copyright

Most of the prevalent copyright laws in US and Europe tend to take care of the interests of the content studios, far more than they make sense. UK government is now all set to do away with one of these non-sense copyright laws.

Copyright infringement allegations are a growing industry in the U.S. right now. That is the key reason why law firms have recently resorted to all kinds of measures to dig out copyright violators. Now, it has been found that a law firm posted video clips on The Pirate Bay, only to bait the potential violators and then launch a case against them.

Bang With Friends is a popular app which lets users find such friends who are interested in hooking up just for some 'fun'. The Facebook app received pretty good coverage since its launch. Now, Zynga has launched a lawsuit against the company over the use of 'With Friends' phrase in the name, claiming it to be a trademark infringement.

RIAA has been among the leading entities when it comes to sending DMCA notices to Google. Apparently, RIAA has been sending out millions of URLs to the search giant, to have them removed from search results. By now, the organization has sent more than 25 million URLs to Google.

Domain squatting refers to the practice of registering such domains which rhyme with popular websites. For instance, if you register a domain such as dacebook.com, you are essentially domain squatting. Facebook had filed a case against some 100 or so domains, charging them with domain squatting. The social network has won the case recently.

Apple and VirnetX have been embroiled in a patent case ever since August 2010. VirnetX claimed that Apple infringed four of its patents in FaceTime and Message features on iOS devices. A jury awarded VirnetX $368 million in damages but Apple has decided to contest this verdict.

Motorola has been trying to bag $4 billion from Microsoft as royalty fee for using the former's standard-essential patents. However, a federal court has ruled that the maximum sum Microsoft may pay to Motorola for using its standard-essential patents is $1.8 million a year.