Google Counters Ads for Counterfeit Goods (Information Week)
Google announced in the second half of 2010 it shut down 50,000 accounts for advertising counterfeit goods, and will continue to take additional steps to combat advertising of counterfeit goods through its advertising programs.

Chinese Writers Slam Baidu for Copyright Infringement (Reuters)
China’s top search engine, Baidu Inc., is being accused of copyright infringement by a group of Chinese authors who claim the search engine allows users to post their works online without their consent.

Some More Bad News for Copyright-Enforcer Righthaven (Paid Content))
Righthaven loses a second fair use ruling in a lawsuit against an Oregon non-profit in which U.S. District Judge James Mahan ruled the non-profit’s posting of a full copy of a news article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal was “fair use.”

Court Rejects Google Books Settlement (CNET)
A New York federal district court has rejected a controversial settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought against Google Books by the Authors Guild, in which Google was granted the right to continue a six-year book-scanning project.

Time Warner Cable may be getting itself into a licensing dispute with content providers over its new iPad app, which allows subscribers to view live television channels via the iPad. (PC Mag)
Does Time Warner Cable iPad App Violate its Content Licensing Deals?

Trademark Battles Over “App Store” Continue, as Apple Sues Amazon (Paid Content)
Apple sues Amazon over the use of the phrase “App Store,” which it sees as its trademark and not just a common descriptor.