"Justices Get Another Shot at Patent Law"

The article is summarizing up why the Supreme Court is taking another look at Patent Law, and what it consists of. The article gives the example of LG creating parts of chips, that they licensed to Intel. Intel gave out the chips to use in "non-Intel" products. Therefore, LG is suing the non-Intel companies for using their products. The Supreme Court is looking at how this situation could be avoided.
This is related to class because this could easily affect us when we get out and have real jobs. Just because one person has the patent license for it, you can easily be sued because you personally don't have that certain license.

"Sweden to charge Pirate Bay in copyright case"

This article is about Sweden suing the site Pirate Bay for copyright infringement. According to the article, no actual copyrighted material exists on Pirate Bay, but rather the site helps their members fine where they can download the material. The site Pirate Bay sees nothing wrong with this, because the material does not physically exist on their site. Whereas, Sweden sees as it aiding in copyright infringement.
This relates to our class because anything we create could easily be shared and sent around on the Internet, and even if we do have it protected, people would still be able to find it, with help from sites like this.

"Legally Purchasing CD's and Get Sued for Violating Copyright Laws"

The RIAA is begining to sue people who transfer songs from CDs they have purchased to iTunes, or other music listening software. Instead of going off and suing the people who aren't legally paying for their music, they are off suing people who are putting it on iTunes to listen to while they're online, or working. Technically, transfering the songs from the CD to your computer IS copyright infringement.
This relates to class, and life, because almost everyone does this. Several people believe that that's the purpose of iTunes, and your iPod- Music all in one place.