The RIAA was handed a small blow today as a District Court judge in Arizona denied Summary Judgment on the question of whether leaving files on a shared directory is Copyright Infringement as a matter of law. While this does not really lend any saving grace to the p2p community at large, it does give [...]

By: Eric Mouchette How many ways can you draw an apple? More specifically, how many ways can you draw an apple without infringing on Apple Inc.’s ubiquitous logo? This is a question that New York City Hall may eventually have to ask itself. Apple renewed its federal challenge to the trademark application that New York [...]

J.K. Rowling is suing RDR Books for publishing a Harry Potter lexicon dictionary of sorts. Their website with the same content has been free, but now that this book is going to bring in revenue, J.K. has brought out the guns. And those guns include tears at a press conference. The questions at trial will [...]

By: S.S. Who would have thought that the most important meal of the day could turn into such a debate over economic regulation and ownership rights? The expansion of the cereal café market has created an intellectual property war over trademarks and patents, and the ability of one company to control the market. Upon entering [...]

By Eric Bitzegaio Viacom has slammed YouTube’s parent company, Google, with a suit seeking over $1 billion in damage and injunctive relief the copyright infringement provisions of the Copyright Act.i Viacom claims Google directly infringed on their copyrights by publicly displaying, publicly performing, and reproducing copyrighted works without authorization. Furthermore, Viacom alleges that Google is [...]

New York City Hall to be precise. Apple is challenging NYC’s new greeNYC apple shaped logo as a trademark violation. Apple has filed a formal opposition to NYC’s trademark application. Read more here. – Maxim Price