INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Linsanity has taken the sports world by storm, and at least one business-minded individual is trying to patent the term and profit off of the New York Knicks player's success.

Rising costs, an uncertain regulatory environment and intellectual property rights violations are among the top challenges for U.S. companies in China, a survey showed.

The Obama administration on Monday proposed hiring more prosecutors to pursue intellectual property crimes in the new budget as the entertainment industry pressures the Justice Department to crack down on copyright infringement and counterfeiting.

Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance by governments.

I get to the bottom of what file sharing means for the actual market of intellectual property.

Apple sued Motorola Mobility in a U.S. court on Friday in an attempt to stop Motorola from asserting some patent claims against Apple in Germany, according to the lawsuit.

Apple sued Motorola Mobility in a U.S. court on Friday in an attempt to stop Motorola from asserting some patent claims against Apple in Germany, according to the lawsuit.

Magaupload, one of the world's leading file-sharing and online storage sites, has been shut down for about three week now. Does it mean the file-sharing activity has disappeared or at least decreased?

The anti-ACTA Day of Action is February 11. Protest details, including where, when and how to join the worldwide fight on Saturday, can all be found in this comprehensive breakdown of what is shaping up to be a massive worldwide demonstration.

BTJunkie, one of the largest Bit Torrent search engines, announced Monday that it would voluntarily be shutting down its website. The decision came less than three weeks after federal prosecutors cracked down on popular file-sharing Website Megaupload, for copyright infringement.

Facing increasing federal and international pressure to moderate copyright infringment, the website BTJunkie chose to voluntarily end operations of its trackers and search functions Monday morning.

The Irish Aid, a government oversees development body, had to take its Web site offline after it was hacked and several staff members' private information was posted under a 'Stop ACTA' banner.

A Czech Republic demonstration by the Czech Pirate Party went off Feb. 2 despite freezing cold temperatures, and hundreds of protesters marched to denounce ACTA, the international treaty meant to combat piracy. Protesters carried signs reading 'Hollywood will not write our laws' and Say no to ACTA' as they sought to gain attention for their cause.

Chinese government representatives directed a U.S. businessman to obtain valuable technology manufactured by chemical giant DuPont and U.S. authorities were seeking on Wednesday to keep him in jail ahead of his trial on charges relating to trade secret theft, prosecutors said in newly released court documents.

Ukrainian police on Tuesday shut down the former Soviet republic's most popular file sharing website, Ex.ua, accusing its owners of illegally distributing copyright-protected software, music and videos.

A New Zealand judge ordered the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be held in custody for another month Wednesday, saying the suspected Internet pirate posed a significant flight risk.

InterDigital Inc said it had failed to find any takers for the entire company, but would continue to look for buyers for its patent portfolio and enter licensing partnerships.

This is not the first time Megaupload's founder Kim Dotcom had his brush with the law. In 2002, he was convicted in what was then the largest insider-trading case in German history and a Munich court sentenced him to 20 months probation and a 100,000 euro fine. Can he win the legal battle this time?

FileSonic, a website providing online data storage, has disabled its file sharing services following a U.S.-led crackdown on a rival website and amid heated debate over Washington's attempts to clamp down on online piracy.

In the midst of a battle over SOPA, the controversial anti-piracy legislation, the Supreme Court backed Congress' authority to take foreign works out of the public domain.

Even those who were blissfully unaware of the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA, were made sit up and take notice of the dire internet emergency, which, if and when passed, is most likely to frustrate the online lives of a vast majority of internet users.