Intellectual Property

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Google’s Appeal

June 23, 2015

Google will have to defend claims that its Street View mapping software violates patents held by Vederi LLC after the […]

Mickey and Dead Mou5 Make a Deal

June 23, 2015

The famously litigious House of Disney has come to an agreement with EDM star Joel Zimmerman about his use of […]

What The Free Trade Battle Is Really About

June 23, 2015

Passage of the Pacific free trade agreement now appears likely, with many wondering what all the discord was about. The […]

SCOTUS Hands Marvel Patent Royalty Victory

June 22, 2015

In a case centered on a toy that lets kids shoot “webs” from their hands like Marvel’s Spider Man, the […]

Does USPTO’s Orphan Works Report Double Down On Problem?

June 22, 2015

The USPTO is taken to task by TechDirt editor Mike Masnick for its recent report on so-called orphan works – […]

Is Global Patent Leadership Shifting To Europe?

June 17, 2015

Joff Wild, writing on the IAM (Intellectual Asset Management) blog makes the case that the center of gravity for intellectual […]

Unitary Patent Coming to Europe

June 10, 2015

With the introduction of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), envisaged for 2016, Europe will have a […]

Canadian BBC Show's Copyright Case Goes Before CA Court

June 10, 2015

A $5 million lawsuit against BBC America’s “Orphan Black” television show will be heard in California. Plaintiff Stephen Hendricks had […]

Nike Settles With Designers Accused Of Stealing Secrets

June 10, 2015

Nike Inc. has settled a lawsuit it filed against three former shoe designers, who it claimed had stolen secrets and […]

".Sucks" Has Extended Its Registration Period

June 9, 2015

Vox Populi, administrator of .sucks domain, has extended the “sunrise period” deadline for registration. There is speculation that a rush […]

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