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Copyright owners have strongly opposed the introduction of fair-use in their submissions to the UK’s latest IP review

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

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.

Hearings before the High Court as part of the judicial review of the UK’s Digital Economy Act concluded on Monday, and the judge is now set to deliver his opinion within the next two months.

The Australian government is planning to pass a bill to allow generic drug makers to reuse the documents produced by innovator companies when trying to get a new drug approved.

Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet has proved its PR skill on several occasions throughout its battle with the Australian Federation against Copyright Theft (AFACT), being pro-active wherever possible. Last month it took that one step further, by proposing its own, unique regulatory system for online piracy.

China’s government has missed a March 19 deadline to comply with a WTO ruling that it must lift restrictions on the distribution of films, books and media.

Last month saw a series of events in the long-running history of the single European patent. Rulings were issued, councils and parliaments voted. Yet it is hard not to feel that nothing has changed.

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.

John Alty, UK IPO These things always seem to happen together. The same day that the Court of Justice of the EU published its opinion on a single European patent court, one of the most eagerly awaited decisions in years, the European Commission also published its Trade Mark Study. This, in the words of John Alty, head of the UK's IPO, was "a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to change how the trade mark system works". He told the audience at ITMA's Spring Meeting that everyone involved in trade marks should take the time to digest and consider the study's implications.