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  • July 2008

    • Studio Went Super-Secret to Protect Batman

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 28, 08 4:20 PM CDT

      Studio Went Super-Secret to Protect Batman

      (Newser) - In a dazzling covert operation, Warner Bros. kept the lid on The Dark Knight so tight pirated copies didn’t hit the Web until 2 days after its Australian premiere—long enough to keep the film’s record opening on track, the Los Angeles Times reports. Digital piracy can keep fans online and out of theaters; early bad buzz can also kill a film’s box office in the crucial first weekend. More »

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      film  • box office  • piracy  • The Dark Knight  • intellectual property  • DVD piracy  • blockbusters

    • How Piracy Can Boost Business

      Economist  |  Jul 19, 08 11:03 AM CDT

      How Piracy Can Boost Business

      (Newser) - Intellectual piracy is bad for business, yes, but also inevitable—and companies fare better when turning it to their advantage, the Economist reports. The large (and illegal) volume of music and video exchanged online, for example, can reveal who’s popular in which countries. And Microsoft, which officially battles piracy, also derives massive benefits from bootlegging of Windows. More »

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      Microsoft  • music industry  • piracy  • intellectual property  • Nike  • knockoff

  • June 2008

    • Tech Giants Join Forces Against 'Patent Trolls'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      Tech Giants Join Forces Against 'Patent Trolls'

      (Newser) - Some of tech's biggest players are banding together to corner the market on patents key to their various businesses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies like Google and Verizon are afraid of being held hostage by small players with a claim on key bits of intellectual property, and wary of so-called "patent trolls," outfits that buy intellectual property solely to launch lawsuits. More »

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      Google  • Verizon  • Hewlett Packard  • intellectual property  • tech industry  • patent  • Ericsson  • patent trolls

  • January 2008

    • Senate to Mull Patent Law That Shields Big Biz

      New York Times  |  Jan 13, 08 3:49 PM CST

      Senate to Mull Patent Law That Shields Big Biz

      (Newser) - The Senate is planning to look at a patent bill that would limit damage awards and tip the balance of power between corporations and smaller upstarts, the New York Times reports. Backers say the bill will curb gratuitous lawsuits filed against technology giants by speculators known derisively as "patent trolls.” But others fear the Patent Reform Act of 2007 will stifle innovation. More »

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      Congress  • intellectual property  • patent infringement  • Patent and Trademark Office

    • Google Fights Patent Theft Charges

      PC World  |  Jan 12, 08 8:05 PM CST

      Google Fights Patent Theft Charges

      (Newser) - Google denies allegations that it is infringing on a patent held jointly by Northeastern University and a Massachussetts company for an Internet search method, and is countersuing to invalidate the patent, PC World reports. NU and its partner claim Google is infringing a patent they were granted for a distributed database system that breaks down search queries for faster results. More »

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      Google  • search engine  • intellectual property  • patent  • infringement

  • October 2007

    • Court Blocks New Patent Rules

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 31, 07 10:40 PM CDT

      Court Blocks New Patent Rules

      (Newser) - A Federal judge has blocked the US Patent and Trademark Office from implementing tough new patent rules with a temporary injunction in a suit brought by GlaxoSmithKline. The Wall Street Journal reports the new rules would have limited the number of times patent holders may make minor changes to existing patent applications, known as continuances, a favorite maneuver of pharma companies. More »

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      technology  • intellectual property  • GlaxoSmithKline  • pharmaceutical industry  • Patent and Trademark Office

    • Google Bares Tool to Hunt & Zap Copyrighted Videos

      MarketWatch  |  Oct 16, 07 6:54 AM CDT

      Google Bares Tool to Hunt & Zap Copyrighted Videos

      (Newser) - Google yesterday unveiled new technology to seek out copyright-protected material on its YouTube site, which the company hopes will head off Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit. The software scans videos, breaks them down into data points and analyzes them so that any matching versions can be flagged and removed "in a matter of minutes," said a YouTube exec. More »

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      Google  • YouTube  • software  • copyright  • Viacom  • copyright law  • intellectual property

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 07 8:53 PM CDT

      Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched

      (Newser) - A French boy suspected of posting a translation of the latest Harry Potter novel was arrested Monday, the AP reported today. The 16-year-old didn't appear to have financial gain in mind, a prosecutor said—with the French version not due until October, "he just wanted to get the book online." More »

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      France  • book  • literature  • teenagers  • Harry Potter  • intellectual property

  • June 2007

    • Chefs Get Into Food Fight

      New York Times  |  Jun 27, 07 4:46 PM CDT

      Chefs Get Into Food Fight

      (Newser) - Rebecca Charles, chef/owner of the famed Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan, is taking her former sous-chef to court, claiming he knocked off her menu and decor for his own New York eatery. Lawyers for Charles, who is seeking unspecified financial damages, said that the owner of Ed's Lobster Bar had stolen her intellectual property, the New York Times reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • food  • restaurant  • chef  • intellectual property  • recipes  • cuisine

  • May 2007

    • Geek Uprising Shows Futility of Web Censorship

      New York Times  |  May 3, 07 10:50 AM CDT

      Geek Uprising Shows Futility of Web Censorship

      (Newser) - The flash riot of Internet crusaders who disseminated the code to decrypt HD DVDs over the last few days should teach entertainment companies to think long and hard about their anti-piracy strategy, the New York Times notes. The standard cease-and-desist letters sent to websites to keep the code out of circulation had the opposite effect. More »

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      Internet  • censorship  • piracy  • intellectual property  • web surfing  • Copyright Act

    • Court Relaxes Patent Test

      CNET  |  May 1, 07 7:36 AM CDT

      Court Relaxes Patent Test

      (Newser) - Tech companies are thrilled with a Supreme Court ruling yesterday that relaxed the "obviousness" test for patents—the standard for deciding when a combination of existing elements deserves patent protection. No longer will Silicon Valley giants have to wrangle with patent "trolls"—people who anticipate minute improvements to products, then cry  infringement, CNET reports. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • technology  • law  • intellectual property  • patents

  • April 2007

    • Dylan, Dr.Seuss Can't Mix

      Salon  |  Apr 13, 07 11:57 AM CDT

      Dylan, Dr.Seuss Can't Mix

      (Newser) - Dr. Seuss's estate has knocked down a website by artist/jokerman Kevin Ryan, featuring the fantasist's verses set to fake Bob Dylan music. The loss of the brilliant mash-up prompts Salon 's Dan Brekke to explore how the times are a' changin' for copyright law, particularly in the murky and amorphous area of parody. More »

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      satire  • copyright law  • intellectual property  • Bob Dylan  • Dr. Seuss  • parody

    • Students Sue for Homework

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 10, 07 4:16 PM CDT

      Students Sue for Homework

      (Newser) - Four teenage students are suing an antiplagiarism website for the rights to their schoolwork, arguing that they were forced to turn over original work without compensation, the Christian Science Monitor reports. When their school adopted an antiplagiarism service called Turnitin, students were required to submit essays to be stored and compared against millions of others in a database. More »

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      lawsuit  • education  • school  • intellectual property  • plagiarism  • property rights

    • Google Stares Down Viacom, Copyright

      New York  |  Apr 2, 07 7:51 AM CDT

      Google Stares Down Viacom, Copyright

      (Newser) - With Viacom incubating "the biggest copyright lawsuit in history" against YouTube, the video-sharing site is beginning to smell a bit like Napster. Which leads Clive Thompson to ponder in New York why the Google boys decided to acquire YouTube—and its looming crisis—last year. And why, once they had, they decided to stare down Sumner Redstone instead of sharing revenue. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • YouTube  • media  • copyright  • Web 2.0  • Viacom  • intellectual property  • Sumner Redstone

  • March 2007

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