Intellectual Property

UK games industry trade association UKIE has organised a debate between leading industry figures to explore alternative solutions to the problem of online piracy.

Following the US government ordered shutdown of media-sharing site Megaupload.com, Anonymous has renewed its campaign against US authorities.

The OpBlackOut protest has launched, seeing groups ranging from the hacktivist Anonymous collective, unknown bloggers and massive sites such as Wikipedia unite to protest the US Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa).

Wikipedia closes English-speaking site over controversial Sopa and Pipa legislation website says threaten to censor internet.

Facebook and Twitter last of the big players to stay away from protest against Sopa and Pipa.

Wikipedia to black out English-language site over anti-piracy laws in the US.

Apple's latest attempt at suing Motorola for infringing three of its patents has backfired, as the U.S. court has ruled in favour of the latter.

Google and Oracle lock horns in a legal dispute over Android infringements with Java technology. Google has amassed potential firepower with thousands of patent acquisitions from Motorola and IBM. The patent wars should only get interesting as Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and HTC join the fray.

A man has been sued for £217,000 for keeping Twitter followers that he had gained while working at a mobile news website.

Applications from China's patent office have gone up by an average of 16.7 per cent annually; from 171,000 in 2006 to nearly 314,000 in 2010.

The UK Border Agency has warned shoppers should be careful in buying Christmas gifts and presents as hundreds of fake goods have flooded the UK market.

More than 6,000 protestors marched the streets of Durban to demand faster action on climate change.

The U.S. military has warned that it reserves the right to retaliate with military force if come under cyberattacks and has begun a legal framework to cover offensive operations.

Apple has patented its touchscreen unlock for both tablets and smartphones, meaning no other mobile operating system can use a similar system.

HTC has lost a legal case against Apple, accusing the company of violating patents relating to how the iPhone protects data and stores contact information.

Making good on its previous promise to mount legal action against Apple's new iPhone, Samsung has mounted a fresh batch of lawsuits against Apple seeking to block its recently released iPhone 4S.

The Australian courts have ruled in Apple's favour temporarily banning sales of Samsung's latest Galaxy tablet, marking a significant victory for Apple in the two company's ongoing global patent war.

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Pub landlady Karen Murphy has won her European court battle against the Premier League over the use of a foreign decoder to screen live football games.

Following the company's slew of legal battles with Apple, HTC boss Martin Fichter has spoken out against the iPhone maker claiming its legal policy shows Apple are just "not that cool anymore."

Apple has won one of its legal battles against Samsung with the Dutch court ruling in its favour, confirming that three Samsung products did infringe on an Apple owned patent.

Smartphone maker HTC has mounted a new legal action against Apple, filing another patent infringement complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC).

A key document used in Apple's case against Galaxy Tab 10.1 maker Samsung has fallen into question, leading to a temporary lift on a number of the tablet's European import bans.

Following the revelation that Google is in the process of acquiring smartphone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility, HTC and Samsung have issued statements arguing that the take-over will not affect each company's relationship with Android.

Security company McAfee has uncovered what appears to be the largest coordinated hacking campaign ever seen, with 72 government and business organisations across the globe all being hit.

Apple is set to get a taste of its own medicine as Indian-based company Kootol Software threatens legal action against it and 29 other companies, including Microsoft, IBM and Google.

For his involvement in Google's 2005 Android Inc. takeover Oracle has submitted a formal request asking the U.S. District Court to depose Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page.

In keeping with its recent slew of patent infringement allegations, iPad and iPhone maker Apple has hit its Galaxy S2 and Desire making competitors Samsung and HTC with a fresh batch of complaints seeking to block the pair's U.S. imports.

Two top security firms have reportedly been targeted by as yet unidentified hackers seeking information regarding SecurID authentication products and key government contracts.