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Old lady to sue giant companies over LED patents
Sunday, 23 March 2008
The U.S. International Trade Commission said it would launch an investigation into some 30 companies on possible patent infringements related to Blu-ray disc players and other products.
EU denies Gmail trademark for Google
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Google could not get trademark protection in the European Union (EU) for Gmail because the mark is too similar to an existing German trademark.
Guitar maker claims Activition violated their patent
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Video game publisher Activision has asked a U.S. federal court to declare that its popular "Guitar Hero" game does not violate a patent held by real-guitar maker Gibson Guitar.
Brothers sentenced for software piracy
Saturday, 08 March 2008
Maurice A. Robberson, 48, was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $855,917 restitution, while his brother Thomas K. Robberson, 55, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordere...
Patent police raid booths at CeBit trade show
Friday, 07 March 2008
Dozens of exhibitors at Europe's largest gadget confab were in for a surprise this week: Suspecting patent violations, German authorities raided 51 booths, carting off cell phones, navigation ...
Penguin audiobooks to be free of copyright protection
Wednesday, 05 March 2008
Penguin is planning to offer audiobooks that are free of digital copyright protection technology, which will allow buyers to play them on any digital device, dismissing fears that they could becom...

Yahoo wins ad-word trademark case
Wednesday, 05 March 2008
Yahoo! UK and its sister company, Overture Services Ltd, won a groundbreaking trade mark infringement case concerning keyword...
Great moments in trademark trolling
Friday, 29 February 2008
Crunchgear has compiled a list of trademark disputes throughout the years which is both amusing and interesting. It includes ...
3D Realms sued over Earth No More
Friday, 22 February 2008
Two men who claim to have come up with the idea for the action title 'Earth No More' are suing 3D Realms for allegedl...
TVCatchup suspended after complaints
Friday, 22 February 2008
TVCatchup.com allows users to record offline TV shows, watch them online and share copies with other members. The service...
Your skeleton to be used as identification
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
A new patent, issued last Friday, covers a system that would scan some, or all, of your skeleton and compare it with a databa...
RIAA wants to put filters on your computer
Monday, 11 February 2008
In this video from the recent 'State of the Net Conference', RIAA's Cary Sherman discusses ISP content filtering,...
Logistep's tactics violates Switzerland's telecommunication law
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Switzerland has warned Logistep, a company which tracks and supplies information on suspected file sharers to law firms aroun...
Virus writers charged with copyright violation
Friday, 25 January 2008
Japan has arrested its first suspected virus writers. However, in a strange twist the three suspected creators and distribu...
Hasbro sues Facebook over Scrabble
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Toy giants Hasbro and Mattel wrote jointly to Facebook's head office calling for the game Scrabulous, a miniature onlin...