The defamation case was decided in favour of the actor Geoffrey Rush, who had sued News Corp’s Nationwide News, the publisher of the Daily Telegraph, over allegations the newspaper published regarding Rush’s inappropriate behaviour with an unnamed fellow actor, later identified as Eryn Jean Norvill, who gave evidence in the case. [read post]

(IPKat)   Germany Regional Court Munich I partly rejects Bavarian state government’s attempt to use copyright laws to prevent reprints of Nazi newspaper by British publisher Peter McGee (IPKat) (The IP Factor)   India Delhi High Court restores PPL’s right to sue for copyright infringement on behalf of its members: PPL v Hotel Gold Regency & Ors (Spicy IP) Punitive damages as effective penalty (International Law Office) Religion… [read post]