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  • Three UK patents for electronic programme guides (EPGs) owned by Gemstar are to be revoked, after the Court of Appeal upheld a lower ruling today.
  • A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam – who received the world’s first recorded patent in 1449 diary@managingip.com
  • The Court of Justice of the EU has limited the ability of geographical indications to block the registration of trade marks, in the latest ruling concerning the Bud mark
  • Publishers can survive and even profit from piracy, argues Peter Ollier, as long as they learn the mistakes from the movie and music industries, and focus on innovation
  • A survey by market research company NPD Group has shown that peer-to-peer (P2P) use has declined since a New York court ordered the closure of the file-sharing service LimeWire.
  • As Managing IP was going to press, Judge Denny Chin of the US District Court in Manhattan said that the proposed Google Book Search settlement would effectively reward Google "for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission".
  • One way in which book publishers might learn from the movie industry is to consider the suggestions from the Don't Make Me Steal Manifesto. In February this year a group of web developers, designers and consumers of digital content produced the manifesto. Signatories, (14,995 and counting) promise never to download a film illegally if the following criteria are met.
  • Here are some examples of how authors and publishers are using new technology to improve the experience of readers.
  • After seven years of deliberation, the Icann Board approved the controversial application for the domain extension .xxx on March 18. The application for the sponsored TLD has attracted criticism from some governments and even from the so-called Free Speech Coalition, an alleged adult entertainment trade group, which claimed the application lacked community support and protested outside the Icann meeting in San Francisco on March 17 (pictured).
  • In a much overdue opinion, Federal Judge Denny Chin said that the proposed Google Book Search settlement would effectively reward Google "for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission".