Intellectual Property Law

News: Japanese avatar kills virtual husband after "divorce"
The stories just keep on flowing. Who knew that divorce could lead to a virtual killing, and subsequent arrest for hacking? Read the story here. In short, a 43-year-old Japanese woman killed her online husband's digital persona because she was so angry that his avatar "divorced" her avatar in the online game Maple Story...

Refinancing Scam Lands Trio In Jail; Leaves Elderly Woman Facing Foreclosure

"Woman gives judge earful, lands in jail; Obscene outburst nets Sarah Muller contempt charge in jury selection"
"Woman gives judge earful, lands in jail; Obscene outburst nets Sarah Muller contempt charge in jury selection": This article appears today in The Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner.

Woman files for divorce after catching hubby's avatar sleeping with another avatar
Oh. Dear. Amy Taylor, 28, said her three-year marriage to David Pollard, 40, came to an end when she twice walked in on him watching his online character, Dave Barmy, having sex with other virtual women in the online fantasy...

Remote control caper lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com
Remote control caper lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com Mesa AZ Nov 23 2008 By: Bryan Hill NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS http://www.privateofficer.com/ An Apache Junction man had an idea of making a little extra holiday income but it has landed him in jail...

TV caper lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com
TV caper lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com FORT PIERCE FLA OCT 9 2008 BY: Rick McCann NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Loss prevention agents at an area Wal-Mart wasn?t fooled a bit when a man walked out of the store with a TV and a bag with a receipt attached...

Word of the Day: Avatar
Avatar [?'v?tär'] is a religious term that signifies a deity that has taken an earthly form. For example, Krishna is an avatar of the god Vishnu. In popular Western culture, the word has come to have secular meanings: 1...

Frequent taste for seafood lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com
Frequent taste for seafood lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com WILKES-BARRE PA. June 7 2008 A city man was arraigned Tuesday on charges he stole packages of king crab legs, shrimp and fresh meat products at a Schiel?s Family Market four times since mid-May Raymond John Cordy, 50, of 247 Horton St...

Man Awarded $21 Million for Wrongful Imprisonment for Murder
Man Awarded $21 Million for Wrongful Imprisonment for Murder

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.

Aetna Life Insurance
Houston Woman Denied $426,000

Jail Funds
Santa Clara must pay $1.5 million settlement for improper fiscal management.

County Jail Strip Search Class Action
Preliminary Settlement Reached

Restraining Chair
Santa Cruz County agree to $3 million wrongful death settlement after an inmate died while in jail.