Copyright
Motion Picture Association Fills Litigation Counsel Spot
The Motion Picture Association of America on Monday announced that it has hired Karen Thorland as vice president and senior content protection counsel.
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Copyright
China Agrees To Update Intellectual Property Rules, Asks U.S. To Relax Export Controls
Government officials from both the United States and China on Wednesday said that they had made progress on several key issues that had been on the table during their trade negotiations in the past couple of days in Washington, D.C.
Copyright
Harvard Crimson Gives A Positive Review Of The Movie Industry’s Approach To Illegal Downloading
Harvard’s student newspaper on Monday endorsed the way that the movie industry has approached the phenomenon of illegal downloading at university campuses, calling it “a sensible compromise.”
Intellectual Property
Report: Chinese Companies Copy, Then Undercut Foreign Competitors
The New York Times on Tuesday profiled Spanish wind turbine parts maker Gamesa and its experience as a manufacturer in China. The paper reports that the company was made to train local suppliers, who then “undermine Gamesa by selling parts to its Chinese competitors.”
Intellectual Property
Google, Microsoft, Obama Admin team Up To Fight Drug Counterfeiters Online
The Obama administration, alongside a group of 11 key technology companies on Tuesday unveiled a new non-profit group aimed at cracking down on online “pharmacies” that sell fake drugs. “Trafficking in counterfeits is not victimless,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the White House Intelle
Senate Finance
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Keeps Up Pressure on Chinese
As requested by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, the U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday released the first of two comprehensive reports detailing the impact of China’s “indigenous innovation” policies and its local intellectual property enforcement regime on the U.S. economy.
Copyright
Movie and Newspaper Associations, Software Makers Support Viacom’s Appeal of Billion Dollar YouTube Court Decision
A Clinton administration architect of a digital age copyright law, a former solicitor general for the United States, and an army of content industry associations on Friday sided with Viacom in its appeal of a June court decision that said that YouTube wasn’t liable for infringing the media company’s
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New Date for ‘China & Intellectual Property with the Chinese Embassy IP Attache’
WASHINGTON, December 7, 2010 – The internet and intellectual property policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com is postponing its December breakfast , “China & Intellectual Property with the Chinese Embassy IP Attache.” An unforeseen change in the schedule of Fuli Chen, the Chinese Emba
Intellectual Property
Ahead of Visit, U.S. Senators Petition China’s Vice Premier on Intellectual Property, Indigenous Innovation, and Beef
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Monday asked China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan to resolve several “longstanding irritants to the U.S.-China economic relationship” ahead of the Chinese dignatory’s visit next week to participate in an annual trade summit in Washington D.C. [https://broadbandbre
Copyright
Viacom: YouTube Doesn’t Qualify For the DMCA’s Safe Harbor
Google’s YouTube isn’t eligible for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor provisions because its founders deliberately built the business on pirated content, according to media behemoth Viacom’s lawyers in an appeal of a June district court ruling against its favor. The appeal cites int
Copyright
MPAA Interim Chief “Encouraged” By Google’s Efforts to Curb Online Piracy
The acting chief of the Motion Picture Association of America says that he was “encouraged” by Google’s recent announcement about technical changes it is making to stifle online piracy.
Copyright
Justice Alito Says High Court Should Have Addressed Question of Copyright Notices Online
Justice Samuel Alito told his colleagues last week that they missed a rare opportunity to clarify copyright law in the digital age when they declined to hear a case concerning the question of when an individual is sufficiently notified of a musical work’s rights status.
Copyright
Report: Russian Authorities Drop Piracy Charges Against Environmental Group
Russian authorities have quietly dropped their piracy charges against an environmental group that had been critical of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s environmental record after Microsoft declined to co-operate in the investigation, according to the New York Times.
Intellectual Property
Have Fake iPads Landed in the U.S.?
Several news stories during the year have reported on the inevitable fake iPad flooding the market in China, but it now appears that one version of a counterfeit iPad has appeared in the United States.
Justice Department
China Launches Sweeping New Intellectual Property Enforcement Campaign
The Chinese government on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping intellectual property enforcement initiative that appears designed to reverse the culture of piracy that has so far been the norm in the country. The initiative was unveiled by China’s Deputy Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei at a Tuesday news con
FCC
FCC Moves to Improve Spectrum Availability and Use By Taking from Broadcasters
WASHINGTON, December 1, 2010 – The FCC unanimously passed three measures aimed at improving spectrum availability and efficiency while spurring innovation at its November open meeting on Tuesday. The wireless industry applauded the agency’s move. The first measure would reallocate over-the-air broa
