Iran’s Cyber Attack on Billionaire Adelson Provides Lesson on Strategy January 6, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius, Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton As the U.S. awaits possible retribution over a recent airstrike that killed a top general, there’s at least one American...
Misuse of Alphabet’s Virus Scanner is Exposing Sensitive Files October 25, 2019 By Gwen Ackerman Companies are misusing Alphabet Inc.’s virus scanner and similar products, and are unwittingly leaking data such as factory blueprints to...
Songwriters and Record Companies Seek New Standard for Copyright Infringement Claims September 24, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Willie Nelson has famously said a country song is “three chords and the truth.” It might not be so simple...
Private Climate Firms Say They’re Helping. Scientists Worry They’re Not September 20, 2019 By Eric Roston As central banks and financial institutions come to terms with climate risks, they are increasingly seeking data and analysis from...
University of California Sues Retailers Over LED Bulbs July 31, 2019 By Susan Decker The University of California is looking to halt imports of vintage-style LED light bulbs that are sold at five of...
Supreme Court Allows Larger Damages in Intentional Patent Infringement June 13, 2016 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court eased the way for larger damage awards when a company intentionally copies a patented invention. Voting...
China Counterfeiters Helped by Western Firms’ Weak Response December 23, 2015 By ERIKA KINETZ Alex Theil lost his innocence the day an envelope landed on his desk. It was filled with money from a...
Greater Cooperation Among Public, Private Entities Urged to Fight Cybercrime May 4, 2015 By Dell Quentin Wilber Attorney General Loretta Lynch urged greater cooperation between the government and private industry to combat computer hackers, a key component...
Domains Selling Counterfeit Merchandise Shut Down by Global Teamwork December 3, 2014 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) teamed with industry and 24 law enforcement agencies across 18...
Changes in Law Help Bring Down ‘Patent Trolls’ October 24, 2014 By Andrew Chung and Dan Levine For two decades, companies that buy software patents to sue technology giants have been the scourge of Silicon Valley. Reviled...