A federal jury in Minneapolis returned a verdict Thursday against a 32-year-old mother of four, saying she owes record companies an astounding $1.92 million for illegally sharing music on the…
An attempt by a Boston University graduate student who is a defendant in a high-profile music downloading case to turn the tables on the Recording Industry Association of America has…
Washington, D.C., patent lawyer Matthew Pequignot did some investigating after spotting patent markings on the lid to his daily cup of coffee and discovered that the patent had actually expired…
A Philadelphia federal judge ruling in a copyright and trademark case managed to pack four references to songs by Bon Jovi in a case in which the rocker was one…
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced Friday that Twitter agreed to pay his legal fees and make a donation to his animal rescue foundation to settle his suit…
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has sued Twitter claiming that the microblogging site refused to take down an imposter’s page that contained “derogatory and demeaning” remarks.
A stolen trade secrets case that relies partly on a general counsel’s mistaken voice mail message has been tossed after a late-hour dismissal motion argued a lack of standing.
A $33 million suit filed against Dickinson Wright claims two of its lawyers let a patent lapse for a lacrosse stick by failing to pay an administrative fee.
The conventional wisdom is that intellectual property boutiques are an endangered species, likely to fail as partners are lured to higher-paying large law firms where they can grow their practices.
Holden Caufield says in the teenage classic The Catcher in the Rye that he would love to call his favorite authors for a chat—people like Isak Dinesen or maybe Ring…
Foley & Lardner has reached a tentative agreement to settle a malpractice suit that contends the law firm missed a deadline for an international patent application.
In February, social networking behemoth Facebook announced changes to its terms of service. The highly publicized dustup that followed was much like most others: one part misinterpretation, one part overreaction…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a decision that restricts patents on business methods by requiring that they be tied to a machine or involve a physical transformation.
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