Latest Managing Copyright News

• RIAA campaign against file sharers resurfaces

  The US Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the appeal of a $675,000 jury verdict for the RIAA against an illegal downloader has revived a debate that could mean more bad press for IP

• UK appoints IP attaché to India

  Anshika Jha will be based in the British High Commission in New Delhi and work with representatives from UK Trade and Investment and the Foreign Office to help British businesses operating in India

• Analysis: The efficacy of India’s ISP blocking order

  The High Court of Judicature in Madras has issued an injunction ordering internet service providers to prevent their users from pirating the film “3”. But how effective is the tactic?

• Quiz of the week May 14-18

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

• What's on this week

  Managing IP lists the IP meetings, decisions and events taking place this week

• Interview: Ricardo Blancaflor, Philippines IP Office

  The Philippines' decision to join the Madrid Agreement will be good for businesses, says Blancaflor, in an exclusive interview. Law firms need to realise that their clients pull the strings

• Interview: Rosa Wilkinson, innovation director at the UK IPO

  Rosa Wilkinson joined the IPO in September last year after working with UK Trade and Investment and Lloyds Bank, where she served as director of public policy and regulation. She tells Emma Barraclough about her IP role

• Quiz of the week – INTA Annual Meeting 2012

  This week’s IP quiz questions all relate to last week’s INTA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. How many can you answer?

Canada

• Is C-11 strong enough to catch the “bad guys”?

  At the Canadian copyright reform hearings this month, witnesses said Bill C-11’s so-called enablement provision was insufficient to catch the “bad guys” – such as isoHunt and Megaupload

• Bieber’s lesson: why Bill C-11 must strike the right balance

  If Canadian legislators are wondering what the future of copyright should be, one domain name service provider thinks they should look no further than the new Justin Bieber movie

• Canada to push through copyright bill by year-end

  Canada could overhaul its copyright rules before the end of the year after the country’s Conservative Party cemented its support in the May federal elections by taking a majority of seats

• Music publisher: bill C-11 favours “corporate music piracy”

  Music industry representatives have charged that Canadian copyright reform does not provide strong enough remedies against digital piracy

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Broadcasting

• Analysis: Premier League ruling a relief for digital industry

  Today’s EU judgment on football broadcasts declined to address licences in other media, in contrast with the Advocate General’s opinion in the case

• Analysis: landlords may not benefit from Premier League case

  Publicans who raised a glass to celebrate today’s ruling from the Court of Justice on Premier League matches might find they choke on their drink by the time they reach paragraph 183

• Premier League loses right to territorial licences

  The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that the Premier League cannot partition national markets for its football broadcasts, giving greater detail on copyright than the Advocate General

• Strictly come formatting: The Managing IP guide to protecting TV formats

  The BBC is taking legal action in Italy to prevent a rival version of its hit show Strictly Come Dancing from being shown by Silvio Berlusconi’s television network Mediaset

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Compilations

• Companies can be authors, says Singapore court

  A Singapore court has ruled that copyright can be owned by companies as well as individuals, in a dispute between two horse racing publications

• Court rules fixture lists protected by copyright

  Lists of UK football fixtures can be protected as databases under copyright law, Mr Justice Floyd ruled in the England and Wales High Court last week

• Courts get tough on copyright compilers

  A decision by a court in Australia last week could make it harder for compilers of factual information to protect their work under copyright law

• Australia rethinks rules on copyright for compilers

  Australia's highest court recently narrowed the scope of copyright protection for compilations and databases

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