Intellectual Property

Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' Unrated Video Scrutiny and Gaye Family Lawsuit Trump Its Fame

Back in August, R&B singer Robin Thicke filed a lawsuit against the Gaye family, who claimed that the singer’s song “Blurred Lines” copied Marvin Gaye’s classic “Got to Give It Up.” Thicke, and many other musicians, agree that musical influences can be heard in nearly every song on the radio.

Google Glass Release Date and Price Update: Foxconn Patent Purchase Likely a Suit-Proofing Measure Ahead of Launch

Google has bought a few technology patents from the Taiwanese company Hon Hai Precision, probably known to most of you as Foxconn, taking another step towards releasing a consumer version of Google Glass.

Supreme Court: Natural Human DNA is Not Intellectual Property

On Thursday in Washington D.C., the Supreme Court ruled on a landmark case that will have implications for years to come for commerce, science, and the legal standing of the human genome. Members of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that human genes, the DNA instructions in our cells that make us who we are, cannot be patented as property right-protected information by biotechnology companies.