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David Kappos speaks at the Center for American progress in 2010. Center for American Progress David Kappos, the head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, offered a strong defense of software...Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex offenders
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The Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that challenged a Bush-era law (the FISA Amendments Act), retroactively giving telecommunications firms—including Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T—legal immunity after performing warrantless wiretapping at the government’s...Jimmy Wales threatens to encrypt Wikipedia if UK passes snooping bill
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