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April 12, 2013

'Do You Copy?' Podcast, Episode 54, April 12, 2013

Podcast (stream or download):   In this week's episode of "Do You Copy?," Ananda and Tony discuss the big picture when it comes to Novartis's failure to get a patent on its improved cancer drug. And then it's on to two decisions in which copyrights are pitted against service providers. In one case, Tony revisits an old rant against the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit when talking about the latest decision in the Aereo case. And Ananda talks about the downfall of ReDigi's attempt to sell second-hand digitized music.

April 8, 2013

Novartis Loses Patent Appeal for Cancer Medication Glivec

Bloomberg BNA full story:  BNA's correspondent in India, Madhur Singh, provided this writeup of the decision by India's top court rejecting Novartis's appeal seeking grant of a patent for...

March 7, 2013

UK ISPs Must Block Access to BitTorrent Websites Due to Subscribers' Infringement

Bloomberg BNA full story:  Amy E. Bivins, who writes for BNA's E-Commerce Law Report, wrote this story  on the England and Wales High Court of Justice's ruling in EMI v. British Sky...

February 25, 2013

Businesses Welcome Google Deal With Government, Publishers in France

Bloomberg BNA full story: Europe-based BNA correspondent Rick Mitchell provided this writeup of Google's deal with the French government to create an $81.3 million fund to help French newspaper...

February 7, 2013

International Harmonization of Patent Law Gets Serious; PTO to Hold March 21 Hearing

Bloomberg BNA full story: Tony Dutra's writeup of a PTO request for comments and hearing announcement, based on international patent harmonization efforts of the so-called Tegernsee Group,...

December 27, 2012

Obama Signs Legislation to Implement Hague Agreement, Patent Law Treaty

Bloomberg BNA full story: Tony Dutra's writeup of President Obama's signing into law Dec. 18 of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 , S. 3486, amending the Patent Act to...

September 25, 2012

Prior to going on recess Senate approves bill to implement patent treaties

Bloomberg BNA full story: Tamlin H. Bason's writeup of the U.S. Senate's approval of legislation implementing two patent treaties for...

August 2, 2012

Megaupload's bid for dismssal a goldmine for procedure enthusiasts

Blog exclusive: The lack of relevant case law coupled with the high profile nature of the case complicate a distrct judge's task as he prepares to rule on Megaupload's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction...

July 27, 2012

WIPO members agree to advance treaties for broadcasting organizations, visually impaired

Bloomberg BNA full story: Geneva correspondent Daniel Pruzin's writeup of WIPO's progress on negotiations over treaties on broadcasting and copyright exceptions for... 

July 26, 2012

More on the Canadian copyright battles

Blog exclusive: In my last post I summarized the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that photocopying of excerpts from textbooks in order to distribute them to students was "fair dealing" and not copyright infringement. But this was just one of five...

July 19, 2012

Life isn't fair, but dealing can be

Blog exclusive: The Supreme Court of Canada has determined that photocopies of excerpts from textbooks, made by teachers for the use of their students, is "fair dealing" ...

July 12, 2012

Fed. Cir. splits on Mayo application; China issues revision of copyright law for comment

Bloomberg BNA full stories: Tony Dutra's writeup of the Federal Circuit's split decision on the patentability of method, system, and computer medium claims for eliminating risk in bank exchange obligations for.... Beijing correspondent Leslie Pappas's writeup of the release for comment of a new draft of China's copyright law for...

July 12, 2012

Are SOPA opponents crying wolf over Attaché Act?

Blog exclusive: As of July 12, the Intellectual Property Attaché Act had not yet been formally introduced, and yet a long list of SOPA opponents had already sounded the alarm. Here is a sampling of some of the articles that went online Tuesday. Unfortunately for them, they all got it (at last partially) wrong...

June 27, 2012

Countries adopt performance rights treaty; May advance Chinese copyright law reforms

Bloomberg BNA full story: Shenzhen correspondent Michael Standaert's writeup of the enactment of a new treaty covering audiovisual performances for...