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Rapporteur tells MEPs to reject ACTA

...Martin wrote. "In doing so, it is important to note that increased IP rights protection for European producers trading in the global marketplace is of... Read more

13 April, 2012

SOPA: Cheat Sheet

Not soap - something that could undermine the fundamental interconnectedness of the internet... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Natasha Lomas

UK patent office introduces online search tool

...would benefit "businesses researching patents, patent attorneys working for clients protecting their IP rights and potential inventors looking for the best way to find information... Read more

7 October, 2011 by David Meyer

UK must modernise copyright laws, report urges

...of an online Digital Copyright Exchange. This clearing house for intellectual property (IP) rights-holders and others would boost UK firms' access to transparent, contestable... Read more

18 May, 2011 by David Meyer

The end of Groklaw

...Ah, if only. Microsoft still claims — and actively litigates for — IP rights in Linux, and Lord only knows how the Java/Oracle fun... Read more

11 April, 2011

Android as Microsoft's most successful mobile OS, and other nightmares

...t have that, I'd like all negotiations that involve publicly granted IP rights — such as patents — to be held in public. Without secrecy, none... Read more

26 October, 2010

FSI launches patent suit against security firms

...that it will fight the infringement suit. "Websense respects the intellectual property (IP) rights of all organizations," said the company. "We do not believe we... Read more

16 July, 2010

MEPs urge new research on copyright infringement

...well as for government," the MEPs said, calling for the harmonisation of IP rights and multi-territory licences across Europe so people can have "access... Read more

2 June, 2010
Addressing ITAR Compliance With Teamcenter

Addressing ITAR Compliance With Teamcenter

...mitigate the risks of regulatory non-compliance and provide the Intellectual Property (IP) rights protections required by their corporate governance and supplier contracts Read more

1 August, 2010

Protesters target anti-piracy directive

As the controversial Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive heads into the European Parliament, citizens' rights groups are calling for amendments to limit the law's scope Read more

8 March, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

Small victory for studios in DVD-copying case

The US Supreme Court has stepped into what could become a precedent-setting case about where people who post information on the Internet can be sued Read more

3 January, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Government body says developing countries need open source

Proprietary software is too expensive, many shrink-wrap licences should be considered void, and reverse engineering of software is essential to help relieve poverty, a commission claims Read more

13 September, 2002 by Matt Loney

IP Rights, Again

...2009. Over and over, reports surface about Microsoft making secret deals over IP rights with various and large companies, like Amazon.com. Now recently yet... Read more

4 May, 2010

Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism

The Microsoft chairman holds forth on the anti-patent movement, competing with Google and the re-birth of Apple Read more

6 January, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Will's Web Watch: Kermit on drugs as IP rights go up in smoke

Who owns what? And just how protective can they afford to be...? Read more

14 April, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

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