Intellectual property kept its place in the public spotlight in 2012, with patent trolls running rampant and smartphone wars that seemed to never end.

These big stories, with their technology-based patents in dispute, naturally dominated the headlines. But battles over gadgets weren’t the only actions in court. Companies skirmished over biomedical and life sciences patents, too. And other court battles featured copyrights and the definition of what constitutes “fair use” in an age of ever-changing technology.

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