Intellectual Property

Apple's 'Slide to Unlock' Patent Invalidated By German Court

Germany’s highest appeals court confirmed a 2013 ruling that rejected Apple Inc.’s attempt to patent its “slide to unlock” smartphone […]

An unnamed patent examiner who logged low performance evaluations and had a handful of reprimands was also falsifying time records, […]

A federal court in California has ruled that the city of Inglewood can’t use copyright law to shut down a […]

The America Invents Act of 2012 introduced Inter Partes review as a new way to challenge the validity of patents […]

Maryland judge James Bredar will allow Malibu Media – which filed more than 1,100 copyright lawsuits in 2013 – to […]

“He’s a living example of an excellently marketed sports personality, whose retirement has done little to curb the global enforcement […]

The copyright challenge that many companies face in China is illustrated by Qiaodan, a company that makes shoes that look […]

Jay-Z’s 1997 smash hit, “Big Pimpin,” has been the source of one of the longest-running lawsuits in the U.S., and […]

Counterfeiting may become a problem for virtually any company with a successful product, creating significant potential for bad outcomes for […]

A group of German auto companies recently moved to acquire Nokia’s alternative to Google Maps in order to secure dozens […]