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Facebook flotation filing highlights IP risks as significant threat
Social network’s application to go public reveals insights into the IP challenges faced by large technology companies...  »
Domains in terrace clash over football fixture rights
Europe has been called in to referee a legal turf war over IP Rights in football data. Its verdict is set to clarify whether domain owners can reuse that information, writes Nick Huber...  »
Wikipedia on strike over proposed US IP legislation
Online encyclopaedia shuts down in protest against Acts designed to crack down on online piracy, claiming they will affect the way it distributes information...  »
IP becoming bigger influence in formulating business strategy
The commercial benefits of effective intellectual property management are increasingly being recognised, reveals CPA Global’s State of the IP Industry Survey 2011. But with budgets tight, aligning I....  »
Domains explosion fuels internet expansion
The domains population is poised to spike at the very moment that space on the internet is running short. But a massive new platform is coming to the rescue, writes Nick Huber...  »
Domain and copyright camps in conflict of IP interests
Copyright lobbyists and domains advocates have butted heads in the US. Matt Packer looks at a proposed Act that has pitted two IP communities against each other...  »
Crowdsourcing legal data: are we all e-discovery agents now?
Legal professionals will always play a vital role in building up trial evidence. However, writes Matt Packer, a creature called ‘the crowd’ is starting to do this automatically – all through eve....  »
Luck versus skill: The dicey history of board game IP
As the year’s biggest sales period for board games gets underway, Matt Packer explains how these colourful entertainments conceal decades of tinkering, toil and timely IP manoeuvres...  »
Lady goes gaga over Goo Goo parody
Eccentric singer fails to see funny side of novelty tribute, citing trademark and copyright infringement as the reasons for her Poker Face...  »
Twitter finally feeling chirpy after ‘Tweet’ trademark ruling
After rival ‘Tweet’ threatens to drown out social network’s IP, the name for its mode of communication finally comes home to roost...  »