Intellectual Property Law News

[05/15] Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) - Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.

[05/13] Apple now sells HBO shows on iTunes store
By JORDAN ROBERTSON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc.'s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major channels and agreeing to a rare pricing concession to land hit shows like "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City" and "The Wire."

[05/13] Pat Tillman's mother recalls journey for facts in new book
By SCOTT LINDLAW and MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press Writers (AP) - The mother of former NFL player Pat Tillman suspects the military's account of how fellow Army Ranger comrades shot and killed her son in Afghanistan is still not the true story, four years later, according to her new book.

[05/09] Payless Must Pay Adidas $304M in Trademark Case
By DEBORAH NATHAN, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer
A federal jury in Portland, Ore., has ordered retailer Payless ShoeSource to pay $304 million in damages for infringing Adidas' trademarks for its famous three-stripe design.

[05/08] Leger painting auctioned for more than $39 million in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - Sotheby's auction house says a cubist oil painting by Fernand Leger has been sold in New York for more than $39 million.

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