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  • What's on this week

    May 21, 2012

    Managing IP lists the IP meetings, decisions and events taking place this week

  • What’s on this week

    May 14, 2012

    Managing IP lists the IP conferences, decisions and meetings taking place this week

  • Analysis: What the SAS ruling means for computer programs

    May 09, 2012

    Computer programs cannot be protected by copyright under the EU’s Software Directive, but could be eligible for protection under other European laws

  • EU Court: no copyright in computer program functionality

    May 02, 2012

    Europe’s highest court has ruled that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language cannot be protected by copyright

  • What’s on this week

    April 30, 2012

    Managing IP lists the IP decisions, conferences and events to watch out for this week

  • Weekly quiz, April 23 to 27

    April 27, 2012

    Prototype shoes, banned songs and poor grammar: have you been following the news in IP this week?

  • Unitary patent on the agenda on World IP Day

    April 27, 2012

    The UK's IP minister reaffirmed the country's support for a unitary patent at an event to mark World IP Day yesterday

  • Microsoft, Philips, DSM launch new industry group

    April 26, 2012

    Ideas Matter, a new industry association that aims to improve awareness of IP, was launched today in Brussels by companies, inventors, OHIM and WIPO

  • AG: when downloaded software can be resold

    April 25, 2012

    A legal adviser at Europe’s highest court says that creators of computer programs should be allowed to prevent people from selling so-called used licences that enable the programs to be downloaded from the internet again

  • What’s on this week April 23-27

    April 23, 2012

    Managing IP lists the IP meetings, conferences and decisions to watch out for this week

  • Weekly IP quiz April 9 to 13

    April 13, 2012

    This week's quiz questions cover gTLDs, UK IP policy, ACTA - and Jeremy Lin. How many can you answer?

  • Is April 12 the day ACTA died?

    April 12, 2012

    An influential European politician has indicated that he will recommend that ACTA be rejected, making it increasingly unlikely that the Agreement will ever be implemented in Europe

  • Interview: Pete Wishart MP on UK IP policy

    April 11, 2012

    The UK All-Party IP Group of MPs recently launched an inquiry into the role of government in protecting and promoting IP. James Nurton spoke to its vice-chair Pete Wishart about its aims, agenda and the risk of report overload

  • IP communicators to discuss attack on enforcement

    April 11, 2012

    How can IP owners and regulators respond to the unprecedented attack on IP rights seen in the past few months?

  • Quiz of the week April 2 to 5

    April 05, 2012

    Test your knowledge of this week’s IP developments. All the answers can be found in items on managingip.com published in the past five days

  • The best stories from April Fool’s Day

    April 02, 2012

    Apple to protect a rectangle and EU agrees patent court venue? It must be April 1

  • MEPs: why we voted against ACTA court referral

    March 28, 2012

    IP owners are mistaken if they imagine yesterday’s decision by MEPs not to refer questions about ACTA to the EU’s top court reflected a softening in their position

  • IP quiz, March 19 to 23

    March 23, 2012

    How many questions on the week’s IP news can you answer?

  • OHIM expands role

    March 23, 2012

    OHIM is no longer simply an IP office that grants Community trade marks and registered Community designs. Today EU member states agreed that it should take on a new role: overseeing the protection of IP rights across Europe

  • What’s on next week

    March 16, 2012

    Managing IP lists some of the decisions, meetings and events IP professionals should watch out for next week

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INTA Daily News 2012

Read this year's INTA Daily News - published daily by Managing IP direct from the 134th INTA Annual Meeting in Washington DC

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