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A dispute over patents for electronic programming guides is back in court in the UK this week, in the latest battle over computer-implemented inventions in Europe

EU member states can prevent all World Cup and Euro football matches being shown on pay-television, the General Court ruled last week

New regulations to Malaysia’s patent and trade mark prosecution procedures have introduced expedited examination and e-filing while raising fees

The Cornish pasty won designation as a geographical indication (GI) from the European Commission on February 22, after a nine-year campaign by the Cornish Pasty Association.

Global-Tech’s petition to the US Supreme Court is unlikely to succeed, judging from the questions asked at today's hearing

In a dissenting opinion on a recent dispute, Andrew F Christie argued that a “plausible semantic connection” should exist between a domain and a website it points to

Danny Friedmann has an idea to stop the rampant misuse of brands by users of social media. It involves brand owners giving up some of their rights to trade marks and logos, such as the ability to alter them, but being transparent about what rights they retain and enforcing those rights effectively across all sites.

Former INTA executive director Robin Rolfe and European trade mark and design attorney Tove Graulund have launched a joint IP consulting service.

The Sixth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, held in Paris in February, produced some animated debate. But no sessions were quite as fraught as that discussing government agreements on anti-counterfeiting – in other words, ACTA.

Last month it looked like the Court of Justice's Advocate General dealt a severe blow to owners of sports rights who license content on a territorial basis in Europe. That could undermine the fees broadcasters pay to the football leagues and so footballers' fees and salaries – which broke several records in the UK in the January transfer window, including the £50 million record fee for Fernando Torres of Liverpool (opposite).