INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

A patent infringement lawsuit filed on Wednesday against Amazon.com was a procedural move and not a new lawsuit, according to Discovery Communications Inc, which filed the complaint.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort to patent a business method, but offered no alternative to the prevailing standard, giving little clarity to companies seeking to protect such inventions.

The Supreme Court upheld a ruling refusing to give a patent for a business method, but also criticized the prevailing standard for deciding whether to allow such patents.

LOS ANGELES - One question that needs to be asked a day after Google's landmark win over Viacom in the YouTube copyright-infringement case is whether Google could have gotten away with doing less about protected content on its video-sharing platform.

A federal court judge ruled that a patent infringement lawsuit filed by PaperPro stapler maker Accentra against Staples Inc can go to trial, PaperPro said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES - What's more lucrative -- a copyright or a woman's breasts?

Companies and inventors who pay extra would be able to get a quicker review of their patent applications under a proposal by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced on Thursday.

Apple's allegations that Eastman Kodak infringed its patents will be investigated by the International Trade Commission, the agency said on Thursday.

The United States on Friday placed Russia on its list of countries with the worst records of preventing copyright theft for the 13th straight year, just days after the two nations agreed to intensify talks on Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization.

Inventor Judah Klausner added HTC Corp to the list of big phone makers against which he has filed lawsuits alleging infringement of technology patents related to visual voicemail.

A top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday he will raise industry concerns about China's indigenous innovation policies that threaten U.S. intellectual property rights when he visits Beijing next week. What we're trying to do with the Chinese is address the very serious concerns that have been raised, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis said in remarks to the Washington International Trade Association.

EBay Inc did not engage in trademark infringement and dilution by selling counterfeit Tiffany & Co merchandise on its website, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, but it ordered further proceedings over the jeweler's claim of false advertising.

EBay Inc did not engage in trademark infringement and dilution by selling counterfeit Tiffany & Co merchandise on its website, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, but it ordered further proceedings over the jeweler's claim of false advertising.

Europe's highest court ruled Google Inc did not infringe trademark law by selling keywords to trigger ads after Louis Vuitton and others said the practice undermined their brands.

Google has not violated the rights of luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton and two other firms by allowing online advertisers to buy search keywords identical to trademarks, Europe's top court said.

Google Inc could win a widely expected victory next week in Europe's top court and still face many more battles over keyword advertising, the backbone of its Internet business model.

Brazil revealed on Monday a preliminary list of U.S. patents and intellectual property rights it could restrict unless both countries settle a long-standing dispute over U.S. cotton aid.

British songwriters, composers and music publishers earned 623 million pounds ($944.8 million) in royalties in 2009, up 2.6 percent on 2008 and the first time the growth in digital revenues outperformed the drop in CD and DVD earnings.

Investment fund Elliott Associates offered to buy business software maker Novell Inc for $2 billion, sending its shares up 28 percent as investors hoped for a better bid.

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit peer-to-peer file sharing programs from being installed onto computers without consent.

The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Friday it has agreed to investigate Apple Inc's patent infringement complaint against Nokia Oyj, as the legal battle between the two technology heavyweights continues to play out.