INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Apple filed a new patent application on Thursday, August 2 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for an iPad Smart Cover that would also function as a secondary touchscreen display for the device.

Pirate Bay, which renamed itself as Olympic Bay and sported a new logo on home page signifying the five Olympic rings with the tagline "this is for everyone," has reverted to its original logo on the home page despite Olympics being the trending topic.

As the sales of recorded music plummets with the rise of media piracy, the artist-fan relationship is getting personal.

Heating up the so-called smartphone patent war, HTC has filed two counterclaims against Apple in the Southern District of Florida, claiming that the iPhone-maker has infringed on two HP patents it acquired in December last year.

Once you go Apple, you never go back. Apparently that?s the attitude the majority of iPhone owners take, according to a new data from an analyst at Piper Jaffray.

A Romney spokesperson told the Washington Post that the clip clearly falls under fair use, a provision in intellectual property law that permits limited use of copyrighted material for the purposes of criticism and commentary.

The tech world has been filled with high-profile lawsuits over the past week. Just as Internet giants Yahoo and Facebook settled their differences over alleged patent infringement, Apple is the latest company hit with a patent-related lawsuit.

The European Parliament rejected Wednesday the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, an international treaty that aims to standardize intellectual property and copyright enforcement efforts digitally and physically across signatory countries.

Unfazed by constant attempts to curb its survival, The Pirate Bay (TPB) has muscled critics to revisit their strategy and redefined dynamics of the high decibel entertainment industry.

The Golden Gate Bridge, that iconic structure and California landmark, turned 75 on Sunday. The bridge was opened for business on May 27, 1937, providing an easier route between the city of San Francisco and Marin County.

Inside Joel Tenenbaum's legal crusade against the recording industry and a $675,000 penalty for file sharing.

Twitter said on Tuesday that it would structure its patents so they could not be used for offensive litigation purposes without permission from the people who developed them.

With a single ruling this week, U.S. District Judge James Robart of Seattle federal court may have fundamentally altered the balance of power between Motorola Mobility and the leading opponents of Motorola's soon-to-be-parent Google, Microsoft and Apple.

While the movie and music industries would have you think that torrents are a threat to their business, thousands of independent artists heartily disagree. That's why more than 5000 musicians, actors, writers, filmmakers and artists have signed up to be promoted by The Pirate Bay, the world's largest torrent site.

Experts believe 2012 could mark the beginning of a turnaround for the housing industry, albeit a slow one.

The Pirate Bay is the most popular BitTorrent site, but it is one of the most loathed sites as well. The torrent Web site has been attacked repeatedly in the past few months by several countries, and many ISPs have been forced to block their customers' access to the Web site. Microsoft recently joined the battle, and now its MSN chat service refuses to pass on links to The Pirate Bay, claiming they are unsafe.

James Bond books are back with Vintage.

Apple Inc, the biggest U.S. company by market value, was told it cannot now pursue ongoing patent infringement litigation against bankrupt photography giant Eastman Kodak Co.

A U.S. trade panel, which hears patent infringement cases, said on Friday that it would undertake a wide-ranging review of its preliminary decision over whether Motorola Mobility violated Microsoft patents.

A U.S. trade panel which hears patent infringement cases said on Friday that it would undertake a wide-ranging review of its preliminary decision over whether Motorola Mobility violated Microsoft patents.

The U.S. Navajo Nation has sued Urban Outfitters Inc. for trademark violations and licensing discrepancies in regard to products offered in its retail stores and online.