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Apple has accused Samsung of copying its designs on a number of occasions. While the foundation for Apple’s accusations is questionable, this is one area where Samsung clearly stole a page right out of Apple’s playbook.

CNet is tangled in allegations of wrapping bloatware, malware and Trojans in the Windows Installer for free programs available at CNet Download. Gordon Lyon, better known as Fyodor, announced on Seclists that C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!

Google's Android mobile operating system stands accused of ripping off rivals' ideas. Christopher Williams examines the case for the prosecution.

Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary committee, said he will remove the provision in SOPA that requires ISPs to block access to foreign Web sites accused of piracy. Read this blog post by Declan McCullagh on Media Maverick.

The Food and Drug Administration is being accused of monitoring the personal e-mails of six employees who had previously reported inappropriate device approvals to Congress and the press.

Apple is accused of witholding payments to French copyright association Copie France, which are thought to total $6.3 million in 2011.

A mass lawsuit against 2,165 alleged downloaders of 'Conan The Barbarian' was filed at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland last Friday. Through this legal action movie studio Nu Image hopes to collect millions of dollars in settlement fees. Details of the case reveal that the lawyers have learned from past mistakes, increasing the risk for those accused of copyright infringement.

Thirteen individuals have filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen mobile app makers--including Path, Twitter, Apple, and Facebook--who were accused of automatically uploading user address books without permission.

Miami Judge Marc Schumacher has issued a landmark order in which he protects accused BitTorrent downloaders from mass-lawsuits filed by copyright holders. One of the main arguments of the judge is that these

Rupert Murdoch, media tycoon, founder and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, has been a fanatical supporter of tougher anti-piracy legislation including PIPA and SOPA in the US. But this week it was claimed that Murdoch's piracy crusade is a rather hypocritical one, with his News Corporation now at the center of a major piracy scandal in which it's accused of encouraging piracy to cripple competitors.