News Apple and Samsung finally settle 7-year patent dispute over claims of 'slavishly' copied iPhone design Xeni Jardin

crime A painful device to punish hat thieves David Pescovitz

Business EFF has comprehensively killed the bullshit podcasting patent Cory Doctorow

makers Men: Rest your weary head while urinating David Pescovitz

Copyfight After industry adopts open video standards, MPEG founder says the end is nigh Cory Doctorow

Business Epson uses dubious patent claims to nuke ink sellers' listings from eBay Cory Doctorow

Business Troubles loom for patent trolls who rent sovereign immunity from Native American tribes Cory Doctorow

Business America's worst patent judge gets a scorching language lesson from the appeals court Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Supreme Court to Lexmark: when you sell something, the buyer then owns it Cory Doctorow

tech MP3 put out to pasture Rob Beschizza

Copyfight India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research blew so much money on rubbish patents, it's gone broke Cory Doctorow

Business Donald Trump, Jr is a patent-troll and his biggest client now does business with the US government Cory Doctorow

Business The US Patent Office just (in 2017!) awarded IBM a patent over out-of-office email Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Public universities and even the US Navy have sold hundreds of patents to America's most notorious troll Cory Doctorow

Copyfight The Trolls: hilarious comedy about…patent trolls? Cory Doctorow

Business Patent fighters attack the crown jewels of three of America's worst patent trolls Cory Doctorow

Science Fashion student simulates couture collection made from Alexander McQueen's cloned skin Cory Doctorow

Safety Google patents an adhesive that sticks pedestrians to cars that hit them Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Printer ink wars may make private property the exclusive domain of corporations Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Menstruation is the mother of invention Cory Doctorow