Flash Digest: News in Brief

By Michael Hoven

Apple v. Samsung Damages Award Cut by $450 Million

Yelp Review Can Help Show Consumer Confusion

ISPs Announce “Copyright Alert System” to Combat Infringement

Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients Likely Violates Fourth Amendment, Says 11th Circuit

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