Category: Intellectual property

Object lesson in cross-examination from the Federal Court … High Court Greek lesson for tobacco counsel … European trade mark bodies unite against plain packaging … German court holds YouTube liable for copyright infringement … Kenya High Court puts health before IP rights … US court finds intellectual property can’t be “stolen” ... Russian wrangle over beard trademark ... more

Huge High Court victory for iiNet … No injunctive relief for Australia Post … Swedish court orders disclosure of personal info … Magicians fight over trick … Mixed result for MegaUpload … Google and Oracle in landmark copyright battle … Two One Directions, one too many ... more

Greg Norman’s “shark mark” holds court … CSIRO settles US WLAN litigation … Nokia applies for “vibrating tattoo” patent … Latest round in YouTube v Viacom saga … myVidster injuncted over gay porn site … French law cuts internet piracy in half … Hyundai loses case over Louis Vuitton basketball ad … Austrian Easter bunny litigation goes Lindt’s way ... more

Musicians’ royalties not “unconstitutional” ... Draft terms of reference for review of digital exceptions to copyright … Apple under fire over iPad compatibility … No copying Bauhaus in Europe … Downloaders sidestep Sinde law … Ben Dover Productions wins porn robbers case … British Glee Club sues Twentieth Century Fox … Toto takes on Sony … Class action against Apple’s Siri ... more

Aboriginal artist gets Australian Federal Court payout from US filmmaker … VIVO infringes TiVo … Gene patenting legislation sails through … More on plain packaging, open copyright, Pi and the imminent launch of a fleet of airborne servers ... more

Federal Court affirms copyright for automated documents … AFL boss off the misleading and deceptive conduct hook … Melbourne Football Club logo intact … UK court rules on intellectual property in phone-hacking case …Mein Kampf still protected by Bavarian copyright …Hacktivists mount digital civil disobedience …Re-education for serial illegal downloaders ... Cease-and-desist for Justin Bieber game ... more

Federal Court approves online music simulcasting … Rapper “Pitbull” sues WA DJ … Optus TV Now seeks to injunct AFL boss Demetriou … Cancer genes patent in court … Dutch consider copyright “remix exemption” ... Pirate Bay website to be blocked … Google attacked over file-sharing … Californian legal action over student note-sharing … Madonna/porn movie pickle ... more

IP news from around the globe … Federal Court trade mark win for Botox … Pornographic video file-sharer claims 19th century copyright protection … New Yorker arrested over copyright infringement … Channel Islands to introduce registrable image rights … Beyonce to register her baby’s name as a trade mark ... more

All the latest IP news … Optus TV Now decision … Win, but no damages for G-Star … Copyright Tribunal to hear Screenrights royalties application …. Albanese caught out stealing script … Gingrich sued over pump up campaign tune … Obama stops short of opposing SOPA ... more