Intellectual Property News

Trademarks

Gigantic Goes After MDC's We Are Gigantic For Trademark Infringement
Why Two Museums Are Now Going at It Hammer and Tongs

Copyrights

U.S. Appeals Court Hears Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Beyonce
RIAA Awarded $222,000 from First Individual Copyright Infringment Trial

Patents

Court seems to favor TiVo in patent battle
U.S. Patent Office Hopes 5-Year Plan Will Fix Application Backlog

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Copyright Headlines

• EMI to offer music on iTunes without software for protecting its copyrights

• Copyrights and Copy Wrongs

• Company polices online copyrights

• ISU Ranks High With Copyright Infringements

• Stanford launches Copyright Renewal Database
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Since there are no pending questions in my inbox, let's take a look at IP news:

Trademarks :

• Choose Your Own Adventure® Owners Sue DaimlerChrysler and BBDO for Trademark Infringement
• Clothing company wins trademark case over "I Love NC"
• Publisher claims trademark for name 'Whitefish'

Copyrights :

• 1984 copyright owner mulls legal action
• Novelist Dan Brown wins 'The Da Vinci Code' copyright infringement case in London
• First-Ever Iraqi Copyright Law Drafted

Patents :

• New H-P vs. Acer patent suit could fuel up 'rocket docket'
• Apple files for Magsafe patent
• BlackBerry patent would convert e-mailed appointment references to calendar entries

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