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Intellectual Property Office reports on millions of pounds worth of...

The Intellectual Property Office’s annual Intellectual Property Crime Report has shown the millions of pounds of pirated or counterfeit products that have been seized in the last year. The Report also...

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It’s game over at level 1 for Nintendo DS mod chip importer – Nintendo v...

Nintendo has obtained summary judgment in its claim against the importer of a mod chip product that circumvented Nintendo’s technological copy-protection measures intended to stop unlawful copies of...

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Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first...

ACS:Law may be the first business to incur the recently introduced expanded fines of up to £500,000. The controversial law firm has made its name by sending out thousands of letters to alleged...

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Intellectual Property Office website struck down by Operation Payback

The website of The Intellectual Property Office was down for a whole day, after it suffered a denial of service attack at the hands of Operation Payback. Operation Payback is an anonymous group...

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PlayStation is not for hacking – Sony files legal action

Sony has filed proceedings in the Northern District Court of California against a number of hackers who published security codes for the PlayStation 3. The security codes effectively “sign” software,...

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Sony, pirates and Hotz stuff

As an update to my story on 27 January about attempts to circumnavigate Sony’s copy protection systems on its PS3 consoles (here),  Computer & Video Games magazine has just published an update from...

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European Commission updates counterfeit goods regulation to help rights...

The European Commission has published a proposed Regulation regarding the customs enforcement of intellectual property rights. If implemented, the Regulation would update the Counterfeit Goods...

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European Commission publishes strategy for IP rights

The European Commission has published its strategy for intellectual property rights. There are some common themes with the Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report – in particular, ensuring that the...

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Italian court says Yahoo! Does not need to remove links to infringing site

An Italian court has denied a claim made by a distributor of an Iranian film called “About Elly” that Yahoo! should remove search results that provide links to infringing copies of the film. The judge...

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European Court says Belgian Internet service provider does not have to block...

Scarlet, a Belgian Internet service provider, should not be required to block the content of its website users as a measure to prevent them from infringing copyright in music belonging to Sabam’s music...

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After BT, now Sky blocks Newzbin2

Following its recent success in obtaining a court order for BT to block access to its users to Newzbin2, the file-sharing website,, the file-sharing website, the Motion Picture Association has asked...

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Student to be extradited to US for “authorising copyright infringement”

A student who ran a website called “TVShack”, which contained links to other websites that provided pirate copies of copyrighted material, should be extradited to the US on charges of “authorising...

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UK teenage website operator faces extradition to US for making money out of...

A UK man who was a teenager when he operated the tvshack.net website is facing extradition to the US after the Home Secretary approved the US’s request. Richard O’Dwyer’s site made £150,000 from...

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