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Obama to "Aggressively Protect" U.S. Intellectual Property
Washington - President Obama will "aggressively protect
intellectual property," as "our single greatest asset is the
innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American...
Appeal of Pirate Bay Convictions to Commence Sept. 28
Los Angeles
- The appeal of the convictions of the operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate
Bay has been tentatively scheduled to commence on Sept. 28,...
Court Sides With Pink Floyd in Dispute With EMI Over Bundling
London
- Pink Floyd has won its case before the U.K. High Court against record label
EMI, over a breach of contract concerning the sale of...
Pink Floyd Sues EMI Over Digital Royalties, Unbundled Albums
London
- Veteran rock band Pink Floyd has filed suit against major record label EMI
over the way in which royalties have been paid to the...
EMI Music Publishing, TuneWiki Expand Lyrics License Deal
Los Angeles
- EMI Music Publishing has reached an out-of-court agreement with lyrics
provider TuneWiki, heading off a possible court battle over licensing terms,
Digital Music News...
Activision Sued by Fired Studio Heads for $36 Million
Santa Monica,
Calif. - Video game publisher
Activision (NASD: ATVI) was sued this week by the heads of its Infinity Ward studio, who say
they were wrongfully fired...
EchoStar to Appeal Court Loss in Ongoing TiVo Patent Case
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Thursday that the
U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's ruling that found DISH Network...
RealNetworks Drops RealDVD Appeal; Will Pay Studios $4.5M
Seattle - RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) announced late Wednesday that it has
dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling that found its DVD-copying RealDVD
software infringed...
Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement of iPhone
Cupertino,
Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) said on Tuesday
that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC, the Taiwan-based manufacturer
of Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android...
Pirate Bay Fails to Comply With Dutch Court Order
Los Angeles - The Pirate Bay
has failed to remove links to a list of torrents linking to copyrighted files
from its website, which per a...
