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The CEO of the Blu-Ray patent pool defends its royalties.

Patent protection plays an important role in the tech sector

As Congress considers legislation aimed at limiting lawsuits filed by so-called patent "trolls" -- those who collect patents solely so they can sue others for infringing upon them -- there is another kind of intellectual property abuse that members should look into: patent pools.

Leadership, more than any other factor, shapes how federal employees view their workplaces, says Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service.

A federal appeals court upheld a decision Tuesday that the NFL and Ravens could use their former "Flying B" logo to depict the team's history, lyrically defending the concept of fair use in copyright law in the process.

How policymakers negotiate and interact with their constituents about trade negotiations could be as important as what they negotiate. In a world of instant communications and social media, governments are struggling to find a way to develop public trust while effectively conducting trade policy negotiations.

Online TV service Aereo will expand to Baltimore metro area Dec. 16

The second season of "House of Cards," the Baltimore-made political drama starring Kevin Spacey, will debut Feb. 14, Netflix announced today.

Median company sues local entrepreneur for her use of a business name with the word entrepreneur

Philip L. Marcus, a former engineer and teacher who became a lawyer and a social activist, died Nov. 4 of bladder cancer at his home in Beaverton, Ore. The former Columbia resident was 71.

The Marconi's chopped salad has returned, at least for a while.

The next big battle for federal workers might not be over another government shutdown, but how to measure inflation.

People miss the Marconi's experience: the elegant setting, the impeccable table-service and the quiet charm. Perhaps most missed of all, though, is the Marconi's Signature Chopped Salad, which ranks right up there with Haussner's strawberry pie when it comes to most-longed-for Baltimore dishes.

Justin Benedik, who was raised in Calvert County and attended the University of Maryland, will compete in the wushu world championships next week

The city's Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a nearly $100,000 payment to the American Civil Liberties Union to settle a long-standing federal lawsuit over protesters' rights in Baltimore.

There's bad journalism, and then, there is bad online, show-biz journalism, which is in a class by itself when it comes to laziness, lack of fact-checking and flatout hack-ocity (I know that's not a word, but it speaks to my anger at the moment).

A great-grandmother's ring, an Irish proposal and hot-pink shoes star in this couple's love story.

Even before local and federal agents raided Jade Heart Health in Towson and charged its operators with prostitution and human trafficking, what went on at the massage parlor at 1404 E. Joppa Road was hardly a secret.

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The Senate confirmed Todd Hughes' nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a 98-0 vote Tuesday.

When the Maryland workers building the sets for "House of Cards" started sawing and hammering the offices and homes of characters like Francis and Claire Underwood 20 months ago in Harford County, most of them were thinking only of earning a steady paycheck, not being part of TV history.

Competition has spawned half a dozen lawsuits in recent years and an "advertising war" between Ameritox and Millennium Laboratories, accusing each other of false advertising, patent infringement and kickbacks to physicians.

Career-oriented college freshmen of today are not much like those in 'Animal House'

Academy life is a little easier for Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds as he begins his sophomore year. The adjustment from being away from home, the transition to a more rigorous academic workload and getting accustomed to the off-field responsibility of a midshipman have become routine for Reynolds.

Edward H. Hooper, a retired electrical engineer and model railroader, died July 8 at St. Agnes Hospital from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 81.

Hamsterdam doesn't have a trademark on its Chris Davis shirts, but it has challenged others who are trying to make a buck off their idea ... and Davis' fame

Maryland's long-time tax collector Louis Goldstein, who died 15 years ago, demonstrated that politics can be a noble pursuit.

The Supreme Court made the right decision in outlawing patents on human genes, but its verdict came too late for many.

In the bowels of a building where a long-gone manufacturer once made silver, Johns Hopkins University cultivates fledgling firms. The FastForward business accelerator is a first for Hopkins, which will give it a public unveiling on Thursday.

Researchers and patients hail a Supreme Court ruling that human genes cannot be patented. The case involved a company that had a monopoly on testing for the hereditary breast cancer gene.

With Wham City Lights app, the Baltimore arts collective has found success in the mainstream.

Harper Lee's leap into the headlines with a lawsuit against a New York literary agent is a remarkable change for the reclusive author, who wrote a great American novel a half-century ago and has hardly been heard from since.

The Supreme Court should find a way to uphold the status quo on gene patents.

Looking for stability, ACC announces grant of media rights agreemen

Captain Randy Dean and his son and first mate, Ryan, walked around the room helping children tie loop, clinch and fisherman's knots. At one table, a pair of brothers, Darin and Brian, worked on their knots between bites of pepperoni pizza. At another, 7-year-old Colin Payne, wearing a camouflage cast on his right arm, used his left arm to help his dad, Mike, tie a clinch knot.

A federal judge last week threw out a Baltimore security guard's copyright infringement case against National Football League Properties, saying there was no evidence the NFL had licensed the use of the Ravens logo he'd designed to a software company.

Bruno Sammartino, Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Trish Stratus and others were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

A longtime Towson University professor has resigned his post as the head of the city school system's ethics panel amid allegations that his published academic articles contain content from dozens of sources without proper — or in some cases any — attribution.

California footwear company Gravity Defyer Corp. is accusing Baltimore-based Under Armour of trademark infringement in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court.

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