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In Australia last month, the Federal Court controversially ruled in favour of telecoms provider Optus, saying it did not infringe copyright laws by showing sports online with its new TV recording app TV Now.

Icann may implement more mechanisms to protect trade mark owners in the new gTLD space, senior vice president Kurt Pritz told Managing IP. Pritz said he believed that the existing protection measures were complete. But he said the public comment period on defensive registrations could force Icann to strengthen IP protection.

On Thursday, the Court of Justice will rule in a dispute over the ownership of IP rights in football league fixture lists in a decision that should clarify the rules on database protection. Managing IP provides a preview

USPTO Patent Reform Coordinator Janet Gongola gave Eileen McDermott a sneak peek into the work leading up to the release of the rules package implementing the contested cases provisions of the America Invents Act

What a difference a couple of months makes. Back in December, Apple was winning round after round of smartphone patent battles against Samsung, in Germany, the Netherlands and Australia. Most of those rulings have since been narrowed or overturned, and now Apple is having its products removed from the shelves – in Germany and China.

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht last week said that the Court of Justice of the EU will be asked to rule on the legitimacy of ACTA. But how soon can an opinion be expected?

Did you know that Mr Justice Arnold drives an electric car to work? Apparently a G-wiz is just the thing for zipping between Islington and the Royal Courts of Justice. Or that an EPO examiner gets a reminder popping up on his computer every 30 minutes telling him to take a "microbreak"? They have special joysticks and voice-controlled software too. Perhaps most arcane, I'm sure you didn't know that if one English barrister is particularly impressed with the work of a junior from another chambers, he might have a "red bag" made for him to carry his robes to court. They are made by a special firm of outfitters and have the barrister's initials embroidered on them.

Initially, it seemed like an isolated reaction in Poland, a hangover from the protests against US legislation SOPA and PIPA earlier in the month. But then rapporteurs started resigning and one by one, European governments declared they would not be ratifying the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Or at the least, that they needed more time.

Eileen McDermott explains the impact of the new USPTO rules for post-grant review, inter partes review and other proceedings under the America Invents Act

Pharmaceutical companies could find the life of their patents cut short in Australia after the government announced it is rethinking provisions that enable patent rights to be extended for up to five years