Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Dorothy Du

Song Wins Contest to Circumvent “Happy Birthday to You” Copyright

Privacy Concerns to Temper Excitement over Google Glass

3-D Printing Gets Shout-Out in State of Union, but Copyright Concerns Growing

Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Andrew Crocker

DHS Civil Liberties Office Validates Suspicionless Border Searches of Electronics

Obama Criticizes Patent Trolls

Python Software Foundation Fights Competing Trademark in Europe

Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Pio Szamel

En Banc Federal Circuit Hears Arguments on Scope of Software Patents

Economists at St. Louis Fed Publish Paper Arguing Patents Should Be Abolished

3D-Printed 30-Round Magazine Unveiled, Named After Andrew Cuomo

Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Kathleen McGuinness

Congress Passes Symbolic Resolution: “No UN Control of the Internet”

Supreme Court Will Hear Case on the Legality of Pay-for-Delay Practices

Preliminary PTO Finding Invalidates Key Apple Multitouch Patent

Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Craig Fratrik

USPTO Director Kappos to Leave in January

SCOTUS to Hear Case on Patentability of Human Genes

Syria Cut Off from Internet for 38 Hours

District Court Rules Against Injunctions from RAND Standards Patents