Facebook had to turn over account information about 381 people at once this summer as a result of a “bulk search warrant” process the company says is illegal. Now, a higher… Read more »
Patent reform failed in Congress this year but a spec of hope has arrived in the form of a spate of court decisions in which courts are deciding that so-called inventions… Read more »
In an unusual clash between two intellectual property hardliners, Getty says Microsoft’s Bing image tool results in large scale copyright infringement. Read more »
Can U.S. search warrants, which traditionally only apply to places within American borders, cover emails held on a server in Ireland? A new court ruling shows how Microsoft and the U.S… Read more »
Patent trolling is alive and well deep in Texas where a judge just rejected Google’s request to invalidate old messaging patents under the Supreme Court’s new standards. Read more »
Microsoft has long used a stealthy strategy to coerce device makers into paying a license for the use of Android software. That may get harder, after the Chinese government published a… Read more »
Search warrants issued by American courts allow law enforcement agents to search a place. Until now, it is clear that such places could only be in the U.S. Read more »
Microsoft won the right to unseal documents in a case over an enterprise customer; the ruling is a major legal victory against the federal government’s blanket use of gag orders in… Read more »
A class action case accuses Google of defrauding its AdSense partners. The claims seem far-fetched but the case was filed by a famous lawyer — suggesting the case may be the… Read more »