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May 02, 2012
The Optus decision in Australia was unfortunately narrow, leaving many questions unanswered. Are the courts signalling that legislation is needed?
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May 02, 2012
The Australian Full Federal Court has found that Optus’s TV Now service, which streamed over-the-air television to customers’ mobiles, infringed the AFL and NRL’s copyrights
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April 26, 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is the first to celebrate World IP Day. Peter Leung in Hong Kong rounds up some of the activities
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April 20, 2012
IP practitioners’ reaction to the AFACT v iiNET decision reflects concern over its impact on copyright enforcement in Australia
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April 20, 2012
In a unanimous ruling today, the Australian High Court found that service provider iiNET did not authorise users’ infringement despite not acting on notices of infringement from copyright holders
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April 18, 2012
The closely watched case will have a big impact on the responsibilities Australian ISPs have for the infringing acts of its users
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March 23, 2012
A group of Australian academics has told a key parliamentary committee why they believe Australia should reconsider ratifying the controversial anti-counterfeiting treaty ACTA.
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March 16, 2012
Test your knowledge of IP news with our five quick questions on the past week’s developments
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March 15, 2012
Hogan Lovells won the inaugural global IP firm of the year award at tonight’s Managing IP Awards Dinner in London
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February 28, 2012
The TRIPs Council – the WTO body that administers the TRIPs Agreement – has chosen a new chairman today who must guide it through debates on tobacco packaging and IP enforcement
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February 13, 2012
Another political storm is brewing in Australia over the protection of digital sports rights, following the recent Optus case
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February 02, 2012
The Federal Court’s controversial decision in favour of Optus has created uncertainty over the future of mobile rights in Australia
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January 27, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced
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January 05, 2012
As the clock counted down to 2012, the estates of artists, creators, authors and composers prepared to see their incomes wane as copyright works slip out of protection
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December 20, 2011
Next year a range of cases and law changes will affect all copyright owners – from authors to musicians to film makers – but the dominant issue will be the increasingly global and bitter debate over who should be liable for clamping down on online infringement and how best to do it
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December 15, 2011
Win a free place at a Managing IP meeting of your choice in 2012 by answering our 20 questions on developments in the past year
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December 01, 2011
A Canberra court room is hearing the final arguments this week in a long-running copyright dispute that could set out what ISPs need to do to avoid an accusation of authorising infringement
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November 29, 2011
Copyright owners in Australia may be given the power to warn consumers who are suspected of downloading illegally and could even access their personal details before taking court action
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November 18, 2011
Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson has published an opinion paper in Australia that reveals the extent of the disagreements there between copyright owners and internet service providers over online enforcement
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October 21, 2011
The Australian government has launched a review into the scope of its safe harbour scheme for internet service providers