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Since this is my first blog post as AIPLA President (or ever!), I thought I would give a brief preview of the upcoming year, and what you can expect from this blog

Nanotechnology is a growing area but licensing can be tricky. A session at the AIPLA Annual Meeting last week gave advice on that and the choice between exclusive and non-exclusive licensing

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. Mark Dreyfus, Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation, (left) said last month that the government has set up a panel to review extension arrangements for pharmaceutical patents. "In certain circumstances, pharmaceutical patents can be extended by up to five years beyond the normal patent term. These provisions were introduced back in 1998, and are due for review," he said.

New appointments at the EU's Luxembourg-based courts have seen two new judges and an advocate general begin work at the Court of Justice, with another judge at the General Court. The Court of Justice clarifies points of European law referred to it by judges in the EU's 27 member states and hears appeals of decisions of the General Court.

A US jury will decide whether a mother can claim damages from Universal Music, which issued a DCMA takedown notice over a home video she posted to YouTube of her infant son dancing to a Prince song. The 29-second recording shows Stephanie Lenz's son jumping around to the song Let's Go Crazy by Prince &The Revolution. The music can be heard in the background of the clip, which Lenz posted on YouTube back in 2007.

An Icann committee led by board member George Sadowsky has interviewed 16 candidates for the chief executive and president role, which Rod Beckstrom is leaving.

ACTA, the controversial international anti-piracy and counterfeiting treaty, has hit another hurdle after the European Commission announced this morning that it would ask Europe’s Court of Justice to consider its legality

Twelve heads of government have called for urgent action to reform copyright in a letter to EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso

French registry Afnic will introduce non-Latin characters in the six ccTLDs that it manages by July 2012, giving existing domain owners exclusive rights to take internationalised domain names (IDNs)

The US government has invited brand owners and domain industry specialists to a meeting in Washington DC next week to focus on improving US anti-cybersquatting laws