Scanning Google’s fair use: Final arguments this week of Google’s eight-year-long battle with US authors’ guild, which alleged copyright infringement by the search engine in scanning 20 million library books and and making them available online [Gigaom]

New IPAB chairman: Former Madras High Court justice KN Basha yesterday assumed charge as Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in Chennai [BS]

Overweight convict disallowed lipo: The Bombay high court has refused to allow a 2005 Aurangabad sex scandal case convict, who is 27 years old and weighs 145 kg, to undergo weight loss surgery [DNA]