, we said that third-party participation was unwarranted and unnecessary given that they could file comments during the public comment period," said Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler. Microsoft and the Justice Department earlier had...
[March 1, 2002, 8:53]
Near-Duplicate Detection For ERulemaking
White Papers U.S.regulatory agencies are required to solicit, consider, and respond to public comments before issuing regulations. The transition from paper to electronic comments makes it much easier for individuals to customize "form" letters, which they do...
[August 30, 2005, 0:00]
