A 20 year-old pub in Southampton, U.K. was threatened with litigation over its alleged infringing use of the mark “The Hobbit.” Wizards, Elves, and Dwarves alike arrived en-masse to show their support for the pub.

Tim Tebow is extremely well known. For his public declarations of faith, for his prayer while playing football, for his ardent stance against abortion, and, at a distant fourth, for his actual playing ability. But …

In Learning Curve Brands v. Munchkin, Inc., Learning curve argues that their sippy cup is cooler than Munchkin’s. The CAFC disagrees.

You-Q wheelchair company blocked in their registration of “Beatle” as a trademark for wheelchairs

Last week, the Center for Copyright Information made some announcements that seemingly show it trying to balance business and consumer interests. There’s fuss that consumers should be more heavily represented in the CCI, but it’s only because the CCI is claiming to wield the market’s Internet access privileges.

The Pirate Bay has recently posted that it is looking into using drone technology to further its intellectual property infringing efforts.

The freedom to post videos on YouTube comes with copyright limits. This article addresses those limits and a bit of insight into the most significant law governing YouTube, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Yahoo sued Facebook for patent infringement on 10 of its social networking technology patents, including patents covering content feeds and privacy settings. Facebook can either choose to fight the lawsuit or settle it. Facebook will likely settle the case because of its IPO.

Facebook plans to add “book” to its user agreement’s list of terms for which it asserts trademark protection. Though the listing is not significant in itself, the likelihood of courts actually granting Facebook protection for this shows the strength of its brand within the context of social networking websites.

Federal appeals court reduces award against Skyride for false advertising, trademark infringement, and cybersquatting, but upholds permanent injunction