(IP finance) What a concept: sharing new inventions with the world is good for the inventor (Techdirt) Global - Copyright On verifying the Commons (Creative Commons) Australia High Court rules on contributory patent infringement: Northern Territory v V Collins & Anor (Managing Intellectual Property) Valuating IP: reputation in trade marks and section 60 evidence? [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Highlights this week included: Belgium - eBay wins ruling against L’Oreal in dispute over liability for counterfeit goods sold in online auctions: (Managing Intellectual Property), (Counterfeit Chic), (IPKat), (Class 46), (Techdirt), (Ars Technica) US CAFC holds that copying free software without complying with license is copyright infringement: Robert… [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Court reconsidering baseless ‘making available’ theory in file-sharing case Capitol Records v Jammie Thomas; amicus briefs from, MPAA, PFF: (Electronic Frontier Foundation), (Electronic Fontier Foundation), (Techdirt), (Ars Technica), (Patry Copyright Blog), (Patry Copyright Blog) ICANN approves rules allowing brands… [read post]

In a brave, new preemption world, such things might amount to breaches in the dike preventing liability. [read post]

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