Recent Updates
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High court to hear patent fight over adult diapers
Intellectual Property 05/23/2016The Supreme Court will resolve a patent dispute between companies that make adult diapers. The justices said Monday they will hear an appeal from SCA Hygiene Products AB, which argues that it did not wait too long to file a patent infringement lawsui...
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High court won't hear Nevada patient dumping case
Intellectual Property 06/23/2015The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from Nevada over a lawsuit that claims the state wrongfully bused indigent psychiatric patients to San Francisco without paying the costs of their medical care. The justices on Tuesday let stand a lower c...
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Software re-sale restricted by US Court of Appeals
Intellectual Property 08/23/2013Software company Autodesk can stop a man from re-selling second-hand copies of its software because the programs are licensed to users, not owned by them, a US appeals court has ruled. Software producers who clearly impose restrictions on buyers and ...
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Supreme Court upholds copyright law
Intellectual Property 02/23/2013The Supreme Court upheld a law Wednesday that extended U.S. copyright protection to books, musical compositions and other works by foreign artists that had been available without paying royalties. The justices said in a 6-2 decision Wednesday that Co...
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LimeWire settles out of court with major record labels
Intellectual Property 08/23/2012File-sharing software company LimeWire, which shut down last year after being barred from allowing people to share copyright-protected files online, reached a $105 million out-of-court settlement with the major record labels Thursday, the labels said...
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High court rejects Microsoft patent appeal
Intellectual Property 08/23/2010The Supreme Court has turned down Microsoft Corp.'s appeal of a jury verdict that it infringed on another company's patent. The justices said Monday they will not intervene in Microsoft's legal fight with Alcatel-Lucent. The disputed patent covers a ...