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International
[https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ChinaInternetTimYang.jpg]https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ChinaInternetTimYang.jpg More than a third of China’s citizens use the internet, according to a new report in Xinhua, China’s official news service. There a
Asia
[https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SteveBallmerMSFTSweden1.jpg]https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SteveBallmerMSFTSweden1.jpg The CEOs of some of the largest and most influential U.S. technology companies made the guest list at a gala White House state
Barack Obama
[https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ObamaHuDinner.jpg]https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ObamaHuDinner.jpg China’s “indigenous innovation” policies, and other trade issues with the United States will be in the spotlight Wednesday when both President Bara
Copyright
A reknowned hacker and 21-year-old whiz kid who was the first to unlock an iPhone says in a Thursday cable television interview that Sony’s lawsuit against him for his latest Sony PlayStation 3 hack only serves to highlight the absurdity of a landmark digital copyright law.
Intellectual Property
A search-related tech company’s patent infringement lawsuit against Google wasn’t frivolous and deserved a full hearing even though the smaller company’s CEO publicly proclaimed in a blog post that its technology is different from Google’s, and even though the legal system agreed with that conclusio
Tribal
Long Term Evolution is growing faster than any other mobile platform in history, according to a recent report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). The GSA report includes both variants of LTE: Time Division Duplex and Frequency Division Duplex. Mobile carriers are developing 128 netw
China
Chinese officials vowed to step up the government’s copyright enforcement this week ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington, DC next week.
Broadband Live
WASHINGTON, January 13, 2011 – Congress can’t get away from controversial copyright- and patent-related issues, said panelsts at the first Intellectual Property Breakfast Club of the new year on Tuesday, as the internet and intellectual property news and events service released the full length video
Wireless
As millions of cell phone subscribers considered the exciting option of signing up for an iPhone on Verizon Wireless’ network Tuesday, California government employees for their part were hit with the news that their work-related cell phones would be rescinded as Governor Jerry Brown embarks on his b
EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday formally named the members of its new intellectual property litigation team, bringing on board Yahoo’s senior legal director for copyright and an entertainment attorney from the law firm of Loeb & Loeb in Chicago.
Copyright
On Friday, the Library of Congress announced that it has put Senior Adviser Maria Pallante in charge as the current Register Marybeth Peters retires at the end of the year.
Copyright
The Copyright Alliance on Monday named Sandra Aistars as its executive director. Aistars succeeds the group’s Founder Patrick Ross, a well-respected Washington, D.C. technology journalist who left earlier this year to return to writing.
Copyright
The Motion Picture Association of America on Monday announced that it has hired Karen Thorland as vice president and senior content protection counsel.
Copyright
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’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
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.”
