IPNews® – A Southern California party costume business is facing copyright and trademark infringement claims from Disney Enterprises Inc., DC Comics and Sanrio Inc.
The entertainment companies claim The Party Animals LLC is selling, renting and distributing costumes featuring trademarked and copyrighted characters including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Superman, Batman and Hello Kitty. To continue
IPNews® – Copyright enforcement agencies are directly monitoring BitTorrent file-sharing traffic on a massive scale, scanning for potentially infringing activities, a group of researchers said Tuesday.
The group claims their study provides the first definitive evidence of such direct monitoring, which is focused primarily on the most popular music and movies. The IP addresses of
IPNews® – Michael Jackson’s estate settled a copyright infringement lawsuit it brought against a businessman working on behalf of Jackson’s mother in a $2.5 million deal Tuesday.
Defendant Howard Mann and his companies Vintage Pop Media Group LLC and Vintage Associates LLC will also be banned from further use of Jackson’s likeness without authorization. The
IPNews® – Apple Inc. was issued 26 new patents on Tuesday including patents for a multi-touch capable liquid crystal display screen and a new process for molding carbon fiber that could be used to make more durable computer housings.
The touch screen patent discloses LCD touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the
IPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S III phone and 20 other products came under attack from Apple Inc. in a new amended complaint on Friday in the electronics giants’ mountains of patent infringement litigation, just a week after Apple won a $1 billion verdict against Samsung in a related case.
Apple is asserting eight