Meta Faces Legal Challenge by French Publishers Over AI Training March 12, 2025 By Benoit Berthelot French publishers and authors are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for copyright infringement, accusing the tech giant of using their books...
Birkenstock Sandals Are Pieces of Design and Not Protected by Copyright: German Court February 21, 2025 Birkenstock sandals, which have evolved from a symbol of counterculture to a trendy fashion item, do not qualify as art...
Meta Knew It Used Pirated Books to Train AI, Authors Say January 10, 2025 By Blake Brittain Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark...
Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor Found in Contempt of Court After Lawsuit Loss December 20, 2024 By Eleanor Thornber A computer scientist who falsely claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin was handed a suspended prison termafter being found...
Patents for Sale? State Farm Reveals Website of Inventions May 16, 2024 State Farm announced that it has launched a new website to showcase some of its patented technology, and making it...
Nuclear Verdicts Surge to $14.5 Billion in 2023 – Report May 10, 2024 By Ezra Amacher Nuclear verdicts of at least $10 million reached a 15-year high in 2023, while 27 verdicts were “thermonuclear,” or more...
Build-A-Bear, Maker of Warren Buffett’s Squishmallows Face Off in Court February 13, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett is taking on Build-A-Bear. Jazwares, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned maker of the popular Squishmallows plush toys, sued Build-A-Bear Workshop...
German Court Rules Against Intel in Patent Row Over Chips February 8, 2024 A court in Germany has issued an injunction against the sale of some of Intel’s chips, in a patent dispute...
Tobacco Giants’ Patent Settlement Clears Path for Smokeless Products February 2, 2024 By Andy Hoffman Tobacco giants Philip Morris International Inc. and British American Tobacco Plc settled a series of patent suits that clears a...
Apple to Fight Watch Ban in Court After White House Declines to Act December 27, 2023 By Josh Wingrove and Mark Gurman Apple Inc., seeking to defend a business that generates roughly $17 billion a year, is appealing a US sales ban...