Patent this!

Article Abstract:

The controversy which erupted after the Internet's first business methods patent is discussed. The Federal Circuit's 1998 ruling in State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group allowed such patents and started the process, and the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 came in response to this ruling

Innovations, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Intellectual property, Management information systems, Patent law

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Cautiously confident; few taking advantage of year 2000 readiness law

Article Abstract:

Only a few corporations have availed themselves of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act's window of opportunity in which to avoid liability for disclosing such information since the law was passed in fall 1998. Prompt, frank and complete disclosure of Y2K information without undue concern about lawsuits is the law's goal, and it applies to both federal and state Y2K claims. A retroactivity clause, as long as there is adequate notice to recipients of previous statements, provides a broad evidentiary exclusion of statements after July 13, 1998.

Year 2000 transition (Computers)

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Common bonds, separate lives; case attempts to create constitutional right of siblings to grow up together

Article Abstract:

The Massachusetts case Adoption of Hugo involved the placement of a special-needs child with a paternal aunt who had experience in raising such children and separation from a foster mother he had bonded with over his two years with her.The child's sister also lived with the foster mother, and no state has found a constitutional guarantee of sibling association.

Custody of children, Child custody, Adoption, Foster home care

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