IP Think Tank Global Week in Review - 27 June 2008
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Highlights this week included:
Court reconsidering baseless ‘making available’ theory in file-sharing case Capitol Records v Jammie Thomas; amicus briefs from, MPAA, PFF: (Electronic Frontier Foundation), (Electronic Fontier Foundation), (Techdirt), (Ars Technica), (Patry Copyright Blog), (Patry Copyright Blog)
ICANN approves rules allowing brands to be registered as gTLDs: potential TLD-squatting, confusion, gold rush, money-grab: (Managing Intellectual Property), (Ars Technica), (Class 46), (IP finance), (Techdirt), (Canadian Trademark Blog), (Intellectual Property Watch),
Disclaimer from familial patent nullifies infringement: Heuft…