In 1984, in a case involving Sony's Betamax video recorder, the Supreme Court ruled that technology firms are not liable if their users infringe copyright, provided the device is "capable of substantial non-infringing uses".
Lord Ashdown accused Cameron in an Observer article of a "kneejerk" response while Campbell warned that plans to impose a temporary ban on UK-born jihadis returning to Britain could infringe international law.
Indian customs have been ordered to block the import of smartphones or other devices that potentially infringe on Ericsson patents until further notice.
He was also quoted as saying: "No one is allowed to suppress or infringe the rights of any minority groups.
But the first tier tribunal on information rights said that publishing their names would cause the two councillors distress and infringe their human rights.
For example, emerging technologies such as drones bring up a host of privacy issues that extend beyond data collection to encompass data processing, the potential for private space to become public, to infringe on bodily privacy (eg an image captured in someone's garden while they're sunbathing).
The suit, in which Spansion, a maker of flash memory chips, alleged that Samsung smartphones infringe one of its patents, was not just a local spat but the latest battle in the smartphone wars that have drawn in the industry's biggest players.
Nokia raised the stakes with a suit filed at the ITC, which can ban imports to the US, asking for the blocking of iPhone, iPod and Apple computer sales, claiming that "virtually all" its products infringe at least one of seven Nokia patents.
"I did not see any explanation or justification for an official Senate committee inquiry into activities protected by the first amendment," he wrote, concluding, "we decline to participate in this endeavor and object to your apparent efforts to infringe upon and potentially stifle fundamental first amendment activities".
Akio Okuyama, president of the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, said that the act would "infringe upon Japanese sovereignty".
Ethnic Fijians say that the government's proposals infringe the traditional rights of landowners.Another grievance is that the Chaudhry government removed from office many of the cronies of the former Rabuka administration, paving the way, it is claimed, for Indian control of the civil service.
