Computer Ethics, Summer 2018


Corboy 323, 5:30-8:30ish Tuesdays and Thursdays
Class 12



Apple and Samsung Settle their Patent Litigation!

See bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-27/apple-samsung-settle-patent-infringement-dispute.

And yet this was Holy War once. If anyone had a strong argument for patent protection, it was Apple. Steve Jobs, when the iPhone was introduced, said "boy, have we patented it". But Apple has not won any clear-cut victories for infringement on core iPhone ideas. Their latest victory was over design patents. What happened?

See pld.cs.luc.edu/courses/ethics/sum18/mnotes/patents.html#frand for Apple's litigation with Qualcomm.


Trouble ahead in the struggle against fake news

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/most-americans-think-social-media-giants-censor-their-views  



Software Patents

    Apple patents

    KSR v Teleflex, and the standard for obviousness

    Alice v CSR

    Lawsuit venue

Crime

    Felonies