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Last IP&T for 2005

has exactly received the November/December resultant of Butterworths' sleek shiny Intellectual Property in addition to Technology Cases. Cases reported inwards this resultant include

* Experience Hendrix LLC v Purple Haze Records Ltd (Chancery Division), inwards which Mr Justice Hart swept away some convoluted, if non genuinely complex defences to an activeness for an ancient copyright infringement on the Earth that in that place was no likelihood that they would succeed.

* IPC Media Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd (Chancery Division): some other determination of Mr Justice Hart, inwards which some fairly interesting defence strength arguments relating to 'fair dealing' were likewise swept away when he awarded summary judgment inwards a copyright infringement claim relating to the role of the front end page of the claimant's publication inwards an promotion for the defendant's competition publication.

* Gillette v LA-Laboratories Ltd Oy Case C-228/03 (European Court of Justice), inwards which the ECJ position down, inwards rather to a greater extent than exceptional than the IPKat likes, the parameters inside which 1 is allowed to role another's merchandise score inwards social club to tell consumers that one's blades check someone else's razor handle.

* Douglas v Hello! Ltd (Nos four in addition to 5) (Court of Appeal), inwards which the generous Earth upon which Lindsay J awarded damages to a periodical that lost the exclusivity of the Douglas in addition to Zeta-Jones marriage ceremony photos was shot downwards inwards flames.

reminds readers that the newspaper version of IP&T is exactly something to proceed the bookshelves fresh with: the existent IP&T service is online in addition to pretty nifty.


This fourth dimension it's copyright

The Onion provides lots of merchandise score textile for the IPKat's blog. But John Blake has exactly sent him this lovely link to a characteristic on copyright. Under the heading "RIAA bans telling friends virtually songs" it reads every bit follows:

The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it volition survive taking legal activeness against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates virtually novel songs, artists, or albums. "We are exactly exercising our correct to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the beingness of copyrighted material," a press free signed past times RIAA anti-piracy manager Brad Buckles read. "We volition aggressively prosecute those individuals who drive to pirate our holding past times generating 'buzz' virtually whatsoever proprietary music, movies, or software, or bask same inwards the fellowship of anyone other than themselves." RIAA attorneys said they were likewise looking into the legality of word-of-mouth "favorites-sharing" sites, such every bit java shops, universities, in addition to living rooms.

Strong stuff. While the RIAA has been remarkably successful inwards deterring individuals from some of the to a greater extent than egregious file-sharing infringements, it has non soundless won over the hearts in addition to minds of the non bad American music-consuming public.