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  • Quiz of the week May 14-18

    May 21, 2012

    How much attention have you been paying to IP developments in the past week? Test your knowledge with Managing IP’s news quiz

  • Icann appoints independent objector to review gTLDs

    May 17, 2012

    Icann has selected Alain Pellet as the independent objector for the global top level domain (gTLD) selection program

  • Why the latest eBay ruling has an upside for IP owners

    May 14, 2012

    France’s highest court has ruled in the latest round of a battle between online auction site eBay and luxury goods company LVMH

  • Managing IP Global Awards 2012 – shortlists revealed

    January 27, 2012

    Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced

  • Domain names in 2012: a calendar

    December 21, 2011

    While the rollout of new gTLDs will be the highlight of 2012, ccTLDs, court cases and Icann’s new chief executive will all be of interest to Internet IP readers next year. Managing Internet IP provides a guide to expected developments

  • What the Sabam decision means for rights owners

    November 24, 2011

    Today's decision by the Court of Justice will make it harder for rights owners to force ISPs to help them fight illegal downloading

  • Interview: Dickel Sooriah, co-founder GroupCamp

    November 07, 2011

    At the end of September French software developer GroupCamp received a letter from Texas-based non-practising entity Lodsys accusing it of infringing its patents and inviting it to negotiate a licence. Now its founders have launched a website asking companies in the same situation to pool their knowledge and share prior art to defeat Lodsys’s patents. Managing IP spoke to Dickel Sooriah about GroupCamp’s unusual tactics

  • Afnic to handle .fr disputes

    November 04, 2011

    Dot-fr regulator Afnic will have new powers to resolve domain disputes from November 21 2011 when it introduces a dispute resolution system

  • Hadopi approach: listen first, sue later

    November 01, 2011

    French anti-piracy watchdog Hadopi is investigating 100 people who it alleges have repeatedly shared copyright-protected material on peer-to-peer networks

  • Why France’s piracy watchdog is missing teeth

    October 07, 2011

    French courts might soon decide whether 60 alleged internet pirates should be fined or be cut off from the internet after they ignored final warnings about infringing copyright

  • Brand owners reveal gTLD plans

    October 03, 2011

    Brand owners at a conference in Paris were divided about the impact of the new gTLD programme on cybersquatting and trade mark infringement

  • Trade mark owners voice gTLD concerns in Paris

    October 03, 2011

    The applicant guidebook for new gTLDs is designed to be a “roadmap, not a roadblock” according to Icann vice-president Kurt Pritz

  • Will enough people know about gTLDs?

    September 15, 2011

    The global communications campaign to publicise new gTLDs will launch next week amid concerns that its $750,000 advertising budget is insufficient

  • Dot-fr to be registered outside France

    September 13, 2011

    Trade mark holders and individuals in the EU will be able to register France’s .fr domain for the first time on December 6 2011, Managing IP can confirm

  • The cost of an infringement notice in New Zealand: $21

    July 15, 2011

    New Zealand’s government has confirmed the price that a rights owner must pay an ISP when sending an infringement notice and set out what information needs to be provided

  • G8 stresses patent quality and WIPO’s role

    June 01, 2011

    The G8 included two paragraphs asserting support for IP rights in its declaration last week. Though abstract, they highlight the areas most likely to be targeted by future legislation

  • Belgian court upholds Google headline ban

    May 11, 2011

    Google has been told it infringes publishers’ copyright by reproducing their headlines, in a decision by the Belgian Court of Appeal

  • Domain speculation growing in France - report

    May 05, 2011

    Last year saw a surge in domain name speculation in the .fr ccTLD, according to a report released this week

  • Why Google's new ad policy is a brave new world

    October 06, 2010

    A Google employee called the search engine’s new AdWords policy in Europe a “brave new world” during a session at this week's AIPPI Congress in Paris

  • French court reduces eBay fine

    September 03, 2010

    The Paris Court of Appeals has significantly reduced a fine handed out to eBay for allowing counterfeit LVMH goods to be sold on its website

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