U. of California Sues Facebook, Wal-Mart, Disney Over Patents September 13, 2012 By Sarah McBride A University of California patent licensee which has sued some of the biggest U.S. companies is taking on three more...
Jury to Begin Deliberating Patent Disputes Between Apple, Samsung August 22, 2012 By Dan Levine and Poornima Gupta Apple Inc.’s worldwide legal crusade against the Android mobile operating system drew toward a climax on Tuesday as the iPhone...
Monsanto Wins Patent Suit Against DuPont in Genetically Modified Seed Case August 2, 2012 By Carey Gillam Shares of Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, rose on Thursday and DuPont shares fell after Monsanto won a $1...
Judge Who Nixed Apple-Motorola Trial Questions Need for Software Patents July 5, 2012 By Dan Levine The U.S. judge who tossed out one of the biggest court cases in Apple Inc.’s smartphone technology battle is questioning...
Oracle Suffers Setback in Java Copyright Battle Against Google June 1, 2012 By Dan Levine A U.S. judge dismissed Oracle Corp.’s copyright claims against Google Inc. for parts of the Java programming language, knocking out...
Jury Finds Google Did Not Infringe Oracle’s Patents May 24, 2012 By Dan Levine Google Inc.’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on...
Gucci Wins Fraction of Damages Sought in Trademark Claim Against Guess May 22, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge said Gucci may recover just $4.66 million in its lawsuit accusing apparel retailer Guess Inc. of copying...
Court Ruling in Georgia Upholds School’s Use of Publication Excerpts May 16, 2012 A federal judge sided with Georgia State University on a range of copyright infringement claims filed by three publishing houses...
AIG Alleges Ex-Air Lease CEO, Employees Stole Trade Secrets April 25, 2012 By Grant McCool American International Group Inc. has sued the co-founder and former chief executive of its aircraft-leasing unit, Steven Udvar-Hazy, accusing him...
40 Million U.S. Jobs Tied to Intellectual Property Protection: Report April 12, 2012 By Doug Palmer U.S. movie studios, drug manufacturers and other companies that depend heavily on copyrights, patents and trademarks to protect their creative...