J. Alexander Hershey, John Hines Jr. It is not an understatement to say that the economy is powered by software. So when a decision comes down from the U.S. Supreme Court on the extent to which ...

Last month, in an unpublished memorandum disposition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a significant district court decision granting summary judgment, on fair use grounds, to ...

Computer software should not be protected by copyright laws designed for music, literature and other creative works, according to a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court in San Francisco.

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit approved the use of “Copyrightability Hearings.” Not sure what that means? Read on to find out. The case involved a ...

The answer fundamentally challenges how technology leaders must think about intellectual property, competitive advantage and ...

A group of large software companies has taken the first step toward inciting a tussle with the telecommunications industry by asking Congress to rewrite copyright law so alleged Internet pirates can ...

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New regulations dealing with the registration of software copyright in China have come into force, aimed at bringing the country's laws into line with the IP standards of the WTO. The amended rules ...

TruStile Doors and Sentage have settled with the Business Software Alliance and agreed to pay fines for their use of unlicensed software Two companies, a door manufacturer and a dental laboratory ...

The librarian of Congress has provided a new exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that will let people repair optical drives on video game consoles. The ...