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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 11, 2012
US authorities have seized nearly $900,000 from bank and PayPal accounts used to store the proceeds of counterfeit sportswear
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April 11, 2012
How can IP owners and regulators respond to the unprecedented attack on IP rights seen in the past few months?
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April 10, 2012
The next big challenge for the founder of file-sharing site Megaupload is fighting extradition from New Zealand to the United States. What are his chances?
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April 09, 2012
A US appeals court has reversed much of a district court’s ruling in favour of Google in a case that will help to shape the law around the use of trade marks as keywords and in sponsored ads
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April 06, 2012
The Second Circuit’s decision in Viacom v YouTube throws into doubt some assumptions internet service providers have operated under regarding liability for infringing content, one lawyer said
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April 06, 2012
The New York Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed a district court’s finding of summary judgment for YouTube in the video site’s $1 billion battle with Viacom
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April 05, 2012
Internet companies and Hollywood faced off this week in friend of the court briefs filed in a case that could have major implications for how courts assess copyright infringement online
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April 05, 2012
File sharing company Megaupload, whose websites were shut down in January, is facing its first civil lawsuit - and lawyers predict more will be on the way
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April 03, 2012
A ruling from the English courts last week could limit the ability of copyright owners to issue so-called speculative invoices to people they believe have breached their IP rights online
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April 02, 2012
Copyright owners and ISPs have until the end of this month to provide comments on the fee provision in New Zealand’s three-strikes law
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March 30, 2012
The top White House official for intellectual property Friday sent Capitol Hill a 130-page report documenting enforcement efforts, but declined to endorse further legislative efforts to target online piracy
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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 21, 2012
As the period ends for responses to the UK government proposals on copyright reform, Oxford Economics has published a report saying the government’s economic analysis is flawed
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March 19, 2012
While the latest social-media craze, Pinterest, has some major copyright problems, that’s not stopping some artists from flocking to the site just yet
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March 14, 2012
Canada’s copyright reform bill is now one step closer to becoming law
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March 09, 2012
If Canadian legislators are wondering what the future of copyright should be, one domain name service provider thinks they should look no further than the new Justin Bieber movie
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March 05, 2012
Music industry representatives have charged that Canadian copyright reform does not provide strong enough remedies against digital piracy
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March 05, 2012
MEPs clashed with representatives of the European Commission last week as they sought to understand the legal – and political – implications of the anti-counterfeiting deal ACTA