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Experts Say Companies with Strong Intellectual Property Strategies Raise More Capital
With the economy on the rebound, experts are beginning to find a clear correlation between firms that have invested in intellectual property and capital market success. On the other hand, they also find that companies that cut their investments in intellectual property, lagged behind.
Class-Action Suits Regarding Virtual Property Ownership Filed against Second Life
The scope of virtual world developments and brand marketing on the Internet seems to be limitless, with Second Life as one of the most popular programs. However, paying virtual world participants (residents) have filed a class-action lawsuit against Second Life and its founder for altering its questionable and deceitful terms of virtual property ownership.
The iPhone Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
Industrial design is a leading market bringing innovative and advanced technological products to the fingertips of consumers throughout the world. Even a person with a “black thumb” for technology is likely to be drawn to the newest fad in industrial products, which currently seems to be the iPhone. However, according to a Reuters article, various [...]
The Battle to Enforce Intellectual Property Laws
According to a recent LA Times Blog article, the Obama Administration faces at least three major battles regarding how intellectual property laws in the United States are being enforced. The pressure to heighten laws against piracy and initiate other means of intellectual property enforcement comes mainly from Copyright owners and performers.
High School Sued Over Alleged Spying in Students’ Homes
According to an International Business Times article, parents of a student at Harriton High School in Philadelphia have filed a suit against the school for allegedly spying on their child via a webcam installed on a laptop. The school-issued laptop was given to students so they could complete homework assignments. The parents became suspicious of [...]
Ruling on Google EBooks Settlement Postponed
The Washington Post recently reported that the U.S. District Court has again delayed a ruling on the case over Google’s move to digitize millions of out-of-copy books. Google, whose name has become synonymous with internet search functionality, sought to create a massive online database that would allow its users access to millions of books, many [...]
Jacobsen v. Katzer Comes to a Close
In what TechRepublic calls a “big legal victory for open source,” the courts have finally ruled on Jacobsen v. Katzer. The suit arose after a software developer Robert Jacobsen developed code under the GNU Public License or “GPL” which was subsequently appropriated by Matthew Katzer. Katzer allegedly took the code and used it for his [...]
Australian Court Rules that Men at Work’s “Down Under” Infringes Copyright Law
A roughly 11-note flute riff has proven the downfall of Men at Work, the group that released the 1980s chart topper, “Down Under.” Music Mix reports that a judge in Sydney, Australia held that the melody played by the band’s flutist throughout the hit single infringes on Kookaburra because it “replicates in material form” a [...]
Man Jailed for Two Years and Fined $25,000 for Bootlegging “Dark Knight”
In one of the most notable intellectual property cases, Robert L Henderson was fined $25,000 in restitutions and was sentenced to two years of jail without parole by a federal court in Kansas City. Henderson pleaded guilty to bootlegging (i.e. distributing unauthorized copies) of the 2008 blockbuster “Dark Knight.” According to the Kansas City Star, [...]
