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The San Francisco micro-messaging pioneer's action raises the perennially tricky question of whether a company can own the rights to a word that has so penetrated the English lexicon

The sale of The Pirate Bay probably ranks as the week's biggest news for those of us who obsess about copyright issues, followed by the ruling that Usenet.com's newsgroup-access

A Chinese company that owns the trademark "i-phone" has said it is not in talks with Apple Inc., even though Apple may need the company's blessing to sell its similarly named iPhone in China.

Ascentive, the company behind those incessant "Finally Fast!" PC support ads, became the latest Google advertiser to sue the company for allowing advertisers to purchase ads using trademarks they do not own as search keywords.

The Republic of San Marino has acceded to the European Patent Organisation. This means that as of 1 July it is possible to file for patent protection for San Marino through a European patent.