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On September 3rd, YouTube lost a court battle in Germany over hosting copyrighted videos of British singer Sarah Brightman. The Hamburg court ordered the website’s owners to cease distributing any of Brightman’s copyrighted material and …
Not many people can say that they took on Jay-Z and won. Apparently that is not enough for former professional wrestler and current yoga enthusiast Diamond Dallas Page, who is now suing the pop-rap group …
While perusing on Le Monde’s website (French major newspaper) in search of some interesting news of my home country, I discovered an astonishing headline and article. Excerpts of the French classical novel Madame Bovary will …
A little over a month ago a fellow IP Brief blogger reported on a very interesting decision handed down by the Librarian of Congress granting exemptions to the DCMA. The decision was triumphantly lauded by …
Apple recently filed for a patent to include biometrics protection on their devices (iPhone, MacBook, iPad, etc.). The objective? To discover the identity of the user so as to protect the device—or specifically the information …
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi from MTV’s The Jersey Shore, a reality show that chronicles the party antics of some of New Jersey’s finest youths, has been through a lot recently. So naturally, when I heard that …
The world’s first patent exchange is set to open in the near future, with initial listees to be named next month according to IAM magazine. IPXI, or Intellectual Property Exchange International, will be “a marketplace …
At issue was Merial’s patent of isolated DNA sequences from a previously unknown pathogenic porcine coronavirus (PCV). Merial differentiated four strains of PCV-2 (pathogenic) with 96% sequence homology, from a strain of PCV-1 (nonpathogenic) that …
MGA Entertainment has thrown out another allegation against Mattel in the long-standing battle between the companies. MGA has accused Mattel of falsifying credentials in order to spy on other competitors at toy fairs around the …
How are your “l33t skillz?” If they are anything like mine, the idea of playing video games online is a recipe for disaster. I get stressed playing games on “easy” mode and being soundly beaten …
