In early 2014, a small team of international programmers created Popcorn Time, an app that enables free online streaming of movies and television shows using BitTorrent file-sharing protocols. Just over a year later, the app's popularity has already reached Netflix-like levels, largely due to its slick interface and higher-quality streams than those on many piracy sites.

A Las Vegas business owner faces a legal fight over a word most of us use every day.

One glance at the Las Vegas Strip makes it clear that Southern Nevada is a center of creativity. New ideas, catchy phrases and eye-catching displays battle to attract attention. But the city also is a danger zone for thieves who hope to profit from that creativity by appropriating protected trademarks or concepts for their own use.