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UK: No ‘3 strikes’ disconnection for UK pirates according to IP Minister David Lamy (TorrentFreak) (Michael Geist) (Excess Copyright) (IPKat) (Ars Technica) (Techdirt)

UK: ‘Digital Britain Interim Report’ – law will force ISPs to pass file-sharing data to record labels (IPKat) (Out-Law) (Ars Technica) (Techdirt) (ContentAgenda)

US: Bilski petitions the Supreme Court to decide issues of patentable subject matter (Patently-O) (Patently-O) (Law360) (Inventive Step) (Chicago Intellectual Property Law Blog) (Patent Baristas)

Irish ISP Eircom agrees to disconnect repeat P2P users (TorrentFreak) (Michael Geist) (EFF) (Ars Technica) (Techdirt) (ContentAgenda)

Hej Matematik blocked from uploading its song ‘Walkmand’ to YouTube and MySpace due to copyright accusations brought by REM’s label Warner Music (IPKat)

Software patents – G 3/08 – Have your say (IPKat)

Anti-piracy measures don’t work, Ipoque whitepaper shows (TorrentFreak)

Bundesgerichtshof seeks ECJ guidance over AdWords (Managing Intellectual Property) (Out-Law)

Indian High Court claims jurisdiction against Chinese cybersquatter of icicigroup.com (IP Dragon)

Eircom agrees to disconnect repeat P2P users (TorrentFreak) (Michael Geist) (EFF) (Ars Technica) (Techdirt) (ContentAgenda)

Isle of Man plans unlimited music downloads (ContentAgenda)

Row over New Zealand’s ISP laws; Government refuses to revoke file-sharing law (Managing Intellectual Property) (TorrentFreak)

Swedish police want personal info of P2P users (Ars Technica)

Ukraine agrees to crack down on internet music piracy (Ars Technica)

No ‘3 strikes’ disconnection for UK pirates according to IP Minister David Lamy (TorrentFreak) (Michael Geist) (Excess Copyright) (IPKat) (Ars Technica) (Techdirt)

‘Digital Britain Interim Report’ – law will force ISPs to pass file-sharing data to record labels (IPKat) (Out-Law) (Ars Technica) (Techdirt) (ContentAgenda)

OiNK uploaders sentenced to community service (TorrentFreak)

Licensing remains essential but elusive for digital music providers (Intellectual Property Watch)

DRM in Microsoft UK’s mobile music service (EFF)

Record labels kill off ‘legal P2P’ before it evens gets a chance (Techdirt)

Parallel importer jailed for up to nine months in Microsoft case (Out-Law)

United States

History of software patents (IP Watchdog)

Crtl-Z: a return to the Supreme Court’s software patent ban? (Ars Technica)

Battle between software patents and open source (IP Watchdog)

District Court E D Texas: Jury finds in favour of Limelight on ongoing battle with Level 3 Communication over patents covering internet content delivery network technology (Law360)

USPTO overturns patent for virtual subdomains filed by Ideaflood (Ars Technica)

Bilski – Bilski petitions the Supreme Court to decide issues of patentable subject matter (Patently-O) (Patently-O) (Law360) (Inventive Step) (Chicago Intellectual Property Law Blog) (Patent Baristas)

Commil USA – Motorola and its subsidiary Symbol Technologies dropped from Commil wireless patent suit (Law360)

Information Protection and Authentication of Texas – IPAT and patent licensee Global Innovation Technology Holdings sue Apple, other PC makers, over patents related to ‘program authorisation information’ (Ars Technica)

Modavox – Modavox expands prior trade mark claim against Time Warner to include allegations of patent infringement related to targeted internet advertising software (Law360)

Renhcol – Renhcol settles patent infringement lawsuit against Pregame over patent titled ‘Web-based prediction marketplace’ (Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates) (IP Frontline)

Sisvel – Digital TV standard: Sisvel taking steps to create joint licensing program for DVB-T2 technology (Law360)

North Carolina state legislative committee: Music downloads could be taxable (ContentAgenda) (Ars Technica)

Cox ready to throttle P2P, non ‘time sensitive’ traffic (Ars Technica) (TorrentFreak) (Public Knowledge) (Techdirt)

AT&T, Comcast may team with RIAA on file-sharing (ContentAgenda)

Google joins fight against BitTorrent throttling ISPs – launches Measurement Lab (mLab) to track network openness (TorrentFreak) (Ars Technica) (Public Knowledge) (Techdirt) (ContentAgenda) (Content Agenda)

Educators, remixers attempt to legalise DVD-ripping (Public Knowledge)

US Pirate Party docks in California (TorrentFreak)

Judge’s ruling that World of War bot violates DMCA is troubling: MDY Industries, LLC v Blizzard Entertainment, Inc and Vivendi Games, Inc (Ars Technica)

CNN – CNN uses P2P plugin for its live stream (TorrentFreak)

Epic Games – Gears of War DRM makes PC version unplayable (Ars Technica)

Facebook – ConnectU wants counsel axed in Facebook IP suit, citing conflict of interest (Law360)

Financial Times – Financial Times sues Blackstone for copyright infringement over password sharing (The Trademark Blog)

GateHouse Media – GateHouse, New York Times settle linking dispute (Techdirt) (EFF) (Techdirt) (NiemanJournalismLab)

RIAA – RIAA seeks sanctions against Harvard Law School Professor Nesson in Tenenbaum case; EFF leads call for support for live webcast of hearing; hearing postponed for another month (Ars Technica) (ContentAgenda) (Intellectual Property Directions) (EFF)

Warner Music – Warner Music demands takedown of music posted on own band’s website (Ars Technica) (Michael Geist) (Techdirt)

YouTube – YouTube film critic Kevin Lee silenced by DMCA takedown notices (Public Knowledge)

Metatags and hidden text – hidden trade mark infringement (The IP Law Blog)

District Court N D California: cybersquatting, ‘use in commerce’: Rearden LLC v Rearden Commerce, Inc (Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log)

Louis Vuitton – Web host faces potential contributory trade mark liability: Louis Vuitton Malletier, SA v Akanoc Solutions, Inc (Technology & Marketing Law Blog)