Intellectual Property

Samsung execs may have peeked at secret Apple info

The information may have included documents on Apple's patent licenses

‘Mr. Sham’ patent troll drops lawsuit against Fortinet

No-nonsense California judge dismisses case ‘with prejudice’

3D printing: Good for retail? Tesco CIO says so

While others see 3D printing as the beginning of the end for retailers, Tesco CIO Mike McNamara sees it as an opportunity.

Patent trolls will gain from a single European system, vendors warn

The new E.U, patent rules would allow easy European wide sales bans on products, the tech companies wrote

Judge orders patent troll to explain its ‘Mr. Sham’ to jury

Jurors to hear about ‘sham’ Texas company with one ‘sham’ employee

Netfix plumbs pirate sites before buying TV shows

Micrografx targets Google, Motorola and Samsung with vector graphics patent suit

Micrografx alleged that the Galaxy SIII, Galaxy S4 and several Nexus devices infringe three of its patents

Microsoft wins jury trial in patent dispute with Motorola

The jury was to decide whether Motorola breached its agreements to provide certain technology to Microsoft on fair and reasonable terms

File hosting service must scan for copyright infringing files, German federal court rules

This ruling might mean the end for file hosters like Rapidshare in Germany, a lawyer said

US court finds file-hosting service Hotfile infringed copyright, says MPAA

Hotfile was sued by five studios for allegedly promoting and benefiting from copyright infringement