"intellectual property" news, interviews, and features

News about intellectual property

• 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

• Alibaba upgrades anti-counterfeiting system following complaints

  Foreign brands and a Chinese regulator have criticized Alibaba for allegedly promoting fake goods

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