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  • The Intelektiv conference on intellectual property in Zagreb, Croatia is the first of its kind organised to promote strategic development of IP assets held by Croatian private businesses.
  • The Greek patent office has introduced the possibility for applicants for national patents to opt for an extended search report comprising an opinion on patentability.
  • The Australian Federal Court has refused to find an internet service provider (ISP) liable for the illegal downloading of files by its customers. In Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Limited (no 3) [2010] FCA 24, a collection of film industry owners sued iiNet in a landmark case that attempted to hold the ISP liable for the admitted acts of downloading movies using the BitTorrent network.
  • The advent of instant messaging, text messaging and internet speak has created a lingo reflective of the evolving state of language and communication. Many words and phrases have been reduced to non-standard abbreviations and symbols, including initials for profanities which would be easily recognisable to the messaging masses. Whether the Trade-marks Office will view such abbreviations as registrable or contrary to Section 12(1)(e) of the Trade-marks Act is yet to be determined.
  • Two recent court decisions against YouTube and the Pirate Bay herald a new era in the battle against online piracy in Italy, say Roberto Valenti and Elena Martini of DLA Piper
  • Italian-headquartered Sisvel administers patent pools for some of the world's biggest electronics companies. Founder Roberto Dini spoke to Emma Barraclough about licensing, enforcement and patent trolls
  • In the summer of 2009, the principle of regional exhaustion for goods released into circulation in the European Economic Area (EEA) was introduced into the Swiss Patent Act. Thus, the patent owner's exclusive right is deemed exhausted when patented products have been released on to the market by the owner or with his consent within the EEA or Switzerland. Such products can accordingly be imported into and sold in Switzerland notwithstanding the patent in Switzerland covering these products.
  • For over 11 years, Lucas and Peterson have been locked in a patent dispute over a portable saw mill. Lucas, an Australian company, was involved in the design and manufacture of outdoor machinery. Lucas' principal product was a grabber, which is a device for picking up logs. Peterson was a New Zealand company and its principal product was a portable saw mill that it sold mostly in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
  • The battle between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, the two of the largest companies in the global defence industry, reached a new level at the High Court in Malaysia last year. The argument was over the registration and use of the trade mark Paveway, a type of laser-guided bomb made by Raytheon in Malaysia.
  • On December 30 last year, the Ministry of Economic Development signed the public notices implementing the new National Innovation Fund, instituted last March by decree number 107. The aim of the Fund is to support innovative projects based on the economic use of IP rights, to reinforce the Italian patent and to assist its transferability.