Los Angeles – Immigration and Customs Enforcement received praise from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) for its efforts in successfully seizing Web domains responsible for online copyright theft. Both the film and music industry have been hit hard by online piracy through torrent sites that allow illegal file-sharing.
A Decade Later, Google Gets Patent for Doodles
Orange County – In 1998, to mark their attendance at the Burning Man festival, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided to include a stick figure drawing of the Burning Man behind the Google logo on the front page of their website. This was the first of what would be many modified Google logos
Once Again, “Tweet” Is Rejected as Trademark for Twitter
Los Angeles – If there is one thing that Twitter does not seem to do well, it would be protecting its intellectual property rights. Just recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected Twitter’s “Tweet” trademark application for a second time.
Apparently, the word “Tweet” has already been registered by Twittad, a third party
The America Invents Act Brings U.S. Closer To First-To-File Patent System
Los Angeles – The U.S. Senate has passed the America Invents Act, a new law that is aimed to create synergy between U.S. patent law and foreign patent laws. Most importantly, the law will move the United States one step closer to the well-embraced first-to-file system used by most other countries. With the first-to-file
NBC and The Biggest Loser Win Copyright Infringement Suit
San Diego – The United States District Court in New York recently ruled in Favor of NBC and Reveille Productions, an affiliate of NBC, in a copyright infringement complaint. The complaint, filed by Sonya Latimore, alleged that the idea behind the hit reality show “The Biggest Loser” was taken from her four-page synopsis entitled “Phat Farm/Fat
Recording Industry Seeks $75 Trillion from LimeWire in Copyright Infringement Settlement
Orange County – It seems that there is still some fight in the recording industry.
In an October 2010 court injunction, LimeWire was ordered to stop distributing its downloading software. LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) client program. The ruling was a major victory for the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), which has
New Solar Patent to Charge Apple’s Batteries?
Los Angeles – In the world of mobile media devices, it seems as though each new product release offers endlessly increasing processing power and yet also consumes less power. Apple Inc., the leader of mobile iOS devices, is attempting to tap solar power in a new patent.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted
Toilet Paper Patent Has Kimberly-Clark On A Roll
Los Angeles – With the thousands of patent applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for various technological innovations each year, personal care product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark (KMB) has jumped on the bandwagon with its very own patent pending rolling system tubeless technology. Back in 2010, Clark subsidiary Scott Naturals launched Tube-Free Toilet
