Intellectual Property

The Mega Millions lottery hit $640m - a record-shattering prize - and as the numbers are out... how to spend half-a-million dollars is everyone's question!

Disagreements between Apple and Nokia has caused the vote on the next generation SIM card to be postponed.

Apple, Nokia, RIM and Motorola are set to go to war over what the standard design for the nano-SIM will be.

The long running battle between Oracle and Google over Java patents and copyright will go to trial on 16 April.

As part of an ongoing campaign to increase its Western market share, ZTE has joined the global tech patent war joining Apple, Samsung and Google, becoming the fourth biggest smartphone patent filer in the world.

Anonymous collective joins forces with Occupy to pressure political supporters of online censorship.

Yahoo demands compensation from Facebook over patent infringement

Two more teenagers detained over justice ministry's website being defaced.

Spanish hackers slip through security at Spain's Hollywood-style awards to protest against anti-piracy law.

A British Student, Glenn Mangham, 26, has allegedly stolen valuable information after breaking into the heart of Facebook. The talented hacker had earlier pointed out security loopholes with the Yahoo website and apparently won an appreciation award from the firm for his noble work as ethical hacker.

The European Court of Justice has decisively ruled out implementation of anti-piracy filter by social-networking sites to stall copyrighted content from being uploaded on their sites. The ruling involves a case filed against Netlog by a Belgian music royalties firm, Sabam.

While lying on its deathbed Kodak is bracing for a legal onslaught from Apple, as the technology giant is seeking permission to sue the bankrupt camera company for intellectual property theft.

Continuing its anti-Acta "shenanigans" Anonymous hackers have targeted a number of government trade sites, defacing their front pages.

Serious Organised Crime Agency warns past users they risk being charged with criminal offence.

In an exclusive interview with the International Business Times UK, Veteran AAA Codemasters group leader turned iOS developer Ben Murch stated that Apple devices currently rule the roost in handheld gaming.

Anonymous' hackers accessed the website of Greece's justice ministry, posting a message of protest against the EU and IMF-inspired austerity policies.

Security expert Rik Ferguson tells IBTimes UK that copyright legislation is very real threat to Britain's online freedoms.

The latest targets of Anonymous, the shadowy online hackers' group, include OnGuardOnline.gov, the US government's anti-scam website, and sites of Mexico's senate and the interior ministry.

The hacker cell of the Anonymous collective has targeted the UFC, defacing its official website and posting data taken during a cyber raid on its networks.

Poland's left-wing Ruch Palikota Party members wear universal anti-establishment protest masks in parliament against signing of international copyright agreement.

The parent company of the PayPal payment service has issued a statement voicing its opposition to the controversial Sopa, Pipa and Acta acts.

Following the Irish backlash against Anonymous for its OpIreland campaign, a spat between activists on Twitter has exposed the different positions of those in the frontline against anti-piracy laws.

Anonymous' move to attack the websites of Ireland's Department of Justice and Finance in retaliation against a proposed online anti-piracy law, has stirred a controversy on popular social media and blogs.

Security experts have criticised the Anonymous collective's reaction to the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), describing it as premature.

Hacker collective Anonymous has attacked US government online security website in protest against controversial anti-piracy and copyright legislation.

With Anonyupload's 25 January launch date approaching, individuals reporting themselves as members of Anonymous have contacted the International Business Times UK reporting the site as a scam.

Following its high profile protest against the US' Sopa and Pipa acts, the hacker cell of Anonymous has shifted its focus onto Europe's Acta.

Following the high profile shutdown of Megaupload, the Anonymous collective is developing its own file sharing alternative, imaginatively called Anonyuploads.

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) has attacked a number of blue chip companies accusing them of indirectly funding online piracy.

A vote for the controversial Protect Intellectual Property Act which was due to take place on 24 January has been postponed, following the blackout protest.