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Sports gear industry aims to thrash counterfeiters
Three major trade associations and leading customs group line up grudge match with makers of imitative products...  »
UK names its IP attaché to Southeast Asia
Business veteran Tan Shin Yuan will bring IP management expertise to region tipped to be fourth-largest global market by 2030...  »
Gates-backed humanitarian venture fends off domain payout demand
WIPO arbitrators extinguish attempt to wring half a million Euros from charitable UN fund dedicated to providing drugs to developing world...  »
ICANN to review WhoIs system for domain registrations
Key resource for assisting the investigation of IP abuse set for an overhaul, following internal report’s claim that the current format is ‘broken’...  »
Is .xxx already a spent force for adult domains?
Content watchdog’s research shows that most online providers of risqué entertainment are still occupying the .com landscape, ignoring the specialist suffix created in 2011...  »
US and Mexican enforcers team up in Christmas blitz on fakes
Bilateral customs effort aims to put bogus goods on ICE over the holiday season...  »
Microsoft bans Xbox users over Halo 4 piracy
Consoles give technology corporation clues about IP abuse of its most important games release this year...  »
IP becomes master of disguise on Halloween night
Outfits for attending the planet’s annual dressing-up party do more than conceal people’s identities. They also harbour their own unique set of copyright, trademark and image-rights issues, wri....  »
WIPO director calls for worldwide system of IP rules to quell ‘patent wars’
In a keynote address, Dr Francis Gurry suggests a solution to IP challenges posed by global markets...  »
Soundalike brand proves Cointreau-versial for orange liqueur lawyers
Beverage producer levels cocktail of allegations against Mexican rival, and manages tequila three birds with one stone...  »