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  • Qld cybersquatter causes mayhem

    A cybersquatter who set up a fake website in the name of Queensland's new political party has taunted staffers trying to shut it down.

  • LinkedIn retrieves Australian domain

    US-based business social networking company LinkedIn has taken action to retrieve the Australian version of its internet address from local digital marketing agency Clear Blue Day.

  • 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.

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