Cambodia to Deport Pirate Bay Co-Founder Sought by Sweden (Reuters)
Cambodia will deport Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, who was convicted and sentenced to prison in Sweden for breaking copyright laws. Warg was arrested in Phnom Penh where he had been living for several years.
Oracle Appeals SAP Case, Seeks $1.3 Billion Jury Award (Information Week)
Oracle is appealing the outcome of the five-year-old court case involving copyright infringement by SAP’s TomorrowNow services business, seeking the $1.3 billion jury award over the $306 million settlement already in place.
New York Times Tangles With Patent Trolls (paidContent)
Two “patent trolls” are targeting media companies like The New York Times for licensing fees, but the Times is fighting back and asking the U.S. Patent Office to re-examine some of the patents at issue.
U.S. Government Dismisses Piracy Case Against Rojadirecta Site (The Hill)
The U.S. government dismissed its piracy case against Spanish website Rojadirecta, after authorities seized the sites last year as part of its “Operation in our Sites” effort.
Chinese Firms Put Intellectual Property Lawsuits to Work (The Washington Post)
U.S. companies have long accused the Chinese of stealing their intellectual property, but now the Chinese are turning it around and filing patent and trademark infringement lawsuits in Chinese courts against U.S. firms like Apple.
Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.