Chinatown, notoriously known for counterfeit luxury goods, is also a place to find cardboard cutouts of fake luxury items that are to be burned at Chinese funerals. One store owner selling these traditional items of mourning has recently been charged with two counts of copyright infringement in the third degree. Cultural insensitivity or cracking down [...]

Whew, say that ten times fast! Fashion Blog Refinery29 has the scoop on a company that specializes in knockoff designer bags suing another company that is selling a bag that is totally knocking off their knockoff bag.

Have you ever wanted to post bad reviews of a restaurant, but been afraid the restaurant would find out it was you and spit in your food if you decided to give it a second chance?  Exactly how anonymous are anonymous postings?  Unfortunately for you, it’s likely that a court might say they are hardly [...]

When Facebook originated, it was a web site created for college students to interact with one another. However, as Facebook began to grow in popularity and additional applications became available to interface with it, the individuals permitted to create an account were no longer limited by an .edu email address indicative of a college student, and potential privacy issues have evolved and expanded. Making the decision to post a comment or a picture on Facebook in order to share with friends and family may now result in negative ramifications on a user’s career and personal life.

The way we navigate the Internet is on the verge of a subtle, but widespread transformation.  The familiar domain suffixes, such as .com and .edu, will soon have to contend with a variety of new, subject specific domain names, such as .god or .music.  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the small [...]

On June 30th the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the NBA and the NBA Players Association (NBAPA) expired; they have been locked out since July 1.  For those who love the game, this is distressing.  Negotiations on a new CBA have been fraught with difficulties because of the shaky financial position in which the league [...]

Hold on to your heels, ladies, because designer Christian Louboutin may no longer be the sole owner of the red underside of those ridiculously sweet (and ridiculously expensive) shoes. Although the luxury shoe designer argues his shoes’ red soles trademark is priceless, a New York judge isn’t convinced that Louboutin’s lawsuit against rival fashion house [...]

DefCon, the hacking conference in Las Vegas, is inviting kids, accompanied by a parent of course, to explore the world of hacking. This means a new generation of hackers, but will these kids turn into good hackers or bad hackers? Read about it here, here, here, and here.

College students love music and movies, but they don’t always have the time or the financial means to feed their entertainment interests.  Illegal file sharing allows them to download the entertainment they love quickly and easily, without the cost.  It is especially prevalent among students on college campuses because of the high-speed Internet access provided [...]

Apple would like you to call it something else.  In July of 2008, Apple filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office attempting to trademark the phrase ‘app store.’ Apple’s competitors (Google Apps, Blackberry App World, HP App Catalog, etc.) weren’t too pleased, as this meant they might have to bust out their [...]