A Chinese national pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that he stole trade secrets from Monsanto, which prosecutors say is part of a pattern of Beijing encouraging the theft of U.S. intellectual property.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit ruled that singer Steve Perry’s right-of-publicity claims against musician Phil Brown should be remanded for a hearing on Perry’s request for a preliminary injunction. The former Journey lead singer claims Brown falsely implied Perry was a part of his band and threatened to release old vocal performances, even though Perry owns the intellectual property rights.
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The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will soon require Chinese officials in the United States to notify the State Department before any contacts they plan to have with American educators, researchers, and local and state governments.
Read moreAs companies jockey for position in the race to be the first to bring a fully capable autonomous-vehicle software program to market, two contestants battled it out in San Jose federal court on Thursday.
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As the United States warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university.
Read moreThe daughter of comic book legend Stan Lee filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles Thursday against the company responsible for marketing his image and intellectual properties, claiming that the founders of the company misappropriated his image and misled Lee into believing he had retained the rights to his name and likeness.
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European aerospace giant Airbus has been hit by a series of attacks by hackers who targeted its suppliers in a search for commercial secrets, security sources told Agence France-Presse, adding they suspected a China link.
Read moreIn a federal lawsuit filed Monday, pop star Ariana Grande claims fashion retailer Forever 21 blatantly stole her image, music and “intellectual property” by hiring a look-alike model for a promotional campaign.
Read moreBeleaguered Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Tuesday denied accusations reported in the Wall Street Journal that it stole technology from a Portuguese inventor, accusing him of “taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation.”
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Chinese tech giant Huawei warned Thursday a U.S. senator’s proposal to block the company from pursuing damages in patent courts would be a “catastrophe for global innovation.”
Read moreA Portuguese man acted in bad faith by trying to trademark the name of Brazil’s Neymar while also claiming that he did not grasp the soccer player’s stardom, the European General Court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreThailand’s military government on Monday suspended the licensing of commercial marijuana-based products for medical use amid concern that foreign pharmaceutical companies might try to monopolize the market.
Read moreUsens Inc. claims in a federal complaint that China-based ChongQing Junma New Energy Automobile Co. stole trade secrets involving its “hand gesture system for automobile internal control.”
Read morePutting the kibosh on a case involving Dutch cream cheese, Europe’s highest court ruled Tuesday that the taste of a food product is not eligible for copyright protection.
Read moreNintendo USA sued Jacob Mathias and Mathias Designs in Phoenix Federal Court, claiming he’s sold “a staggering number of unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s video games” on the internet, in a “brazen and mass-scale infringement of Nintendo’s intellectual property rights.”
Read moreA federal judge indicated on Thursday that she will advance a lawsuit accusing Fox of using boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s likeness without permission in a 2017 Super Bowl promotional video.
Read moreReinstating a trademark for Lionel Messi, the European General Court found Thursday that the soccer star is famous enough that his name wouldn’t be confused with a similar-sounding brand.
Read moreHaving already sold 10,000 pairs of its signature clog before obtaining registration of its design in the EU, Crocs failed Wednesday to overturn an invalidity judgment at the European General Court.
Read moreThe son of acclaimed jazz musician Thelonious Monk scored a small victory in federal court Wednesday when a judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming a Northern California brewer used his father’s name and likeness to sell beer-themed merchandise without permission.
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