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  • This week’s IP quiz – February 6-10

    February 10, 2012

    Test your knowledge of the week’s IP news with our quick, five-question quiz. Answers next week

  • How the EU could make it easier to enforce IP rights

    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

  • Hong Kong tries to stay ahead of the infringers

    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

  • ICE targets Super Bowl fakes

    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

  • Judge says Premier League can enforce copyright

    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

  • Quiz of the week – January 30 to February 3

    February 03, 2012

    Test your knowledge of the week’s IP news in Managing IP’s new weekly quiz

  • Managing IP North America Awards 2012 – shortlists revealed

    February 02, 2012

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

  • Optus wins TV copyright battle

    February 02, 2012

    The Federal Court’s controversial decision in favour of Optus has created uncertainty over the future of mobile rights in Australia

  • How your business will be affected by data protection proposals

    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

  • Managing IP Global Awards 2012 – shortlists revealed

    January 27, 2012

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

  • EU rapporteur resigns over ACTA "manoeuvres"

    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

  • Quiz of the week – January 23-27

    January 27, 2012

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

  • Courts may force Irish ISPs to block sites

    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

  • Obama highlights anti-piracy initiatives in national address

    January 25, 2012

    President Obama Tuesday night devoted a portion of his annual State of the Union address to promise tougher anti-piracy enforcement

  • What the Megaupload defendants can expect in US court

    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

  • New: weekly IP news quiz

    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

  • Leader's action kills US anti-piracy bill for now

    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

  • US authorities act against Megaupload

    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

  • SOPA – what’s it all about?

    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

  • US Supreme Court: copyright can apply to the public domain

    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

  • As Google goes black, Congress prepares to debate PIPA

    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

  • ISPs welcome EU consultation on takedown procedures

    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

  • ISPs challenge UK copyright obligations

    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

  • Angry Birds tempt the Chinese with mooncakes

    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

  • Obama shake-up threatens USTR

    January 16, 2012

    US President Barack Obama wants to consolidate six government agencies, including the US Trade Representative, into one new authority

  • Interview: Dominic McGonigal on reforming collecting societies

    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

  • British man could be extradited for US copyright charges

    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

  • Quiz 2011: answers and winners

    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

  • Microsoft targets landlord in software piracy cases

    January 12, 2012

    Microsoft has launched two pioneering copyright lawsuits in China in an attempt to deal with the problem of rampant software piracy

  • Hello Kitty and Disney reveal China licensing secrets

    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

  • Universal loses key fight against video-sharing site

    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

  • P2P software developer reprieved in Japan

    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

  • Woolf’s works enter public domain

    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

  • Baidu is removed from USTR market list

    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

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