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Apple ordered to open its books on iPhone, iPad profits

'Show us the money' says Judge Koh

18 Oct 19:54

Apple loses UK 'Samsung copied us' appeal: Must publicly GROVEL

In font no smaller than 14-point Arial, judge insists

18 Oct 15:57

McKinnon case is NOT a precedent – says his own lawyer

Cold comfort for O'Dwyer, Cleary et al

18 Oct 11:38

Air China passenger arrested for in-flight phone abuse

Five days in Beijing slammer for unlucky punter

18 Oct 05:07

Kiwi spook stood down after Dotcom SNAFU

Dotcom talks up Megabox, Google, as only surviving movie studios

18 Oct 04:53

Theresa May gets a smile out of Gary McKinnon at last

'British justice is all we ever wanted', says mum

17 Oct 11:26

Australia mulls data breach notification laws

Law enforcement agencies may be exempt

16 Oct 22:33

'Hypersensitive' Wi-Fi hater loses case against fiendish DEVICES

Damn you and your evidence-based science

16 Oct 13:01

EU data bosses order Google to sort out privacy

Gmail, YouTube, Google+, search - they all know you

16 Oct 10:58

Apple supplier AU Optronics suffers IP theft blow

Former execs accused of selling Amoled secrets to China

16 Oct 05:34

HP prosecuted by Australian consumer regulator

Tough warranty conditions alleged to mislead and deceive punters

16 Oct 05:11

Study finds file sharers buy more music

American Assembly research also finds copies of friends' tunes rivals piracy

16 Oct 01:36

iPad voice app back after patent spat: Mute kids get 'voices' back

You WILL think of the children, judge insists

15 Oct 12:58

Swiss photographer sues Apple for pilfering her eyeball

What is it with Apple and Swiss image larceny?

13 Oct 00:45

Übertroll firm bags DRM patent for 3D printing

Patent hoarder Myhrvold & Co. could control nascent tech

12 Oct 23:25

Apple pays up for stealing design from Swiss Railways

Cupertinian cash covers clock copyright cockup

12 Oct 20:11

Microsoft sues Google directly in German Maps-on-Moto lawsuit

These manufacturers are only Mountain View pawns

12 Oct 14:58

Harvey Weinstein wants US to adopt French piracy laws

Google and Apple get paid - not the actors

12 Oct 00:37

Galaxy Nexus cleared for sale by US court

Lawyers’ roadshow grinds on and on and on and on

11 Oct 22:26

Facebook, Twitter, ordered not to spoil MURDER trial

Social networks challenged by Oz Magistrate, but show little sign of compliance

11 Oct 20:22

Supreme Court confirms telco immunity on spying charges

As one door closes, the EFF opens another

10 Oct 20:55

Googorola yoinks Android mobes off German shelves

Apple, Microsoft patent warfare forces European retreat

10 Oct 16:02

UN locks Apple, Google, Microsoft in a room for patent peace summit

'You're meant to encourage innovation, not stifle it'

10 Oct 12:23

Report: Google offers to 'brand' search results in Euro antitrust probe

Horse-trading continues down at Choc Factory ranch

10 Oct 11:48

Cisco, Netgear, Moto let fly at patent troll Innovatio

Cry ‘havoc’ and let slip the lawyers of war

10 Oct 00:30

Judge goes postal on Kim Dotcom extradition appeal

US court rejects the 'I never got that letter' defence

9 Oct 22:28

Don't delete that email! Why you must keep biz docs for 6 YEARS

Comment Don't be caught out when lawyers knock on the IT dept door

9 Oct 08:00

Turnbull upends bucket on data retention proposal

Escaping the ‘digital dungeon’

8 Oct 21:55

Lancashire man JAILED over April Jones Facebook posts

Three months' porridge for 'grossly offensive' trolling

8 Oct 15:52

Man charged over alleged April Jones Facebook trolling

Prosecutors still unsure where red line lies

8 Oct 10:14

EU green-lights 'copyright land grab' law on orphan work

Euro states ordered to join free-for-all

8 Oct 07:02

ReDigi fights for right to sell used digital music

Record companies seek to kill the golden goose

5 Oct 22:14

Oracle, Google limber up for round two in their Android Java bout

Put your dukes up, and let's do this all over again

5 Oct 17:02

Google-Moto slips out of Microsoft's grapple in German court wrestle

Legal baby oil beats Redmond belly slam

5 Oct 15:29

Facebook IPOcalypse cases: One lawsuit to end them All

Plucky Zucky aims to dump them into NY legal Mount Doom

5 Oct 14:58

New questions raised over Kim Dotcom snooping

Reports ‘ping’ Kiwi spy agency for spying on Dotcom's Modern Warfare sessions

5 Oct 01:03

Samsung claims Apple jury foreman LIED to get REVENGE

Wants a whole new trial

4 Oct 21:29

Google settles epic US book-scanning battle with 5 publishers

Digitised deal agreed with big name book-pushers

4 Oct 15:33

Privacy guardian wants one EU rulebook on ID databases

'Keeping citizens' privates protected must be in law'

4 Oct 07:26

Global action takes down tech support scam

Canadian, Australian and US authorities claim victory over crims

4 Oct 04:11

Samsung adds iPhone 5 to patent battle v Apple

No, not that battle, this battle

2 Oct 17:57

US court lifts ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Sammy gets (a small) one in Apple's eye

2 Oct 13:37

Earlier stories

Spotlight

Analysis Think we'll be richer without patents? Think again
Open ... and Shut Patent trolls go nuclear
First text
Fantasy 1-2-1 talk could land you in jail
Viviane Reding
Comment EU digital enlightenment types mesmerised by Zuck
Julian Assange supporters at the Supreme Court London
Supreme Court could be challenged on Vienna Treaty point
European Union Flag
Little love for proposed privacy regulation
European Union Flag
Just how workable is the Euro commissioner's proposal?
Three monkeys
Once more unto the breach, dear netizens
Three monkeys
Open ... and Shut It was a bad bill, but world needs IP incentive to keep producing