United States

Copyright Czar Vote Heads to Full Senate

The Senate Judiciary Committee is forwarding to the full Senate the nomination of Victoria Espinel to become the nation's first copyright czar. The move comes as the United States secretly negotiates a copyright treaty that would bolster intellectual property rights.

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Conceptus obtains Ovion intellectual property rights from American Medical Systems

Conceptus, Inc., developer of the Essure® procedure, the first proven non-incisional permanent birth control method available, today announced that it has acquired Ovion intellectual property rights from American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. for a cash purchase price of $23.6 million. ...

Potential deal points leaked concerning Tengzhong's purchase of Hummer

Filed under: SUV, China, Crossover, GM, Hummer

2008 Hummer HX Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

As the Opel transaction takes on Biblical intrigue, the Hummer exchange goes on in another dark corner, laboriously, like the gestation of an elephant. The latest report from a Chinese...

The Pirate Bay to roll out secure €5 per month VPN service

The Pirate Bay is planning to launch a paid VPN service for users looking to cover their tracks when torrenting. The new service will be called IPREDator, named after the Swedish Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) that will go into effect in April. IPRE...

Want to waive copyright? Creative Commons has a tool for you

Creative Commons has officially launched a Web tool to aid content creators who want to publish material under the highly permissive CC0 license. The tool, which has been under development for over a year, has now reached 1.0 status and is accessible from the Creative Commons ...