It seems that Apple's legal department have got their knickers in a knot* over an ad campaign for the iGasm, which is a rather intimate accessory for the iPod. The ads look just like the original "silhouette" iPod spots (see the ad at right), just not so much, you know, for the family.Now, this certainly isn't the first iPod sex toy we've seen (or benign iPod case that only looks like a sex toy), nor is it the first time Apple has sued such a manufacturer for their advertising. And it probably won't be the last.
*I know, I know. I just couldn't resist.
[Via MacDailyNews]
Nancy Heinen, Apple's former general counsel who was just 
An appeals court has ruled that Apple is not entitled to subpoena information from a blog's email service provider in order to uncover the identity of Apple employees who allegedly leaked secret information to several blogs about Asteroid, a firewire interface for GarageBand that Apple was developing. The decision against Apple has implications beyond the facts of this case. It was a major victory for bloggers, webmasters, and email service providers.
A California appellate court heard arguments yesterday on a
highly charged discovery issue about a subpoena issued by Apple in its trade secret lawsuit, Apple v. Does. The twists
and turns of legal process can be a mystery to non-lawyers and even to those of us who had the dubious honor of
sweating through law school and years of practice. So here's some background that may help put yesterday's proceedings
in context.
Here's the
situation. A young girl (3rd grade) has ideas on how Apple can improve her iPod. So, she writes a letter expressing her
ideas as a class project, and sends it off to 1 Infinite Loop. She 
