"intellectual property" news, interviews, and features

News about intellectual property

• What the new TPP means for Aussie IP

  The new deal is likely to put to rest concerns about certain IP provisions outlined in the original agreement

• Aussie IP rights holders get a helping hand

  The Federal Government launches its new IP Mediation Referral Service

• Why tech innovators could benefit from recommended changes to copyright law

  Productivity Commission recommends introduction of "fair use" clause

• Court denies Samsung request for rehearing in Apple patent case

  Samsung had sought to reduce a $548 million patent infringement award

• Oracle: Google has 'destroyed' the market for Java

  In a new court filing, Oracle has broadened the scope of its complaint to reflect Android's ongoing success

• Appeals court to hear US agency's decison to block digital imports

  The USITC's decision to block imports of digital 3D dental records could bleed over into copyright enforcement, critics worry

Features about intellectual property

• Can digital rights management and the open Web coexist?

  The fight over openness vs. protection of copyright holders has been a contentious issue for as long as digital media has been around

• Google Books legal epic moves to appeals court

  Google won at the district court level last week, but the Authors Guild isn't giving up

• The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: 'They can't take my soul'

  Peter Sunde was the poster boy for the file sharing movemen, then he was sentenced to eight months prison and fined millions of dollars

• Patent cases color mobile market, to continue in 2013

• 2012: The year in quotes

  Some of the most interesting, and amusing, tech-related quotes this year were uttered in courtrooms

• What Obama's re-election may mean for technology

  Expect debates on cybersecurity, copyright, spectrum and privacy in Congress in 2013