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Appeals court rejects business method patents
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
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The case was closely watched by software makers, Internet companies, investment houses and other businesses...Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the patent application in question -- a method for reducing the risk of sudden changes in energy...
Tags: allnews, Federal Circuit, Court of Appeals, businesses method, Bernard Bilski, appeal court
Federal medical pot appeal up in smoke
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility In January, a federal court judge struck down the one-to-one ratio as unconstitutional and unnecessarily restrictive...Lawyer Alan Young, who represented medical marijuana users, said the ruling was a victory for "sick people." "It's time for Health Canada...
Tags: medical marijuana, Ottawa, Federal Court of Appeal, medical pot, federal government, reliable supply, appeal court, Justice Department, loosens ottawa, department lawyer
Rallies protest impending execution of Troy Davis
Davis :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Rallies were held around the globe Thursday as part of a final push to save the life of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis. An hour north from where Monday’s scheduled execution is to occur, roughly 200 protesters — including Davis’s mother and sister...
Tags: Anthony Davis, Georgia, death row, troy davis, police officer, Mark MacPhail, row inmate, appeal court, Savannah Police, troy anthony
Afghan man spared death sentence
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility A journalism student from northern Afghanistan has had his controversial death sentence for blasphemy commuted to 20 years in jail. Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, 24, was sent to prison in October 2007 after reportedly downloading material from the internet on...
Tags: death sentence, appeal court, Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, Afghanistan, Islamic, journalism students, says perwiz, Amnesty International, Sayed Parwiz Kambakhsh, afghani journalist
Court considers overturning tobacco case
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A federal appeals court appeared skeptical Tuesday that a landmark tobacco judgment could be supported under racketeering laws, questioning whether cigarette makers had conspired to hide the dangers of smoking and would continue deceiving the public.
Court blocks release of Guantánamo Uighurs
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The appeals court halted the potentially dramatic scene of Guantanámo detainees arriving on American soil for the first time since the start of the ”war on terror”. The decision followed an emergency US government appeal after a district court on Tuesday...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Bush, bush administrative, Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Court of Appeals, appeal court, Washington D.C, Release Uighur Detainees, Uighurs, Judge Ricardo Urbina
Ex-Grambling chief wins appeal
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility In a racial bias case with a twist, a federal appeals court panel has ruled in favor of a former police chief who was fired from historically black Grambling State University. Ex-Chief Rodney Tureaud, a black Grambling alumnus, successfully argued that...
Tags: police chief, appeal court
Mayor urges crime fight as a priority
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mayor Mark Funkhouser said Tuesday that spurring economic development in impoverished areas, building light rail and improving education opportunities will help reduce crime. “Make no mistake, while crime is in the headlines today, crime has been a big...
Tags: city manager, appeal court, Mark Funkhouser
Egypt editor jailed over Mubarak health rumours
Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 year ago
Credibility An appeals court on Sunday ordered outspoken Egyptian editor Ibrahim Eissa to be jailed for two months for writing rumours about President Hosni Mubarak's health, a judicial source said. "The appeals court ordered him jailed for two months," the source...
Tags: Egyptian, Hosni Mubarak, Ibrahim Eissaâ, appeal court, false information, newspaper editor, published false, president hosni, guilty verdict, judicial source
Morocco 'king slur' blogger freed
Agadir :: Morocco | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Moroccan blogger who was sent to jail for criticising the king has been cleared on appeal. Mohamed Erraji had written an article for an online newspaper suggesting that some royal practices did not help the development of the country. The appeals court...
Tags: appeal court, Mohamed Erraji, blogger freed
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