As the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prepares to battle Apple over alleged price-fixing in the electronic books market, top department officials said they are hopeful consumers will benefit from the settlement reached with three publishers.

Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

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Besides the many people in commercial sectors whose business model was decimated ' music sellers and travel agents, at the dawn of e-commerce, and, more recently, publishers of books and music ' sometimes that change can hurt any business and its people, and for no good reason.

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In recent years, courts have come to varying conclusions as to the discovery of information posted on social networking sites.

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The treatment of personal identifiable information (PII) is quickly becoming an increasingly critical issue and should be on litigation support's risk and information governance agenda.

How this 250-lawyer firm boldly raised its profile.

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In <i>Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.</i>, the Supreme Court held that a method claim that does nothing more than restate a law of nature and add conventional steps cannot be patentable. At first glance, this may not sound remarkable, but upon closer inspection this holding has the potential to dramatically change patent law for decades to come.

Solely because of a technical amendment to the Federal Trademark Dilution Act to ensure that damages for dilution are only available when a defendant acts in bad faith, damages previously not available in an ordinary infringement case are now available.