It is hard to remember life before electronic mail. However, it was only in 1982 that V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai was awarded a copyright for his “Email” communication system. Happy Anniversary E-mail! ….and, delete.

The Pakistani Telecommunications Authority has ordered all ISPs to inform authorities if individuals are using VPNs to browse the web.  This is a huge problem for individuals and businesses that regularly encrypt connections to protect sensitive data. Pakistan strictly regulates internet traffic – the country has previously banned the use of social networks such as [...]

The New York Times reports on how the masked protest group, Anonymous, is actually making Time Warner rich. Considering Anonymous‘s reputation of extensive “hacktivism” against companies like Sony, Visa, and Bank of America, we doubt this group intended to help Time Warner with its bottom line. Photo credit: MICHAEL GOTTSCHALK/AFP/Getty Images

Minecraft Creator Sued By Elder Scrolls Developer, Challenges Them to Game Of “Quake” IGN had originally reported that Marcus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft, had been sent a letter by Elder Scrolls developer Bethesda Softworks over the title of his next game, “Scrolls.”  Persson explained the situation on his personal blog, which can be [...]

The New York Times has a great article on John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, calling for revision of the United States Copyright Law. “For too long the work of musicians has been used to create enormous profits for record labels, radio stations and others, without fairly distributing [...]

Gibson was ordered to cease manufacturing and send workers home for the day when federal agents executed four search warrants on the guitar company’s facilities on August 24. According to Gibson, the Department of Justice has interpreted an Indian law to require that the use of wood from India must be finished by Indian workers. [...]

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In the future, it may be common to “print” an actual physical object, like a customized piece of jewelry or a replacement part for a bicycle, from a 3D printer in your home garage. Surprised? It may come sooner than you think – and there are intellectual property issues that abound. 3D printing uses an [...]

…soon to be refiled. Nu Image’s move to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit comes in the aftermath of an August decision by a federal judge in Washington, who forced the plaintiff to drop all anonymous defendants who weren’t reasonably believed to be residing in his jurisdiction. The defendants? The 23,322 alleged pirates of The Expendables, the 2010 [...]

An Epic Drama of Patents and Litigation: Samsung Cites Screenshot from 2001: A Space Odyssey As Possible Prior Art for Tablet Design Foss Patents has been reporting on the global battle between Apple and Samsung – namely, 19 ongoing lawsuits in 9 countries – over the design of the iPad and Galaxy tab 10.1 (among others, like [...]