Apple and Amazon named in $5.2 billion copyright suit

A man in the US has demanded an eye-watering $5.2 billion from Apple, Amazon and CD Baby, an online distributor of music, for alleged copyright infringement.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

Patents

Apple gets mixed ruling in ‘identification’ patent dispute

14 September 2021 Apple did not meet its burden of proving that two fingerprint authentication patents were invalid at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, according to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Patents

Apple to pay $308m over digital rights management infringement

22 March 2021 Apple has been ordered to pay $308.5 million in damages to patent licensing company Personalized Media Communications (PMC), after a jury ruled that the tech giant infringed a digital rights management patent.

Trademarks

Apple’s ‘Banana’ TM oppositions lapse

7 September 2018 Apple has seemingly dropped its oppositions against two trademark applications by an online computer retailer, according to European Union Intellectual Property Office decisions.

Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ and ‘Cybercab’ TMs rebuffed by USPTO on eve of launch

UK-India trade deal is ‘missed opportunity’, say industry bodies

INTA 2025: San Diego to host largest post-COVID Annual Meeting

'Nothing can stand in the way of our work': Ukraine resumes IP system

Foley adds five-partner team from Perkins Coie and K&L Gates

Cahill expands practice with three-partner team from King & Spalding

Apple must pay Optis $700m-the biggest patent award in UK history

US-China tariffs: What hope is there for IP rightsholders?

Apple and Amazon named in $5.2 billion copyright suit

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles