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• Two lawyers go after Westlaw and LexisNexis for copyright infringment

  Feb 27 2012 Two US lawyers are suing Westlaw and LexisNexis, with the audacious claim that the legal database providers have breached copyright by copying publicly filed briefs,... more

• Hogan Lovells litigator pulls out of the Megaupload litigation due to conflict

  Jan 25 2012 Hogan Lovells Robert Bennett has said that due to client conflict he is unable to defend the operators of file-sharing Web site Megaupload against charges that they... more

• Top IP litigators from Mayer Brown and DLA Piper launch boutique firm

  Feb 24 2011 Seven IP litigators from two top international law firms have partnered to open Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson. Ian Feinberg comes to the new US firm from Mayer Brown... more

• Lall & Sethi represents Kraft Foods in the Oreo cookie case against Britannia

  Jan 07 2011 IP Firm Lall & Sethi is representing Kraft Foods in its suit against Britannia. The US company is suing Nusli Wadia controlled Britannia over copyright violations of... more

• Eversheds advises The Beatles in sale of catalogue to Apple

  Nov 23 2010 The AM Law has reported of the Beatles selling its entire music collection to Apple Inc. This sellout will enable Apple to sell the Beatles legendary collection on the... more

• 20th Century Fox takes a swipe at Indian film in Bombay HC

  Oct 12 2010 The upcoming film 'Knock Out' has run into legal troubles with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation approaching the Bombay High Court seeking an injunction to stop... more

• U.S. Copyright Office rules IPhone jailbreaking is legal

  Jul 30 2010 Jailbreaking your iPhone or other mobile device will no longer violate federal copyright law, the U.S. Copyright Office ruled this week. The decision, part of a... more

• Copyright violation puts Guruji CEO in jail

  May 03 2010 Anurag Dod, the Chief Executive Officer of the Bangalore-based, Sequoia Capital-funded search engine, Guruji.com, was arrested in Bangalore along with other top... more

• Law Firms Investigated over Inappropriate Copyright Demands

  Mar 05 2010 Two firms are under investigation by the UK Legal industry regulator over the sending of letters to individuals accused of unlawful internet file-sharing activity. The... more

• Google's Library Project runs into more trouble; Indian Publishers' turn now

  Jan 31 2010 Google’s plan to digitize books through its ambitious ‘Library Project’, has hit a new roadblock with Indian publishers accusing the internet giant of copyright... more

• UK 'anti-piracy' law firm threatens 150 people with court action

  Jan 29 2010 At least 150 reportedly innocent people have been targeted in a crackdown on illegal file-sharing that's being conducted by London-based law firm ACS:Law. The firm... more

• Cyber attack hits Los Angeles law firm that sued China

  Jan 15 2010 Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, a Los Angeles law firm that filed a $2.2 billion copyright infringement suit against the People's Republic of China last week, says it was... more

• Google plans to modify books settlement

  Sep 23 2009 Google wants to delay a hearing on its controversial digital books settlement so it can modify the deal to satisfy antitrust regulators. more

• Hennigan Bennett represents Skype founders in eBay lawsuit

  Sep 18 2009 The founders of Skype are suing eBay for copyright infringement, a move that could block eBay's deal to sell a majority stake in Skype to a group of private investors... more

• Facebook and StudiVZ reach settlement in plagiarism dispute

  Sep 11 2009 Facebook and German social network operator StudiVZ have reached a settlement in the alleged plagiarism case, with the StudiVZ paying Facebook an undisclosed sum as... more

• Sweden tries to collect $3.8m in damages from Pirate Bay

  May 14 2009 Swedish authorities are moving to collect the $3.8 million in damages the country's High Court has ordered the operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay to pay as... more

• Mediaset chooses Italian firms for €500M lawsuit against Google and YouTube

  Aug 01 2008 Italian publishing company Mediaset has hired local litigation firms Calleri Noviello & Morazzoni Sangalli and Studio Previti to represent it in a €500m lawsuit... more

• Whip It! Devo’s Law Firm Says Band Isn’t Suing Over McDonald’s Doll

  Jul 04 2008 Devo's law firm has denied recent media reports that the post-punk band known best for its song “Whip It,” was suing McDonald’s for appropriating the band’s signature... more

• Yoko Ono’s Injunction Against “Expelled” Producers Denied

  Jun 03 2008 he Fair Use Project of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society today announced that Yoko Ono’s attempt to enjoin Premise Media’s documentary, “Expelled:... more

• O'Melveny in for Rowling on Harry Potter copyright case

  Apr 16 2008 In the legal war of words over the right to publish a Harry Potter lexicon, author JK Rowling did not come unarmed. O'Melveny & Myers partner Dale Cendali, who is... more

• Woody Allen Sues Clothing Maker for $10 Million Over N.Y. Billboard

  Apr 01 2008 Woody Allen asked a federal court on Monday to strip a clothing company known for its racy ads featuring scantily clad models of at least $10 million for using his... more

• US copyright group says Canada joining China, Russia as top violator

  Feb 13 2008 China, Russia and Canada are the main violators of US copyright law, according to report issued Monday by a US-based industry group. The International Intellectual... more

• Facebook fans lost for words in ‘Scrabble’ row

  Jan 20 2008 Office workers and students may have to look for new ways to procrastinate, because one of the world’s most popular online games could soon be shut down. The makers of... more

• Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source

  Oct 22 2007 A law firm with all sorts of interesting views on copyright has decided to go the extra mile. As reported on Tech Dirt, they've decided that viewing the HTML source of... more