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...
Reebok, Nike Settle Suit Over Tebow Apparel Sales April 10, 2012 By Grant McCool and Jonathan Stempel Reebok International Ltd. agreed to settle a lawsuit by rival Nike Inc. and will stop selling New York Jets football...
Viacom Wins Reversal in Landmark Copyright Case vs. Google’s YouTube April 5, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel and Yinka Adegoke A U.S. appeals court has revived lawsuits by Viacom Inc., the English Premier League, and various film studios and television...
Facebook Launches Patent Counterclaim Against Yahoo April 4, 2012 By Alexei Oreskovic and Dan Levine Facebook fired back on Tuesday in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of...
‘Tebow-Mania’ Kicks Off Nike Damages Claim Against Reebok March 29, 2012 By Grant McCool Nike Inc. is accusing Reebok of trying to score an illegal Tim Tebow marketing touchdown. Nike sued its rival in...
Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Patents March 12, 2012 By Alexei Oreskovic and Dan Levine Yahoo Inc. sued Facebook Inc. over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the...
China Higher Court Hears Apple’s iPad Trademark Claim February 29, 2012 By Lee Chyen Yee and Huang Yuntao Lawyers for Apple Inc. argued for its right to use the iPad trademark in China on Wednesday, as a higher...
Social Media Patent War Looms as Yahoo Threatens Facebook February 28, 2012 By Dan Levine Yahoo has demanded licensing fees from Facebook for use of its technology, the companies said on Monday, potentially engulfing social...
Obama Budget Bolsters Intellectual Property Enforcement February 17, 2012 The Obama administration has proposed hiring more prosecutors to pursue intellectual property crimes in the new budget as the entertainment...
China’s Trademark System Baffles Foreign Firms February 16, 2012 By Lee Chyen Yee and Melanie Lee China’s trademark system is a minefield of murky rules and opportunistic “trademark squatters” that even the world’s biggest companies and...