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Here are some examples of how authors and publishers are using new technology to improve the experience of readers.

Publishers can survive and even profit from piracy, argues Peter Ollier, as long as they learn the mistakes from the movie and music industries, and focus on innovation

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last month affirmed a summary judgment dismissing a copyright and trade mark infringement action over unauthorised Betty Boop merchandise.

In a much overdue opinion, Federal Judge Denny Chin said that the proposed Google Book Search settlement would effectively reward Google "for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission".

One way in which book publishers might learn from the movie industry is to consider the suggestions from the Don't Make Me Steal Manifesto. In February this year a group of web developers, designers and consumers of digital content produced the manifesto. Signatories, (14,995 and counting) promise never to download a film illegally if the following criteria are met.

Global-tech's petition to the US Supreme Court is unlikely to succeed, said lawyers following the oral arguments in Global-Tech v SEB in late February. The case could change the standard for assessing whether a party induced patent infringement. Eight of the nine justices on the Court actively questioned counsel for both sides during the hearing, but seemed more concerned with defining the parameters of the proper standard for inducing patent infringement than with the facts of the case. Justice Stephen Breyer pleaded with SEB's counsel for help articulating a standard, while Justice John Roberts pointed out holes in Global-Tech's preferred test. "They were not getting the help they wanted," said Mark Davies of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. "They seemed frustrated." However, all of the justices seemed sceptical of Global-Tech subsidiary Pentalpha's failure to reveal to its US lawyer that it reverse-engineered SEB's deep fryer in developing its own, and lawyers said the company is unlikely to win.

As Managing IP was going to press, Judge Denny Chin of the US District Court in Manhattan said that the proposed Google Book Search settlement would effectively reward Google "for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission".

The Court of Justice of the EU has limited the ability of geographical indications to block the registration of trade marks, in the latest ruling concerning the Bud mark

It’s back to the drawing board for Google after Judge Denny Chin yesterday rejected its book digitisation agreement – but the internet company remains determined to make the plan work

In Europe, Google is likely to adopt an opt-in approach to digitisation, as indicated in its deal with French publisher Hachette Livre last year