Reporting from the National Football League conference, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton and NFL Vice President for Legal Affairs Anastasia Danias announced the record-breaking results of a nationwide enforcement operation. ‘Operation Red Zone’ targeted international shipments …
A U.S. judge has found that two news organizations improperly used images that a photojournalist had posted to Twitter in one of the first big tests of intellectual property law involving social media. Agence France-Presse and The Washington Post infringed …
A Rankin County, Mississippi photographer is seeking $3.6 million in a lawsuit claiming her images were used without permission in an electronic book. Suzi Altman filed a copyright infringement suit in Jackson federal court against a division of Random House …
A court that specializes in handling complex business litigation will be created under a three-year pilot program meant to improve the efficiency of the Iowa judicial system. The Iowa Supreme Court issued an order Friday establishing the Iowa Business Specialty …
89 website domain names that were illegally selling counterfeit merchandise to unsuspecting consumers were seized, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The 89 domain names were seized as part of Project Cyber Monday, …
A New York chain of yoga studios has agreed to stop offering hot yoga classes patterned after Bikram Yoga. Yoga to the People was accused by Bikram of copyright infringement. The chain has agreed to stop using the Bikram sequence …
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the kickoff of Operation Holiday Hoax, an effort to track down those who are selling counterfeit and pirated products this holiday season. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland …
More than $200,000 worth of goods from five local vendors and seized, capping a six month crackdown on Orange County, Calif., retailers suspected of selling counterfeit merchandise called Operation Fashion Faux Pas, according to special agents with the U.S. Immigration …
Google Inc.’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle’s quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology. In a case that …
A group of 22 Chinese authors have filed a claim against U.S. technology group Apple, alleging its App Store sells unlicenced copies of their books, Chinese state media reported on Sunday. The group, the Writers Rights Alliance, petitioned Apple last …