It's a major milestone," said Tom Adams, president of consulting firm Adams Media Research. "It is the first instance of an electronic venue surpassing a [bricks-and-mortar] retail venue for any kind of media delivery."

EMI Music, Sony BMG and Warner all previously had agreements with Qtrax, which was testing a paid music download service. Sources say those agreements expired in the last year and did not cover the new free, ad-supported model now being promoted by Qtrax. Qtrax is not th  More ...

Evel Knievel and Kanye West settle a lawsuit brought by Knievel over the use of Knievels image in a music video produced by West. Knievel claimed that his trademark image was used in Wests music video Touch the Sky, was vulgar and offensive, and damaged his reputation. West was portrayed as Evel Kanyevelin the video, and was shown trying to jump a motorcycle over a canyon.

[H]e accused the 29-year-old rapper of using the Knievel image to promote his filth to the world. Meeting West changed his mind, Knievel   More ...

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, and Warner Bros. are suing RDR Books to block publication of a 400-page book entitled "Harry Potter Lexicon", which Rowling claims will infringe on her intellectual property rights.

The book is based on The Harry Potter Lexicon, a fan website that includes spells, potions, and encyclopedia entries based on the Harry Potter series. The book, put together by the website's creator and editor Steven Van der Ark, will include much of the same material as the website. Rowling has shown strong support for fan websites in  More ...

Hi, it's Tim from Pandora, I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC to almost triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites like Pandora. The new royalty rates are irrationally high, more than four times what satellite radio pays and broadcast radio doesn't pay these at all. Left unchanged, these new royalties will kill every Internet radio site, including Pandora. In response to these new and unfair fees, we have formed the SaveNetRadio Coal  More ...

When band members decided to clear out the warehouse in 1994, according to the lawsuit filed last year, they discovered 13 to 25 boxes had been taken without permission.

In decisions posted today on the [USPTO's] web site, the examiners said the Wisconsin cells appeared to be either the s  More ...

The DRM used by Apple does not work with competing services or devices, meanin  More ...

The complaint states that iParadigms contracts with the school districts to check students papers and then archives them without payment to, or consent from, the authors. It explains that students at McClean are required to agree to iParadigms' terms or take a "zero" for their assignments, or a  More ...

The complaint states that iParadigms contracts with the school districts to check students papers and then archives them without payment to, or consent from, the authors. It explains that students at McClean are required to agree to iParadigms' terms or take a "zero" for their assignments, or a  More ...

The Katonah Village Improvement Society voted on Monday to take whatever action it deems necessary to keep Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia from using the Katonah name for lines of furniture, paints, and other homemaking products.

The character of Leigh Teabing is an anagram of Leigh and Baigent, Rix noted, and at one point Teabing refers to "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" as "perh  More ...

Because the drug is an "obvious" variation of earlier inventions, the patent is invalid. Pfizer said it may appeal the decision.

The MPA, which includes Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox and Universal, estimates its members lost US$1.2 billion to movie pirates in the Asia-Pacific region last year.

To be eligible for accelerated examination, applicants are required to provide specific information, known as an examiner support document...In return, the USPTO issues a final decision by the examiner within 12 mo  More ...