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Ukraine’s copyright protections have deteriorated to a level where the Obama administration may consider trade sanctions, according to a U.S. report that also cites China for trade-secret theft.
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Pearson Plc’s Penguin offered to overhaul pricing models for digital books to settle a European Union antitrust probe into whether they blocked competition.
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Google Inc.’s YouTube video-sharing website for a second time persuaded a judge to throw out a Viacom Inc. lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post clips from shows without authorization.
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ArcelorMittal USA LLC, part of the world’s biggest steelmaker, sued units of OAO Severstal, Russia’s second-largest steelmaker, and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co. for allegedly infringing a patent for metal used in auto parts.
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Bayer AG’s patent on the birth control pill Yaz is invalid, a U.S. appeals court said in a decision ensuring that Actavis Inc. and Novartis AG’s Sandoz unit can sell copies of the contraceptive.
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Inventors who want to emigrate from their native countries put the U.S. as their top destination, according to economists at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva.
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Several U.S. Supreme Court justices sought a compromise on the decades-old practice of granting patents on human genes, debating a case that could redefine rights throughout the biotechnology and agriculture industries.
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Paulson & Co. executives were sued for alleged conflicts in the handling of intellectual property assets in the bankruptcy of a group of resorts including Miami’s Doral golf course, where Tiger Woods won his 76th PGA Tour event last month.
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Macy’s Inc. will ask a judge to expand the scope of his order blocking J.C. Penney Co. from selling goods designed by Martha Stewart’s company in certain categories even if they don’t carry her name or trademark.
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The National Football League won preliminary court approval of the settlement of a lawsuit accusing it of failing to compensate former players for using their likenesses in promotions.
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