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Dutch appeals judges ruled Tuesday that Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet is not a copy of Apple's popular iPad, handing the Korean consumer electronics maker its latest legal victory over its American rival. http://phys.org/news246642370.html Technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:46:31 EST news246642370 The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take two cases involving three separate incidents involving free speech protection for public school students on the Internet. http://phys.org/news246033221.html Technology Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:33:48 EST news246033221 A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered two major Internet service providers in the Netherlands to block their customers from accessing The Pirate Bay website or face large fines. http://phys.org/news245499196.html Technology Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:13:25 EST news245499196 A federal appeals court has ruled as constitutional a law giving telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program. http://phys.org/news244438521.html Technology Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:35:32 EST news244438521 The Supreme Court invoked visions of an all-seeing Big Brother and satellites watching us from above. Then things got personal Tuesday when the justices were told police could slap GPS devices on their cars and track their movements, without asking a judge for advance approval. http://phys.org/news239974805.html Technology Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:40:12 EST news239974805 (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the Federal Aviation Administration's ruling that Cape Wind's turbines present no danger for local air traffic. http://phys.org/news239084920.html Technology Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:29:03 EST news239084920 Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-Suk unveiled eight cloned coyotes Monday in a project sponsored by a provincial government. http://phys.org/news238040171.html Biology Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:16:26 EST news238040171 (AP) -- A federal appeals court has reinstated a $675,000 judgment against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded and shared songs on the Internet. http://phys.org/news235650618.html Technology Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:31:18 EST news235650618 (AP) -- A federal appeals court panel in Seattle will consider Wednesday whether to revive two cases claiming the government has monitored the communications of millions of Americans since 9/11. http://phys.org/news234025723.html Technology Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:08:54 EST news234025723 (AP) -- High school athletic associations nationwide say a federal appeals court ruling upholding Wisconsin's right to sell exclusive rights to live-stream games online preserves a lucrative new revenue stream, while newspaper groups fear the ruling could lead to more restrictions on covering games that entire communities follow. http://phys.org/news233551870.html Technology Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:31:28 EST news233551870 (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a request by environmental groups to halt wolf hunts that are scheduled to begin next week in Idaho and Montana. http://phys.org/news233551777.html Biology Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:29:53 EST news233551777 (AP) -- A federal appeals court has restored a longstanding ban that prevents media companies from owning both a newspaper and a television station in the same market. http://phys.org/news229275471.html Technology Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:38:02 EST news229275471 A US federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's controversial health care law Wednesday in the first rejection of several challenges at the appeals court level. http://phys.org/news228574798.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:00:48 EST news228574798 (AP) -- The Supreme Court has added a couple of high-profile constitutional challenges to its lineup of cases for next term: One looking at governmental regulation of television content and the other dealing with the authority of police to use a GPS device to track a suspect's movements without a warrant. http://phys.org/news228476574.html Technology Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:43:10 EST news228476574 (AP) -- The Supreme Court will weigh in on an important privacy issue for the digital age: whether the police need a warrant before using a global positioning system device to track a suspect's movements. http://phys.org/news228389516.html Technology Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:32:03 EST news228389516 A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its decision ordering two former Harvard classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to accept a multimillion dollar settlement over the company. http://phys.org/news224786097.html Technology Mon, 16 May 2011 17:38:09 EST news224786097 A US federal appeals court in Virginia began Tuesday examining two challenges to President Barack Obama's controversial health care law. http://phys.org/news224306079.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 May 2011 05:10:03 EST news224306079 The US Supreme Court rejected Virginia's request Monday to immediately rule on whether President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform is constitutional. http://phys.org/news222948782.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:13:14 EST news222948782 A federal appeals court ruled Monday that former Harvard University schoolmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can't undo their settlement over creation of the social networking site. http://phys.org/news221759820.html Technology Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:57:09 EST news221759820 A federal appeals court has dismissed two legal challenges to new Federal Communications Commission regulations that prohibit phone and cable companies from interfering with Internet traffic on their broadband networks. http://phys.org/news221160795.html Technology Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:33:35 EST news221160795 A US appeals court heard arguments Monday in a closely watched case involving a pharmaceutical firm's patent of two genes linked to cancer. http://phys.org/news221155431.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:04:56 EST news221155431 Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks. http://phys.org/news214766974.html Technology Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:29:50 EST news214766974 (AP) -- A federal appeals court reinstated a 2009 jury verdict Tuesday that Microsoft Corp. infringed on patents held by software maker Uniloc Inc., reversing a judge's decision to the contrary, but it also granted Microsoft a new trial on damages. http://phys.org/news213459746.html Technology Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:22:46 EST news213459746 US entertainment giant Viacom asked an appeals court Friday to overturn a judge's June decision to toss out its billion-dollar copyright lawsuit against YouTube. http://phys.org/news210651624.html Technology Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:00:01 EST news210651624 The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by luxury retailer Tiffany of a ruling that eBay cannot be held liable for trademark infringement for counterfeit items sold through its site. http://phys.org/news210277955.html Technology Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:00:01 EST news210277955 (AP) -- A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld the copyright convictions of three men behind The Pirate Bay, a popular file-sharing site that remains in operation despite attempts by authorities to shut it down. http://phys.org/news209990954.html Technology Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:49:24 EST news209990954 (AP) -- Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old computer salesman and community college student, took his car in for an oil change earlier this month and his mechanic spotted an odd wire hanging from the undercarriage. http://phys.org/news206540051.html Technology Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:14:31 EST news206540051 The prosecutor in the appeals trial of three founders and a financier of Swedish filesharing site The Pirate Bay requested Tuesday that their lower court sentences of a year each in prison be confirmed. http://phys.org/news206106774.html Technology Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:20:04 EST news206106774 (AP) -- The Obama administration has told an appeals court that a judge's order halting federal funding of stem cell research would result in destruction of valuable biological materials and set back taxpayer-funded work. http://phys.org/news204810062.html Biology Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:41:29 EST news204810062 (AP) -- A federal appeals court has sided with the computer software industry in its effort to squelch sales of second-hand programs covered by widely used licensing agreements. http://phys.org/news203406541.html Technology Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:49:21 EST news203406541