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  • Australian to head WIPO

    Australian Francis Gurry has been nominated as the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

  • Patents boom -- but are they any good?

    Patent applications are booming, with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) announcing a 4.7 percent year on year growth of applications filed under its patent cooperation treaty -- but questions have been raised over how valuable the filings really are.

  • Cybersquatting OK for 'freedom of speech' sites

    Registering a domain name similar to that of another organisation and then using the URL to protest against its namesake's products or services is acceptable, according to a decision made by a WIPO appointed external panel.

  • UPDATE: Electronic Frontiers board member attacks trade deal

    An Electronics Frontiers Australia (EFA) board member has critically assessed the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Australia released on 1 March, concluding that the document presents "absolutely no benefit to Australia in the IP sections".

  • Bids in MikeRoweSoft sell-off going down

    Sky-high bids for papers associated with the trademark dustup between Microsoft and MikeRoweSoft.com came crashing to earth on Monday, after the seller put a curb on who could bid.

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