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...
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...