Study suggests US patent examination of higher quality than in Europe or Australia
A recently-published study suggests that the quality of patent examination undertaken in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is higher than that undertaken by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Australian Patent Office (APO). The study, published in 16 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. (2016), provides an answer to a question that, rather surprisingly, has not ... Read the full post ...
8th Francis Gurry Lecture on IP: “What does a good IP system look like? Good for whom?”
Pippa Hall, Chief Economist at the UK Intellectual Property Office, will present the 2016 Francis Gurry Lecture on Intellectual Property, on the topic “What does a good IP system look like? Good for whom?” The Lecture will be delivered in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth on 21, 22 and 24 November, respectively. In a world where the ... Read the full post ...
EU Court of Justice rules that unauthorised for-profit hyperlinks are illegal
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has determined that hyperlinking to illegally published copyright material constitutes an infringement when done for a profit. In GS Media v Sanoma Media, the CJEU ruled that hyperlinking to illegally published material is an infringement of copyright (by way of being a communication to the public) ... Read the full post ...
US government intends IANA functions transfer to ICANN by 1 October 2016
The United States Commerce Department has confirmed it will hand over oversight of the internet domain name system root zone and other core internet infrastructure registries to the ICANN no later than 1 October 2016. ... Read the full post ...
Six key issues under consideration at ICANN 56
Dispute resolution mechanisms, a further round of new gTLD applications, and enhancing accountability are among the key issues to be considered at the 56th meeting of ICANN being held in Helsinki. A discussion of the following 6 key issues under consideration at ICANN 56 is set out in a Mayer Brown report: Review of the ... Read the full post ...
US Commerce Department approves ICANN’s proposal for privatisation of IANA functions
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the US Department of Commerce has found to be “satisfactory” ICANN’s proposal for transition of IANA stewardship. In its Assessment Report of the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal, the NTIA finds that the ICANN proposal has broad community support and will achieve the following four principles: support and ... Read the full post ...
Divided views in US on IANA stewardship transition
Witnesses before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing examining the plan for IANA authority were divided on when—and whether—to transition stewardship, reports Mayer Brown. ... Read the full post ...
Australian ISPs and copyright owners ditch “three-strikes” piracy scheme
A “three-strikes” system to combat online copyright piracy in Australia is on hold, due to the inability of IPSs and copyright holders to agree on how to pay for the scheme. In a joint letter to the Australian Communications and Media Authority, ISPs and rights-holders said it had “not proved possible to reach agreement on ... Read the full post ...
Draft proposal for EU Regulation on geo-blocking leaked
News site Politico this week leaked a draft proposal for an EU Regulation addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on place of residence or nationality within the EU, reports Hogan Lovells. ... Read the full post ...
Not clear that VPN use is a copyright infringement
While copyright holders push for services such as Netflix to enforce geographical licensing restrictions, practitioners worldwide say the law is unclear as to whether getting around so-called geoblocks to access restricted content actually constitutes copyright infringement, reports BNA Legal. ... Read the full post ...
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