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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