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Pressure mounts on ICANN to tighten trademark protection in new domains landscape
Coalition of major brand owners calls for reassurance on safeguards as internet registrations set to soar...  »
NESTA launches ‘Plan I’ to make up for UK’s ‘lost decade’ of innovation
Charity tables 12 recommendations for rebuilding the UK economy around an inventive infrastructure...  »
Google+ to issue ‘vanity URLs’
Plans announced by leading search platform give brand owners an opportunity to expand their web presences...  »
Weighing up the billions lost from software piracy
A major report on unlicensed software has highlighted a soaring escalation of the problem. However, writes Matt Packer, support for the IP Rights of official vendors has far from vanished...  »
ICANN’s grand domains reveal: the trends behind the fanfare
Global authority’s outgoing president and CEO Rod Beckstrom has at last announced the list of applicants for new domain suffixes. Matt Packer combs the details for themes that have special interest ....  »
Banking group sounds alarm over potential abuse of finance gTLDs
Leading European watchdog highlights suffixes that could be snatched by ‘unscrupulous individuals’ aiming to defraud consumers of financial services, writes Nick Huber...  »
A compulsory weakening of the patent system?
Two high-profile decisions to requisition patents from pharmaceutical companies may conflict with key provisions in international IP agreements, writes Matt Packer...  »
Dubai or not Dubai? Fake Primark store opens in UAE
Bogus branch of discount fashion chain springs up in shopping paradise...  »
Google answers searching questions on IP ownership
Company clarifies that rights in content submitted to cloud-storage facility will remain with their creators...  »
Europe and Brazil strike up patent partnership
Mutual filing processes and technical disclosures set for major improvements in wake of agreement...  »