Eagles drummer and singer Don Henley has a world of trouble on his mind, and he hopes that Congress will lighten his load... by gutting the best part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Defending his copyrights in the digital age is just too hard for Henley and his labels, because it requires constant vigilance of both mainstream user-upload sites like YouTube and dodgier destinations like BitTorrent trackers.

The European Union's Commissioner for Customs and Anti-Fraud is in China to discuss how the Chinese authorities and the E.U. can reduce trafficking in illegal products, particularly those that breach intellectual property rights by infringing on patents, copyrights or trademarks.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 08/31/10 -- TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR), today announced that on August 30, 2010, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona entered judgment in favor of TASER International, Inc. ("TASER") against Stinger Systems, Inc. ("Stinger") on Count One of TASER's complaint and further ordered that "Stinger is hereby adjudged to have infringed claims 2 and 40 of United States Patent No. 6,999,295 ('the '295 patent')" and that "Claims 2 and 40 of the '295 patent are hereby adjudged to be valid and enforceable."

Sportswear manufacturer Nike has applied for a patent for a pair of automatically lacing trainers.