Hackers have obtained e-mails from a U.K. law firm that sues people suspected of illegal file-sharing, according to reports on legal technology blogs. The messages have been posted on the…
Yesterday, Public.Resource.Org Inc. had a bottom line of $1,900.40. Money was so tight that the nonprofit’s only full-time staff member, Carl Malamud, called its payroll company this week…
In Missouri, the Fox News network is suing Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan for using its campaign footage in a political advertisement, saying the use of the footage makes it…
Following a two-year investigation by Belgian police, authorities have reportedly raided Internet service providers in approximately 14 European countries, in an effort to shut down websites that violate copyright laws…
Some members of the original soul-funk band War have sued PepsiCo. for using their 1975 hit song “Why Can’t We Be Friends” in a Pepsi Max commercial without…
A copyright troll’s business methods got a boost Tuesday from a Las Vegas federal judge who ruled the company had standing to sue for copyright infringement.
Toy maker MGA Entertainment, accused of stealing the idea for the Bratz doll by hiring Mattel workers, has turned the tables on its rival with a counterclaim that alleges a…
An operating system for the Google Android, an Internet and social media smartphone designed by Motorola, infringes on patented Java technology, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday by Oracle…
So-called patent trolls have gotten lots of press for buying up and enforcing patents, but there appears to be a new kind of practitioner with a different intellectual property focus—the…
Faced with a claim that a construction worker paid $45 at a garage sale for lost Ansel Adams negatives that could bring in some $200 million, outraged heirs and administrators…
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