Intellectual property in the news

IP in the news

Another batch of IP related stories which have attracted media attention over the past month.

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Velvet Underground to sue Andy Warhol over banana image.

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Chip shops: oh my cod, the plaices I've seen.

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Technology preview of 2012 shows off a cloth boombox by Bob Marley Junior and an iPad case that turns your tablet into a guitar.

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Samsung's 'future-proof' voice-controlled television.

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So, what have the Scots ever done for us? Just 101 of the innovations Caledonia gave the world.

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Great Scott! 16% believe Back to the Future's Dr Emmet Brown discovered radiation as science survey shows British ignorance... but can you do any better?

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How will technology influence the news in 2012?

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Well, it worked for Peter Parker: genetic scientists unleash power of the spider web.

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Piracy' student Richard O'Dwyer loses extradition case.

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Mother whose son went missing at football match invents wristband to track children.

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Plasma Clean's lightning touch clears the air.

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Star Trek-style 'tricorder' invention offered $10m prize.

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Advertising legend MAURICE SAATCHI celebrates the joy of simple ideas that changed the world.

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Boot up: Music majors sue Grooveshark, Apple 'pays $5m for touchscreen patents', and more.

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Five ways the digital camera changed us.

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An end to bad heir days: The posthumous power of the literary estate.

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Hitler stole idea for iconic Volkswagen Beetle from a Jewish engineer, historian claim.

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Microsoft sues Comet over ‘fake’ Windows recovery disks.

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eBook pirates cash in on Kindle sales boom as thousands turn to rogue sites for cheap downloads.

And finally

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Technology patents: useful and ridiculous.