(via Arne Kolb) After the landmark ruling in Astron Clinica Ltd & Other, the UK IP Office has issued an amended notice with regards to patentable subject matter. The practice after Aerotel/Macrossan at the UKIPO was that “claims to computer Read more…
I’ve read a surprisingly well-informed article in the BBC Technology News website about gold farming in virtual worlds. I should not sound surprised, but it is my experience that mainstream media coverage of virtual economies tends to be tainted by Read more…
This seems like a good time for reflection on the Microsoft case. Colleague and fellow blogger Abbe Brown has sent us this event: 28 February 2008 Joint event by the Europa Institute and the AHRC Research Centre in Intellectual Property Read more…
Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology are at war with the Internet in a case that proves the uneasy relationship between the believers of Xenu and cyberspace, an ongoing battle that has been waged for over a decade (see Read more…
I found this handy little widget elsewhere, and I thought that I would give it a go. I have chosen some Techno-Llama related topics, and I’m trying to see how often they are mentioned in the news. Does the mainstream Read more…
(via Wiebke Abel) In an altogether unsurprising turn of events, Pirate Bay has been sued in Sweden for “aiding copyright violation and preparing to aid copyright violation” according to Mathias Klang. This promises to be the first real test to Read more…
(via Cedric Manara) The European Court of Justice has decided on a case in which it calls for a balance to be struck between intellectual property rights and the protection of personal data. Enter Case C-275/06, Productores de Música de Read more…
Back in November2007 I briefly commented on a case making its way to the High Court of England and Wales dealing with software patents. We now have a decision, and it may prove to be quite an important shift in Read more…
On Friday 25 January I attended an expert meeting discussing the European Union Public Licence (EUPL). This is the latest member of the growing open source licence ecology, and if I must say so, it is quite a nicely drafted Read more…
Luca Rubini from the University of Birmingham informed us about this event, which we reproduce for interested readers. The Microsoft Case: The IT industry and the Future of EC Competition Law Friday 16 May 2008 (4:30 – 6:30 pm) The Read more…