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May 22, 2012
The US Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a $675,000 jury verdict for the RIAA against one man who illegally downloaded 30 songs 10 years ago has revived a debate that could mean more bad press for IP
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May 22, 2012
Danish clothing brand Masai has failed to have the Masai.com domain transferred in a UDRP case, illustrating the burden of proof required with a descriptive term
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May 22, 2012
UniForum has applied for three city-based gTLDs; .capetown, .durban and .joburg, as it continues to pursue its controversial .africa application
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May 21, 2012
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?
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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
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May 17, 2012
Icann has selected Alain Pellet as the independent objector for the global top level domain (gTLD) selection program
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May 16, 2012
Global bank Barclays succeeded in having 14 domains transferred in a recent UDRP case, but failed to convince a panel to transfer a domain referencing BarCap
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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
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May 14, 2012
This week’s IP quiz questions all relate to last week’s INTA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. How many can you answer?
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May 09, 2012
More than 1,400 attendees crowded into a session on keyword advertising yesterday, where Rosetta Stone counsel John Ramsey and other panelists shared their frustrations about the issue and also faced tough questions about the proper legal approach.
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May 09, 2012
ICANN’s Board has decided to offer a full refund to any gTLD applicant that withdraws its application before the applied-for new strings are revealed.
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May 08, 2012
A summary of yesterday's sessions at the INTA Annual Meeting
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May 08, 2012
INTA members got a lesson in how not to make the most of the organization’s network of committees on Sunday, with panelists running through many of the don’ts of committee leadership to highlight what would-be committee chairs should do instead.
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May 07, 2012
There is a big misconception about Twitter, said the company’s Global Brand Protection Manager, Jillian West, during yesterday’s In-house Practitioners Workshop.
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May 07, 2012
Facebook and Twitter are becoming more important for trademark counsel every day, yet the law is still uncertain. Simon Crompton explains how a hypothetical consumer product could produce some useful recommendations.
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May 07, 2012
New gTLDs, social media, keyword advertising… it is impossible to avoid the trademark issues raised by the Internet. James Nurton explores the latest developments.
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May 06, 2012
There were more than 2,000 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) before the system was taken offline on April 12, ICANN said on Friday night
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May 03, 2012
Sarah Deutsch’s role at Verizon has changed over the 21 years she has been there, with the rise of the Internet and a series of corporate changes, as she explains to James Nurton
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May 03, 2012
In its latest update on the breakdown of the gTLD process, Icann has said that it estimates 105 applicants had their file names and user names viewed by others
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May 03, 2012
The Advocate General in the EU has said that Gevers and other firms should not have been able to register .eu domains for clients, as they do not qualify as licensees
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May 02, 2012
The Australian Full Federal Court has found that Optus’s TV Now service, which streamed over-the-air television to customers’ mobiles, infringed the AFL and NRL’s copyrights
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May 01, 2012
The US government has published its annual list naming and shaming countries that it claims have failed to protect the IP rights of its citizens and companies
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April 27, 2012
Prototype shoes, banned songs and poor grammar: have you been following the news in IP this week?
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April 26, 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is the first to celebrate World IP Day. Peter Leung in Hong Kong rounds up some of the activities
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April 25, 2012
A legal adviser at Europe’s highest court says that creators of computer programs should be allowed to prevent people from selling so-called used licences that enable the programs to be downloaded from the internet again
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April 24, 2012
Couvreurs Mont Blanc failed to have an identical domain transferred to it in a recent UDRP case because it had insufficient rights to the mark
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April 24, 2012
Siemens succeeded in having the domain name siemensit.org transferred to it in a recent WIPO case, but failed with siemitglobal.com
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April 23, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP meetings, conferences and decisions to watch out for this week
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April 20, 2012
Fixing the IT problem that has led to the suspension of the gTLD application process is Icann’s “number one priority”, its chief security officer said today
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April 20, 2012
IP practitioners’ reaction to the AFACT v iiNET decision reflects concern over its impact on copyright enforcement in Australia
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April 20, 2012
In a unanimous ruling today, the Australian High Court found that service provider iiNET did not authorise users’ infringement despite not acting on notices of infringement from copyright holders
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April 19, 2012
The Australian Football League has said that its application for .afl was motivated by IP protection, and some marketing opportunities
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April 13, 2012
This week's quiz questions cover gTLDs, UK IP policy, ACTA - and Jeremy Lin. How many can you answer?
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April 12, 2012
Things are moving again at WIPO. That was the clear message from IP negotiators speaking at the Fordham IP conference in New York
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April 12, 2012
ICM Registry, which runs the .xxx domain, has applied for three other adult-related TLDs: .sex, .porn and .adult
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April 12, 2012
A technical fault with Icann’s application system has led to it extending the deadline for gTLD applications until next Friday
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April 11, 2012
US authorities have seized nearly $900,000 from bank and PayPal accounts used to store the proceeds of counterfeit sportswear
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April 11, 2012
A Spanish travel agency has lost another in a series of cases over domain names, this time under the .au Dispute Resolution Policy
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April 10, 2012
The next big challenge for the founder of file-sharing site Megaupload is fighting extradition from New Zealand to the United States. What are his chances?
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April 10, 2012
Trade mark owners are rejoicing following the Rosetta Stone v Google ruling, saying it could curb expansion of the functionality doctrine by district courts
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April 09, 2012
A US appeals court has reversed much of a district court’s ruling in favour of Google in a case that will help to shape the law around the use of trade marks as keywords and in sponsored ads
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April 06, 2012
The Second Circuit’s decision in Viacom v YouTube throws into doubt some assumptions internet service providers have operated under regarding liability for infringing content, one lawyer said
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April 06, 2012
The New York Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed a district court’s finding of summary judgment for YouTube in the video site’s $1 billion battle with Viacom
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April 05, 2012
Internet companies and Hollywood faced off this week in friend of the court briefs filed in a case that could have major implications for how courts assess copyright infringement online
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April 05, 2012
Test your knowledge of this week’s IP developments. All the answers can be found in items on managingip.com published in the past five days
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April 05, 2012
Spanish football club Villareal has won the transfer of a confusingly similar website that claimed to be a home for the club’s fans
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April 05, 2012
The National Arbitration Forum received just over 2,000 domain name disputes last year, a 4% drop on 2010
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April 05, 2012
File sharing company Megaupload, whose websites were shut down in January, is facing its first civil lawsuit - and lawyers predict more will be on the way
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April 04, 2012
Clothing company True Religion has been awarded the largest ever damages amount in a counterfeiting case against 106 rogue websites
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April 04, 2012
An Australian appeal court has ruled that Google’s AdWord programme misleads and deceives consumers and ordered the company to change its system
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April 02, 2012
Copyright owners and ISPs have until the end of this month to provide comments on the fee provision in New Zealand’s three-strikes law
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April 02, 2012
Managing IP’s round-up of the IP events, decisions and meetings taking place week beginning April 2