Nature sound recordist Martyn Stewart sued Apple Inc. and application developer Mitch Waite on Friday, alleging copyright infringement for use of his recordings in iBird. iBird, available from the Apple App Store in a variety of editions, provides an interactive field guide for novice and expert birders. Awarded Best Reference App by Macworld (2009), iBird [...]

Just a week after the September 25th opening arguments, the $2.58 million suit by Eight Mile Style LLC against Apple, Inc. has been quietly settled. Filed in 2004, the suit alleged that Apple, “distributed, publicly performed, [and] made available” various Eminem recordings which amounted to copyright infringement and false endorsement under the Lanham Act. More [...]

I came across an interesting article at Neatorama cataloging the evolution of tech company logos. It made me wonder about the official trademark registration and scope of protection of the Apple Inc. corporate logo. The original Apple logo began as a complex drawing of Isaac Newton seated beneath a tree with a glowing apple overhead. [...]