Chinese writers Wednesday said they appreciated search engine firm Google's move to talk with them, but maintained their demand for an apology for copyright violation.

The board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) this week opened up the root zone for non-Latin country-code top level domains (internationalised or IDN ccTLDs).

The ICC said it will challenge global leaders gathering at a major congress to identify concrete solutions to the growing problem of counterfeiting and piracy, 

New York City's famed Tavern on the Green restaurant is at the center of a legal battle over who owns its name. In separate filings this week in a Manhattan federal bankruptcy court.

The United States Federal Circuit Court should act more like a teacher to the Supreme Court and do a better job explaining its policy reasoning when it makes decisions on innovation-related cases.

Bayer AG lost a bid to have a court overturn a ruling that said its U.S. patent on the birth-control pill Yasmin is invalid.  

Work-sharing is the way of the future, bringing benefits for applicants and patent offices worldwide, according to Alison Brimelow, the president of the European Patent Office (EPO).

Nokia, the world's largest maker of cell phones, is suing Apple in U.S. federal court, saying the iPhone uses patented wireless technologies.

Work-sharing is the way of the future, bringing benefits for applicants and patent offices world-wide, according to Alison Brimelow, the President of the EPO.