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February 10, 2012
Test your knowledge of the week’s IP news with our quick, five-question quiz. Answers next week
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February 10, 2012
The European Commission has outlined how it might reform its enforcement directive to make it easier for IP owners to take action against infringers
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February 06, 2012
The Hong Kong agency in charge of combating IP crime is to launch a new Electronic Crime Investigation Centre which it says will close the technological gap between infringers and enforcement officers
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February 03, 2012
If you managed to score tickets to Sunday’s Super Bowl for less than the average resale price of about $3,500, you might want to check they’re not fakes before making the trip to Indianapolis
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February 03, 2012
The FA Premier League can enforce its rights against UK pubs using feeds from overseas broadcasters – but despite nearly five years of litigation it’s still not clear what rights it has
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February 03, 2012
Test your knowledge of the week’s IP news in Managing IP’s new weekly quiz
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February 02, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2012 have been announced
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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
Lawyers have criticised a planned overhaul of data protection rules in Europe, saying it will lead to much greater burdens for businesses
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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 27, 2012
The European Parliament’s rapporteur for the international anti-counterfeiting deal ACTA has resigned after the agreement was signed by the EU and a group of its member states
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January 27, 2012
How many questions on the week's IP news can you answer?
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January 26, 2012
Rights holders will have powers to demand that ISPs in Ireland block websites accused of infringing copyright if the government amends legislation before the end of January
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January 25, 2012
President Obama Tuesday night devoted a portion of his annual State of the Union address to promise tougher anti-piracy enforcement
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January 23, 2012
The seven men from former file-sharing company Megaupload who are charged with copyright infringement could face a “very quick” US district court trial if they are extradited from New Zealand
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January 20, 2012
Following the success of Managing IP's 2011 quiz of the year, we are launching a weekly version – based on the week's IP news
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January 20, 2012
Legislation targeting rogue websites appeared dead on Friday after Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada cancelled a floor debate on the Protect IP Act (PIPA) scheduled for Tuesday
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January 20, 2012
Copyright owners are celebrating after US officials yesterday shut down file-sharing site megaupload.com which allegedly earned $175 million over seven years
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January 19, 2012
Stumped by SOPA? Perplexed by PIPA? In light of Wikipedia’s blackout this week, Managing IP provides a simple guide to legislation pending in the US Congress and the debates surrounding it
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January 19, 2012
A group of orchestra conductors, teachers, performers, film archivists and distributors has failed to convince the Supreme Court that Congress does not have authority to restore copyright protection to foreign works that have fallen into the public domain
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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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January 18, 2012
European ISPs say new plans from the European Commission to harmonise practice on taking down copyright-infringing websites are long overdue, even though they could leave them with more responsibility to police the net
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January 17, 2012
Telecoms companies BT and TalkTalk yesterday began their appeal against a decision to deny judicial review of the UK’s Digital Economy Act 2010
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January 17, 2012
As China’s year of the dragon approaches, Rovio, the Finnish company that created Angry Birds, will launch a new version of the game for its growing Chinese fanbase – part of a sophisticated licensing strategy in the country
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January 16, 2012
US President Barack Obama wants to consolidate six government agencies, including the US Trade Representative, into one new authority
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January 16, 2012
Dominic McGonigal is head of government relations at PPL, a UK collecting society that licenses recorded music on behalf of performers and record companies. He talks to Emma Barraclough about codes of conducts, plans for a digital copyright exchange and what he fears most about the Commission’s reform proposals
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January 13, 2012
A judge has today ruled that British authorities can extradite a man to the US for infringing copyrighted material after he hosted sites which linked to protected films and television programmes
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January 13, 2012
No one got all 20 answers right in Managing IP’s quiz of the year’s news. But two entrants shared the prize with 19 correct answers
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January 12, 2012
Microsoft has launched two pioneering copyright lawsuits in China in an attempt to deal with the problem of rampant software piracy
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January 10, 2012
Two of the most successful brand licensors in the world explained how they intend to grow their China businesses at a conference in Hong Kong this week
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January 06, 2012
Universal Music was granted a 10-day extension to file a request to rehear a decision that website Veoh benefits from safe harbour protection under the DMCA
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January 06, 2012
The Supreme Court of Japan has upheld a lower court decision to find the creator of peer-to-peer file sharing software Winny not guilty of abetting copyright infringement
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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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January 04, 2012
The USTR’s latest review of so-called “notorious markets” that are rife with counterfeiting and piracy has praised Chinese search engine Baidu for striking a deal with rights owners