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07 Jan 2011
Open source software advocates have asked a German competition law regulator to investigate the purchase of patents owned by Novell by a consortium led by Microsoft and including Apple, Oracle and EMC.
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06 Jan 2011
Rates of intellectual property infringement in the EU are "alarming", according to the European Commission. It says that an EU law on IP rights has had some effect, but that the legal measure was not designed to deal with online piracy.
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06 Jan 2011
Copyright law can protect the graphical user interfaces that connect a machine's users with its functions, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
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06 Jan 2011
Product placement will be allowed in UK TV programmes for the first time from 28th February. Media regulator Ofcom confirmed that paid-for references to products and services will be permitted in programmes from that date.
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06 Jan 2011
A senior executive at the News of the World has been suspended amid allegations that phone hacking there was more widespread than previously admitted.
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06 Jan 2011
The Government will extend the reach of freedom of information (FOI) laws to an increased number of bodies. It will also make the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) independent of the Ministry of Justice, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said....
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