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Feel-good fable of the fake underwear
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After a fruitless afternoon searching for suitably modest artwork involving the terms 'cat' and 'underwear' the IPKat pauses for reflection .... Late last year, this Kat brought you an 'IP-feel-good-story' of counterfeit clothes being given to...
Articles: European Journal of Int’l Law and Goettingen Journal of Int’l Law
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“Fighting Maritime Piracy under the European Convention on Human Rights”, European Journal of International Law, Volume 22, Issue 3, by Stefano Piedimonte Bodini, Head of Division at the Programme and Budget Department of the Council of Europe (a...
Somalia and Piracy
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The 3011th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs held in Brussels on 10 May 2010 discussed the situation in Somalia, focusing on piracy and the issue of the prosecution of suspected pirates captured by ships taking part in Operation EU NAVFOR Atalanta.
Release of ACTA text is good, but many battles remain
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The ACTA negotiatiors, who have just concluded their meeting in New Zealand, have issued a press release where they say that they will make the consolidated text coming out of the discussions available on Wednesday 21 April. This is a step in the rig...
DVDs vs. Pirate copies..
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via: Infographic: buying DVDs vs pirating them DE – New Internet Legislation Embarrasses German Government from CyberLaw Blog by admin Can E-readers and Tablets Save the News? from Mashable! by Leah Betancourt Google’s Living Stories to becom...
European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
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The Commission aims to ensure that a truly efficient and proportionate system of enforcement of intellectual property rights exists, both within and outside the internal market, said the press release of 14 December 2009 (IP/09/1919).IPREDAlready the...
EU: “Manifold initiatives” for enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR)
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The blog post Innovating Europe and the knowledge society (15 January 2010) looked at what the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union held in store for the knowledge society (European Digital Agenda) generally. In a nutshell: positiv...
Atalanta chief on EU fight against pirates
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"Operation Atalanta" is the codename for the EU anti-piracy campaign off the Somali coast, seeking to protect to vessels crossing these treacherous waters. It is no small task considering the size of the area the operation has to patrol. Operation Co...
Modern pirates conquering the European Union on party boats
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In a blog post on Taurillon, the never satisfied Cédric covers the creation of "Pirate Parties" all over Europe, hinting inter alia to the international platform that these new formations have put up.To make it very short: These Pirate Parties focus...
European Counterfeiting and Piracy Observatory launched
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The European Counterfeiting and Piracy Observatory was duly launched 2 April 2009. The Commission has now published some additional information on the aims and organisation of the Observatory (Frequently Asked Questions; MEMO/ 09/146). *** Council
European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
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On 2 April the Commission of the European Communities is going to launch a European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy. This is a new step in the European Union’s fight against fake goods, illegal downloading and other infringements of intell...
