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April 26, 2010

Some Articles and News on World IP Day

Filed under: Advice, Articles and News,Intellectual Property — Tags: — info @ 2:03 am

Happy World Intellectual Property Day

Here are some news snippets:

  1. No ® for iPhone
    A Swiss court has ruled that the word mark iPhone can’t be protected as a trademark because it is purely descriptive.
    The ‘i’ stands for Internet and ‘Phone’ for telephone, the court concluded.
  2. Google has failed in its bid to claim the domain name Groovle.com. According to the National Arbitration Forum, the name Groovle is sufficiently different to
    Google. 
  3. A private citizen in Germany has been ordered to surrender 1,519 domain
    names to InterContinental Hotels and Six Continents Hotels, a WIPO arbitration panellist ruled recently in what may be the biggest-ever
    domain name case.
    Some names were like crown-plaza-berlin.com and express-by-holiday-inndortmund.com. 

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April 20, 2010

European Commission, Brand Owners and Online Retailers

Filed under: EU - European Union,Intellectual Property,Online Legal Issues — Tags: , , — info @ 9:29 pm

The European Commission unveiled revised antitrust rules allowing luxury brand owners to block online retailers without a bricks-and-mortar shop from distributing their products.

In a bid to counter criticism from online retailers such as eBay and Amazon as well as consumer groups that the provision could restrict user choice, the European Union competition watchdog said it would monitor developments.

Brand owners – often in the high-end or luxury goods market – had argued for the requirement to deter so-called free-riders, competitors who may benefit from their marketing that luxury brands carry out without bearing the same costs.

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April 8, 2010

Internet Blocking and Digital Economy Bill UK

Filed under: Countries,Cyber Culture Computer Security,Intellectual Property,UK — Tags: — info @ 9:04 pm

Innocent people could be blocked from going on to the internet by the Digital Economy Bill

The bill, which aims to clamp down on illegal file-sharing but many fear that owners of internet cafes, students in shared accommodation and parents will be punished for the alleged abuse of others.

If a copyright holder, such as a record company, believes someone is illegally downloading music, films or games they can approach the person’s internet service provider.

If the infringement continues their internet connection could be blocked.

However, there may be no recourse for innocent web users who share internet connections with offenders.

Websites which are repeatedly found flouting copyright law can also be blocked by the government.

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