A top real estate firm has begun an internal inquiry after accusations it took data from one of New Zealand's biggest property databases to set up a rival business.

A French winemaking giant has lost its case against a Hawkes Bay estate after it accused the company of ripping off the name of one of its wines.

Hollywood is determined to succeed. "The movie and music industries are the two most powerful copyright lobbies in America," writes Jane Kelsey.

The man facing a police investigation over the construction of the CTV building has been awarded a US patent for a invention he's accused of stealing from a friend.

Food manufacturing giant Sanitarium risks tarnishing its brand image through its dispute with a South Island shopkeeper.

A Kiwi inventor has been awarded more than $1 million in damages after a court ruled an American company copied his patented champagne bottle opener.