Not every campaign gift requires a judge's recusal, the court said, "but this is an exceptional case."

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Berkeley, a graduate degree in writing, and years of journalism experience, but, it turned out, my real gift, in this case, was pretending to be an inanimate object that, regardless of the fact that it had no hands or mouth, was able to talk to the world through its Facebook page.

FORBES: I Am the Facebook Whisperer

The thing is, in the Ring case there was no gift basket!

FORBES: A Lobbyist's Appeal For Common Sense - The Case of Kevin Ring

In interviews with FORBES in late December, Zennstrom and Winbladh laid out the case for how Wrapp plans to reinvent the gift card business.

FORBES: Wrapp: Zennstrom-Backed Startup Reinvents The Gift Card