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May 09, 2012
More than 1,400 attendees crowded into a session on keyword advertising yesterday, where Rosetta Stone counsel John Ramsey and other panelists shared their frustrations about the issue and also faced tough questions about the proper legal approach.
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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 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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March 30, 2012
US register of copyrights Maria Pallante decried as “dangerous” the disregard for the importance of copyright enforcement by participants in a January blackout protesting anti-piracy legislation
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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
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January 18, 2012
The voluntary blackout of websites today including English-language Wikipedia and Reddit was coordinated to coincide with a hearing planned for today by congressional opponents of rogue sites legislation
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December 16, 2011
Following a markup attended by top industry lobbyists yesterday, a small but dedicated group of House Judiciary Committee members today forced the sponsor of controversial anti-piracy legislation to put off a final committee vote on the bill, possibly until 2012
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December 15, 2011
The sponsor of legislation in the US House of Representatives targeting rogue websites has proposed significant revisions to his bill in anticipation of today’s vote in the House Judiciary Committee
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December 12, 2011
Nominet’s senior legal counsel has admitted his growing frustration at a working group that was asked to propose policy changes on seizing .uk domains
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November 30, 2011
A federal judge in Las Vegas has authorised Chanel to seize hundreds of domain names of sites showing "good cause" that they are selling counterfeit products, and has ordered search engines and social media sites not to promote the sites through links
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November 30, 2011
The focus of debate in Washington is on IP enforcement, but Obama administration officials at a White House event yesterday declined to weigh in on controversial House and Senate bills that would give the attorney general more power to crack down on copyright and trade mark violations online
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November 29, 2011
US attorney general Eric Holder Tuesday announced a new public service campaign linking counterfeit products to criminal gangs and US job losses
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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 28, 2011
The US government has made its latest crackdown on websites suspected of selling counterfeit goods in advance of today’s busiest online shopping day of the year
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November 18, 2011
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals were a focus of the House and Senate this week, as legislation was introduced in both bodies and a House hearing highlighted another bill aimed at thwarting online sales of fake drugs
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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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November 17, 2011
Musicians and actors led by billionaire Alki David have again sued CBS Interactive and CNET for facilitating “massive copyright infringement in naked pursuit of profits”
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November 16, 2011
A House bill that targets so-called rogue web sites has sparked a battle between technology companies and IP owners that some members of Congress called the most volatile in more than a decade
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November 02, 2011
Bipartisan bills targeting online infringement will continue to advance, supporters of the legislation vowed Wednesday at a Capitol Hill press conference
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October 12, 2011
VeriSign is the latest registry that may be issued new powers to suspend domains that are suspected of aiding abusive practices such as counterfeiting