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December 22, 2010
The flexibility of copyright means it is key to promoting IT in developing countries, according to Microsoft’s associate general counsel for IP policy and strategy
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December 21, 2010
IP practitioners have until March 1 to submit evidence to the UK's latest IP review
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December 21, 2010
The UK’s latest IP review will focus on how IP rights can help “drive economic growth”, according to the man tasked with leading it
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December 15, 2010
The US Supreme Court upheld on Monday that the Copyright Act could not be used to apply the first sale doctrine to goods manufactured overseas, after it declined to issue an opinion on Costco v Omega
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December 13, 2010
Singapore's Court of Appeals ruled on December 1 that an internet-based digital video recorder was not liable for copyright infringement of programmes owned by regional broadcaster MediaCorp
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December 08, 2010
Jeong Yeol Choe of Yulchon explains why Korea’s three-strikes rule is unlikely to be ruled unconstitutional if a claim is brought
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November 30, 2010
The High Court in London has ruled that web links and headlines taken from newspapers’ websites are protected by copyright
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November 30, 2010
Rights owners have applauded the US government’s seizure of 82 domains that allegedly distributed counterfeit goods or copyright-infringing works
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November 30, 2010
The Swedish Court of Appeals has upheld convictions of copyright infringement made against the founders of The Pirate Bay website
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November 25, 2010
China is still failing to meet its WTO commitments, including to IP, according to a US Commission
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November 25, 2010
The first case management conference in London’s Patents County Court under new rules showed how Judge Birss will apply them to minimise costs wherever possible
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November 25, 2010
Korea’s government suspended the online accounts of 11 internet users on November 5 for repeatedly uploading copyright-infringing files
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November 24, 2010
A member of parliament has poured cold water on attempts to replicate the American role of IP Tsar in Britain
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November 22, 2010
This week’s deal with Hachette Livre suggests the publishing industry has finally accepted the value of Google’s digital model
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November 21, 2010
The Supreme Court put some difficult questions to both sides in last week’s oral arguments in Costco v Omega. Managing IP compiles some of the key points made from the transcript
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November 19, 2010
The High Court in London has allowed a case to go ahead on whether copyright exists in the provision of live football statistics
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November 19, 2010
The act of making potentially copyright-infringing information available online occurs in the jurisdiction of transmission, not reproduction, the England and Wales High Court said this week
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November 19, 2010
The oral arguments in Costco v Omega last week seemed to create more confusion over the proper application of the first sale doctrine to copyrighted goods than had previously existed
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November 18, 2010
Google has agreed in principle a deal that will see the Mountain View company scan publisher Hachette’s French out-of-print works
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November 16, 2010
The US Trade Representative released a finalised draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement yesterday
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November 15, 2010
Two of the UK’s biggest internet service providers have won a judicial review of Britain’s controversial Digital Economy Act
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November 11, 2010
The four-year controversy over New Zealand’s attempt to amend its Copyright Act shows the fine line governments must tread between the demands of IP owners and open access campaigners when amending copyright laws
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November 11, 2010
A parliamentary committee in New Zealand has suspended proposals to cut off the internet access of persistent file sharers and will instead use a system of repeat warnings and fines
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November 09, 2010
The European Commission’s communication on improving individuals’ data privacy contains some interesting ideas but the details still need fleshing out, say lawyers
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November 09, 2010
The European Commission will look to centralise collecting societies and other intermediaries between artists and consumers, commissioner Neelie Kroes suggested on Friday
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November 09, 2010
The organisation of Europe’s collecting societies, which is largely on a member state basis, has frustrated licensees for years. But more recently it has also denied users new ways of accessing music
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November 09, 2010
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November 05, 2010
The European Commission has set out its strategy to strengthen data protection in the digital age, in a move that will have an impact on online businesses
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November 02, 2010
The emergence of cloud computing will lead to more emphasis on IP rights other than patents, according to Microsoft’s IP chief Horacio Gutierrez
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November 02, 2010
IT managers at more than 70 companies have launched the Open Data Center Alliance to promote interoperability in cloud computing
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November 02, 2010
Cloud computing is expected to be the next big thing in IT. But what's it all about?