Category: Intellectual property

IPA issues strict new guidelines for opposition proceedings … Aussie record label in legal stoush with Harvard Professor of Law … Innovative projects pulled as gaming fans infringe copyright ... more

Changes proposed to Australia’s IP laws … Kiwi court supports single Australia/NZ IP market … IT pricing inquiry recommendations … YouTube, copyright and cover bands ... more

Queensland nurses in IP dispute with state government … Pubs and clubs in fees dispute with APRA … Musicians’ online royalties threatened … News-clipping services’ copyright dispute settled ... more

Plain packaging debate has a dress rehearsal … Amendments to Australia’s IP laws to help Third World … France removes controversial anti-piracy penalty … Microsoft takes on US Department of Homeland Security ... more

Australian Law reform Commission releases its Copyright and the Digital Economy discussion paper … New patent provisions impact on Australian law … Patent troll to be challenged in US court ... more

“Superman” wins the day … Google updates AdWords policy in Australia … Free trade agreement delayed, again … Final report into compulsory licensing … Obama targets patent trolls ... more

Plenty of IP action in the US … Supreme Court establishes “international copyright exhaustion” ... Samsung creates US patent office … Report urges crackdown on Chinese IP theft ... more

Cuba joins challenge to Australia’s plain packaging laws for tobacco products … Australia’s bid to battle piracy stalls … 3D printing rights-holders at risk as technology develops … Irate Californian judge comes down on copyright trolls ... more

Corby copyright win uncontroversial … New WIPO document … Anti-counterfeiting and piracy conference … China cracks down on online piracy ... more

Indian Supreme Court rules in favour of the country’s massive generic pharmaceuticals industry … Swiss company’s cancer drug patent denied … Dramatic twists and turns in US intellectual property and alleged fraud case … Sebastian Dixon reports ... more

Appeal over gene patenting decision … Federal Court opens door to generic cholesterol drug ... Apple’s entire catalogue under attack … US to consider shortening copyright terms ... more

Pharmaceutical patents review update … IP Australia’s new PSO fees … Extra royalties for radio internet streaming … Samsung’s Apple damages slashed ... more