The Mystery of the Missing iPhone

[Administrator]

The technology and legal world was abuzz over an incident involving a prototype of the iPhone 4G. An Apple engineer allegedly left behind the iPhone, which eventually ended up in the hands of Gizmodo.com, a technology weblog. After pictures surfaced on the Gizmodo site, a search of a Gizmodo editor’s home and computer was issued. Attorneys and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi welcome Sam Bayard, the Assistant Director of the Citizen Media Law Project and Eric Goldman, Director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law, to discuss the legal issues behind this complex debacle. They look at the shield law, the validity of the search warrant and the legal battle that could possibly lie ahead.

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[EdiscoveryTrends]

It will be interesting to watch this play out - Apple really tries hard to protect their own IP. Gizmodo had to know they were dealing with a prototype that was not released to the general public, but just couldn't resist getting the scoop on their competitors.