As political bickering escalates over President Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, the focus is on hot-button issues such as abortion. But, the Supreme Court addresses much more, including matters that concern the IT pro, such as intellectual property and privacy. Listen to excerpts from a recent discussion on technology and the Supreme Court I had with intellectual property and high-tech lawyer John Delaney, a partner at the law firm Morrison Foerster.

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