In less than three months, attorney Kenneth Ford has pursued some 22,000 copyright claims alleging peer-to-peer file-sharing violations, backing his Adult Copyright Company’s offer of “hardcore protection for hardcore content.”
Funk recording artist George Clinton is emboldened by recent court victories, including a 2009 federal appeals court decision (PDF) acknowledging his original ownership of the phrase “bow wow…
The U.S. Supreme Court has split 4-4 in a copyright battle between Costco Wholesale Corp. and Swiss watchmaker Omega, leaving intact a federal appeals court ruling in favor of Omega.
A defendant accused of illegal downloading along with more than 4,500 other defendants claims in a class action lawsuit that the law firm pursing the cases is guilty of “settlement…
A lawyer who is selling a package of self-help documents for accused illegal downloaders is fighting a sanctions request by the law firm that has sued…
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. disagrees with the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a dispute involving a 16-year old Texas youth accused of illegally downloading music from the Internet.
A federal jury has found SAP AG is liable for $1.3 billion for stealing Oracle Corp. software in one of the largest copyright infringement verdicts ever.
A Chinese-speaking high school student in New York hoped to put himself through college with the $130,000 he earned–since August–by selling parts for a do-it-yourself version of Apple’s “white phone”…
As the Bill Murray character experienced in the movie Groundhog Day, those who can’t seem to get it right may have to relive the same day again and again until…
The emergence of Righthaven, a copyright troll that buys the rights to Las Vegas Review-Journal stories and then sues alleged infringers, has prompted a couple of blogs to…
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