INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

A newly published patent filed by Facebook's Building 8 details a modular device that can function like a smartphone or a smart speaker like the Amazon Echo.

Apple was also granted a patent for a more discreet way of making 911 calls using fingerprints and touch gestures.

Washington Redskins could keep their controversial name under First Amendment ruling.

A ruling from the European Union's Court of Justice said The Pirate Bay is responsible for torrents and content hosted on its site.

A new patent surfaced Thursday hinting at the use of Corning's Willow Glass in an upcoming Apple device.

Man AHL has open-sourced its Arctic data storage system.

The space agency released its 2017-2018 software catalog to the public sans royalty or copyright fees.

On Wednesday, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., reversed a jury verdict accusing Apple of infringing upon Smartflash's intellectual property rights.

Samsung could be working on another fitness tracker if a new trademark application is to be considered.

The country's Federal Court ruled that internet service providers, including Telstra, Optus, TPG and M2, should bear the cost of blocking the websites.

The basketball legend sued Fujian-based Qiaodan Sports in 2012 for using the Chinese name for Jordan, and his jersey number, without his permission.

Apple has been awarded a new patent that appears to shed light on how Apple plans to use augmented reality for its iPhones.

The Oregon band’s bid to trademark its name was declined over concerns that the name was disparaging to Asian-Americans.

Torrentz.eu, the world’s largest meta-search website for torrents, removed its search function without any notice or explanation.

Atrem Vaulin, a 30-year-old Ukrainian, was arrested in Poland Wednesday and the website went offline following the seizure of its domains.

Live-streaming BitTorrent News “will launch in time to bring an independent voice to both Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention.”

An appeals court ruling favoring Apple in a smartphone patent dispute should be overturned, the U.S. Justice Department says.

Neighbors of the former girlfriend of the reported UCLA shooter say police asked about her when investigating the UCLA incident.

A Chinese beverage company had registered “face book” as its trademark in 2014, a move that a Beijing court ruled “violated moral principles.”

The U.S. tech giant has lost a trademark battle over the iPhone name to a Beijing-based company that makes leather goods.

The Authors Guild and several individual writers have argued that the project, known as Google Books, illegally deprives them of revenue.