Intellectual Property

Study Finds High Cost Of Troll Defense

May 13, 2015

A San Francisco-based patent risk management services company has released a study that finds the total cost of defending against non-practicing entities in 2014 was $2.2 billion.

Proposed Patent Legislation: A Roundup

May 13, 2015

Patent reform may be the new normal for the U.S. Congress, patent attorney Gene Quinn writes at IP Watchdog. There […]

Piracy-Fighting System Is Broken, Hollywood Producers Say

May 13, 2015

The Copyright Alert System, launched in 2013 to battle piracy of movies, music and television, is ineffective, according to a […]

EU Tosses Spanish Challenge To Unified Patent Court

May 13, 2015

The Court of Justice of the European Union cleared the way for a unified patent system in Europe this week […]

.Sucks Threatens ICANN With Defamation Suit

May 12, 2015

Tired of seeing its “.sucks” domain registry dragged through the mud – for potentially dragging major brand names through the […]

Specter Of Litigation Looms Over Music Industry

May 6, 2015

The question of how many songwriters it took to write a tune called “Uptown Funk” has been settled out of […]

Is Defensive Domain Name Registration Worth It?

May 6, 2015

A number of IP attorneys weigh in on the question of defensive brand protection in the age of the Internet, […]

Blow For Artists As Appeals Court Strikes California Royalty Law

May 6, 2015

A state law provision that required California owners of art work to pay a royalty fee when selling fine art […]

Musicians Sue Filmmakers Over Foreign Recordings

April 30, 2015

The American Federation of Musicians has sued the three Hollywood entertainment companies for recording film scores outside the United States […]

Google To Open Patent Bazaar

April 30, 2015

The search engine giant Google has announced plans to experiment with a patent marketplace, an online portal in which patent […]

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