Chinese software pirate faces 25 years
A Chinese national who pleaded guilty to distributing hundreds of pirated software titles online will be sentenced on May 3, 2013.
Google and Yahoo appear on ‘piracy’ ad list
A report from the University of Southern California has ranked Google and Yahoo on the top-ten list of companies that place adverts on alleged pirated websites.
Xunlei shuts down ‘pirate’ search engine
Chinese web company Xunlei has shut down its search engine Gougou, which the US government had accused of promoting piracy.
Del Monte and Amazon prosper in gTLD raffle
Amazon and Del Monte have both ranked highly in a raffle-like draw used to determine which generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will launch first next year.
US government removes Taobao from Notorious Markets list
The US government has published its annual Notorious Markets list and removed Chinese retail website Taobao from last year’s report.
Trademark Clearinghouse fees capped at $150
Rights owners will pay no more than $150 to file their individual marks into the Trademark Clearinghouse, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) confirmed yesterday.
New gTLD applicants await raffle draw
Applicants can buy their tickets for ICANN’s gTLD ‘prioritisation draw’ until 19.00 GMT on December 17, two hours before the raffle begins.
Complaint filed over gTLD trademark meetings
The ombudsman at the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has received a complaint about two recent meetings covering rights protection under the generic top-level domain (gTLD) programme.
Study warns brands about gTLD consumer confusion
Brand owners must effectively educate consumers about their new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in order to combat the “inevitable” confusion that they will create, a study has shown.
BPI poised to sue the Pirate Party
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is planning to sue the UK Pirate Party for failing to remove a proxy server that provides access to the Pirate Bay.
