Intellectual Property
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S'pore mulls 'three-strikes' law against piracy
News Country evaluating new law to curb online piracy from persistent users who refuse to heed repeated warnings, cutting Internet access to violators.
Tags: Piracy, Regulations, Piracy, Internet Access, IPO, Singapore, Internet Service, intellectual property, movie, Internet Service Provider
Virtualization: Get the contract right
Insight perspective Virtualization promises many business benefits--but only if you structure the agreement correctly. Lawyer Mark O'Conor offers some advice.
Tags: Virtualization, Software licensing, Cost control, Security, business continuity, intellectual property, Hardware, service provider, agreement, pricing strategy
Philippine government proposes new IPR laws
News Facing mounting piracy, country unveils set of proposed rules to facilitate faster and more efficient resolution of court cases involving intellectual property rights.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Chief Justice, Conference, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, IP, Intellectual Property Right, Government
Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
News Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
AP, AHN Media settle intellectual property lawsuit
News All Headline News admits to improperly using AP content in settlement of intellectual property lawsuit involving "hot news".
Tags: Lawsuits, Copyright, VeriSign Inc., Lawsuit, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, Associated Press, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Media, U.S. District Court Judge
Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
News Redmond wants to see a single world patent body established to "promote innovation, enrich knowledge, and encourage competition".
Tags: Business applications, Patents, Patent, Innovation, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, Texas, Free Software Foundation, Patents, XML
Microsoft controlling Australian govt 2.0 funds
News Government 2.0 Taskforce has released a draft contract for fund recipients, which revealed that any funding agreements will be between successful bidders and Microsoft, not the Commonwealth.
Tags: Web 2.0, Government, Microsoft Corp., partnership, Taskforce, Microsoft Australia, Training, intellectual property, Web 2.0, blog
Microsoft signs confidential IP deal over NTFS
News Tuxera, an open source NTFS company, has signed a confidential deal with Microsoft to cooperate on exFAT, a proprietary alternative to the NTFS file system.
Tags: Business applications, File System, IP, NTFS, OEM, intellectual property, CEO, Linux, agreement
TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents
News TiVo alleges AT&T and Verizon are violating three of its DVR patents, in a repeat of the tack it took against Dish/EchoStar.
Tags: DVR, Verizon Communications Inc., Patent, intellectual property, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc.
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Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
News World's largest phone maker accuses Apple of violating intellectual property it owns governing handset wireless connectivity.
Tags: Patents, Smart phones, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Patent, Phone, Wireless, intellectual property, 3G, Wi-Fi
Intellectual property: Do you have a leak?
Techguide Is your organization's intellectual property floating around the Internet? Not sure? Here are some ways to check.
Tags: Security, Operations, Twitter, RSS, Google Inc., Michael Kassner, Small And Medium Business, P2P, intellectual property, e-mail
Former Joost CEO ousted as chairman
News Mike Volpi has been removed from the board by a shareholder vote and Joost is investigating his actions during his time as chairman and CEO, according to the company.
Tags: Leadership, Video, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., intellectual property, chairman, board of directors, Video, board, Leadership
Thailand hopes to be taken off Priority Watch List
News It expects the Untied States will move Thailand from the PWL to the Watch List because of the country's huge success enforcing intellectual property law.
Tags: Copyright, Asia, Business Software Alliance, Thailand, IP, copyright violation, intellectual property, business software, software, financial
IBM makes the world its lab
News Convincing countries and companies around the world of need to innovate during the economic downturn, has resulted in new cutting-edge partnerships for Big Blue.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., University, Chip, Samuel J. Palmisano, intellectual property, Switzerland, China Telecom, China, strategy
