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ICANN may help owners recover domain names after expiry
ICANN is reviewing whether or not people have enough opportunity to reclaim
domain names that they have allowed to expire. A committee of the domain name administration body
has said that current rules do not work.
27/08/2009
Beijing ruling shows why foreign companies need a patent strategy for China
OPINION: When France's Schneider Electric faced a patent battle in a Chinese
court it had reason to feel confident. It thought it had a solid prior art case for invalidating the
patent, and foreign companies win 95% of patent cases in the Chinese courts.
26/08/2009
New directors' addresses to be automatically hidden from October
All new company directors' home addresses will be hidden from 1st October this
year. Directors will also be able to stop Companies House from revealing addresses even to
credit agencies and public bodies.
26/08/2009
Lego stops Spinal Tap using Lego characters in DVD
Lego has succeeded in stopping spoof rock band Spinal Tap from using images of
its figures in a music video. A trade mark law expert said that in some cases trade mark law
could be used to prevent film-makers using trade marked goods.
25/08/2009
Keyword choice is subject to advertising rules, say FSA and OFT
Advertisers' choice of keywords to trigger search ads for financial products and
services is regulated in the same way as the content of the ads, UK regulators have warned.
They also cautioned firms against sponsoring rivals' names as keywords.
25/08/2009
UK plan to disconnect file-sharers might be made redundant by ECJ, says expert
The Government's plan to cut off suspected file sharers from the internet might
be rendered irrelevant by a ruling from Europe's top court, an intellectual property expert
has said.
25/08/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: Teenage clicks
27/08/2009: Feargal Sharkey, former Undertone turned industry bigwig, discusses a recent report on the real downloading habits of the UK's youth and just how many concessions the industry should make to downloaders.
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