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Collection of counterfeit products
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Thanks to our friends over at Isara.org, they have provided us a number of pictures of counterfeit products. These fascinating counterfeit products were taken at Thailand or Laos.
Proposed legislation will ban you from the Internet
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
There's a proposed legislation that will implement a “three strikes” rule in the UK. Under this proposed legislation, if you’re suspected of downloading copyright infringing mate...
Canadian Privacy Commissioner: Copyright reform a threat to privacy
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada wrote a public letter to Industry Minister Jim Prentice and Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner, Stoddart cautioned against using for...
Church of Scientology copyright suit backfires
Thursday, 17 January 2008
The Church of Scientology's copyright suit to stop people seeing an 'enthusiastic' video of Tom Cruise talking about his faith have backfired spectacularly and made it a current affair. ...
Opera files antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the EU
Friday, 14 December 2007
Opera Software ASA, creator of the Opera browser, filed a complaint with the European Commission on December 12th against Microsoft. In the complaint, Opera describes how Microsoft is abusing its domi...
IBM files patent to put commercials in your DVDs
Monday, 26 November 2007
According to a patent filed by IBM, the player would check whether the DVD should be played with or without commercial interruptions. If the DVD contains a certificate which provides for commercial in...

IBM pulled patent application due to public response
Sunday, 07 October 2007
IBM was recently found to have filed a patent application for software that helps companies make outsourcing decisions that b...
Viacom: Stop stealing from yourself
Saturday, 01 September 2007
A commercial made by Christopher Knight caught the attention of VH1 producers which they featured on their show Web Junk 2.0 ...
Are mod chips really illicit devices?
Thursday, 02 August 2007
Recently, federal agents in the US have carried out a series of raids against individuals and businesses in 16 states as pa...
Friday, 15 June 2007
In this article, Paul Sweeting reported that the Motion Picture Assn. of America is joining forces with the U.S. Chamber of...
Reasons to get married
Tuesday, 05 June 2007
While I was reading up on mergers and competition law, the thought occurred to me that marriage itself is similar to a mer...
Virtual property dispute goes to court
Monday, 04 June 2007
A lawsuit filed in May of 2006 by Pennsylvania attorney Marc Bragg accused Linden Lab and its CEO Philip Rosedale of wrongfu...