Swedish Supreme Court denies Pirate Bay defendants an appeal, finalising the fines and jail terms sentenced in 2010

Hosting companies Cogent and Carpathia agree to preserve user files for further two weeks

Legitimate files on the Megaupload site may be deleted this week, say US federal prosecutors

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's fight against extradition to the US takes a blow after judge denies him bail

Electrical retailer Comet has pledged to defend itself after software giant Microsoft launched a lawsuit over recovery CDs

A patent lawsuit by BT against Google's Android software seeks an injunction as well as damages

Tokenless authentication patents to help Cryptocard grow in SMB market

Samsung has filed for fresh injunctions against Apple in Australia and Japan after setbacks in the US and Europe

Another Android device maker agrees to buy a licence from Microsoft rather than meet the company in court

The Lib Dems have pledged to repeal some of the more controversial parts of the Digital Economy Act