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Last month the result of the US WTO case against China for poor IP enforcement was leaked and both sides won on different points. Peter Ollier looks at the implications
IP protection in China remains a controversial and politicised issue. Mark Cohen looks back at his four years working as IP attaché at the US Embassy in Beijing
The US Senate last month approved legislation intended to improve enforcement of IP rights in the US
I work for a business with consumer-facing brands. A lot of our customers seem to have avatars in Second Life. How can we ensure our IP rights are not abused in such virtual worlds?
Mark Harding explains the issues that await all IP owners as they look to join the digital revolution, and offers five lessons from the music industry's experience
Ninety-five years is enough time to play the same four-minute piece of music more than 12.5 million times
With IP reforms being discussed around the world, this year's selection of the most influential people in IP features many politicians and campaigners. But there are also a few surprises
Former WIPO deputy director-general Geoffrey Yu spoke to Peter Ollier about how the Organization should heal divisions and move forward under new leadership
The UAE is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Hazem Farah Kakish and Simmy Flame Rease explain how you can keep counterfeits out of this burgeoning market
The US House Judiciary Committee has passed a bill designed to give the government more powers to crack down on IP crime
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has searched the offices of the country's largest music licensing society
Greenberg Traurig and Managing IP held a web seminar in March to discuss the most effective techniques to fight counterfeiting in China
Managing IP unveils the results of part three of the world's most detailed and authoritative survey of the IP market. Following five months' research, in this issue we list the leading firms for copyright work in 16 of the world's most important IP markets
The UK is considering a new exception to copyright infringement for parody, pastiche and caricature. Darren Meale and Paul England explain what it will need to address
The internet has issued many challenges to traditional copyright law - not least in the area of fair use. Stephen Meyers reviews the leading US cases to explain where the courts have set the limits
Two recent German Supreme Court decisions have highlighted the differentiated approach required towards copyright levies on new media devices, says Fabian Niemann
Last month Dubai hosted the Fourth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting. Managing IP and Rouse & Co organized a roundtable to discuss how the issues raised affect IP owners in the region
Latin America represents an increasingly attractive investment option for many IP owners. But how should they protect their rights there? Managing IP, Olivares & Cia, Baker & McKenzie Latin America and Obligado & Cia hosted a roundtable to discuss the issue
The term of protection for sound recordings in the European Union will be extended from 50 to 95 years, under proposals announced by Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy on February 14
The supply of counterfeits from factories in China creates a big headache for brand owners. Mark Chernick outlines some unorthodox cures
A collecting society has reacted angrily to a German decision not to apply copyright levies to normal, everyday computer printers
Music buyers in the UK will soon pay less to download music from Apple's iTunes store after the US company said it would standardize music prices across Europe
A Beijing appeal court has upheld a lower court's decision to find Yahoo! China, the search engine owned by online commerce group Alibaba, liable for copyright infringement
Consumers in the UK could get the right to transfer music or films between CDs and MP3 players without fear of breaking the law
The US Senate has voted to ratify the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement
Four US companies have been sued for failing to comply with open source software licences. What do software users need to do to ensure that they stay on the right side of the law?
Can IP owners take action against landlords who allow counterfeits to be sold on their premises? Reports from seven jurisdictions
Copyright has not always proven an effective tool for fashion designers in the US. But, explain Peter Fields and Kristen McCallion, design patents and trade marks are viable alternatives
The head of Ethiopia's IP Office explains why developing countries should embrace IP rights
The Delhi High Court has prevented an Indian publisher from selling fake versions of a Harry Potter book
Last year Russia overhauled its IP legislation. Managing IP hosted a roundtable in Moscow to discuss the changes
Managing IP spoke to the UK's new minister for IP, Lord Triesman, to discuss the role of the IP Office, upholding the public domain and how to make the UK fake-free
More films could be deemed to be still under copyright following two rulings from Tokyo's District Court
The authorities now have more powers to prosecute traders of fake goods
Canada's Supreme Court has ruled that copyright law cannot be used to stop parallel imports where the copyright rights have been exclusively licensed
Google has failed to placate copyright owners in Japan who are angry at what they believe is the failure of the video clip-sharing website to protect their rights
The value of fake goods traded internationally could be as high as $200 billion according to a preliminary report published by the OECD on June 4
The leaders of the world's eight richest countries have promised a "new international dialogue" on innovation and IP protection
Following the recent decision in Douglas v Hello!, Isabel Davies and Tom Scourfield introduce a review of image rights protection in Europe
Technological advances are putting copyright law under pressure in India. Poorvi Chothani assesses where the courts are likely to draw the line
It has long been accepted that the UK does not acknowledge image rights as a distinct legal concept. In the first half of a two-part article, Isabel Davies and Tom Scourfield look at the face of image rights in the UK following a recent House of Lords judgment
Cambridge University Press has won two injunctions in New Delhi to stop the company's rights in its English language teaching material from being infringed
US trade negotiators will be forced to limit the IP demands they make of their trading partners under a new policy announced by American politicians on May 10
The manager of a shopping complex in Sarawak has been charged with allowing a tenant to sell pirated CDs in what is believed to be the first criminal landlord liability case in Malaysia
The US Trade Representative has highlighted Russia and China in its 2007 Special 301 Report
A new watchdog is being set up in France to regulate digital rights management systems and ensure that copyright owners and users follow the rules on copyright exceptions
Deals between patent owners and open source distributors using the GNU General Public Licence version 3 would be blocked if the latest draft of the GPL is adopted
Counterfeiting is the scourge of IP owners. But if they are to tackle the problem effectively, they need to understand why people disregard their IP rights and ensure they are using the latest enforcement techniques. MIP provides a guide. Peter Ollier, Emma Barraclough, James Nurton and Shahnaz Mahmud
Hong Kong used to be a counterfeit buyer's paradise. But over the past 10 years Customs officials have upped their efforts to drive the sellers from the streets and smash the syndicates that control the trade. Peter Ollier followed a team of officers over three days to find out how successful they have been
Companies losing millions of dollars to makers of fakes want consumers to understand that counterfeiting harms legitimate businesses, exploits workers and is often run by criminal gangs with murky links to terrorism. So why do people still buy knock-offs? Peter Ollier took the short journey from Hong Kong to Shenzhen to see how the counterfeit buyers justify their purchases
Do copyright laws incentivize artists to create in a way that benefits society as a whole, or do they discourage innovation by locking up culture for the financial benefit of a small minority? MIP asked a copyright owner and a pro-piracy campaigner to debate whether the copyright law balance has tipped too far in favour of rights holders. Christian Engström of the Swedish Pirate Party opens the correspondence, and Scott Martin of Paramount Pictures responds
Shahnaz Mahmud, New York
James Nurton, London
In the second and final part of MIP's annual survey of the world's leading IP firms, this month we publish the trade mark and copyright rankings. The tables, spanning the Americas, Asia and Europe, cover both prosecution and contentious work in 65 jurisdictions
Eklavya Gupte, London
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