Deloitte publishes Trademark Clearinghouse fees
Deloitte has revealed that IP owners will pay $150 to file their trademarks into the centralised trademark database – but they can pay discounted fees under an alternative pricing model.
China to open IP mediation centre
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is to open a mediation centre to deal with intellectual property and online piracy disputes, it was revealed at a conference last week.
Dotcom boom: Mega launches with a bang
Mega.co.nz, the successor to file-sharing site Megaupload, launched on Saturday with a spectacular display on founder Kim Dotcom’s estate in New Zealand.
Illegal downloads found on US Congress computers
A report by IP address tracker ScanEye has suggested that US Congress employees have illegally downloaded movies and TV programmes on work computers.
Nike recovers Russian domain name
Nike has recovered the nike.ru domain name in a cybersquatting dispute at the Moscow Arbitration Court.
News outlets face damages for Twitter images
A US court has ruled that The Washington Post and Agence France-Presse (AFP) both infringed a photographer’s copyright when they distributed and published images he had posted on Twitter.
Verizon puts the brakes on copyright infringement
Verizon plans to reduce the Internet speeds of repeat copyright infringers under a series of anti-piracy measures leaked on January 11.
Fight brewing over sports gTLDs
Rival applicants for the .rugby and .basketball generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are locked in an acrimonious battle over who has the right to own them, according to a letter published in January.
First gTLDs to launch later than expected
The first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will probably launch towards the end of 2013, according to the chairman of the board at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Trademark challenge against Nike found moot
The US Supreme Court ruled in Nike’s favour on Wednesday morning in a trademark dispute relating to its Air Force 1 trainers, finding Texas-based trainer company Already, LLC’s case moot.
