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US government study: Counterfeiting and piracy data unreliable (Michael Geist) (Public Knowledge) (Ars Technica) (TorrentFreak)

Tech groups ask court to preserve DMCA safe harbors: Viacom v Youtube (Public Knowledge) (EFF) (Ars Technica)

The entertainment industry’s dystopia of the future – MPAA, RIAA joint submission to IP Enforcement Coordinator (EFF) (TorrentFreak)

Apple and closed systems: Is yesterday’s disadvantage today’s advantage? (IPKat)

eBook piracy ‘surges’ after iPad launch (TorrentFreak)

Final copyright consultation numbers: No repeat of Bill C-61 (Michael Geist)

Parliament votes to extend private copying levy in non-binding motion (Michael Geist)

The China iPad trademark auction that never was (China Hearsay)

Does China fit into the long tail scenario? (The China Vortex)

Kroes: Future Internet needs partnerships, standards (IP Watch)

Spotify – full house or flushed away? (1709 Copyright Blog)

Comparative advertising ignites passion in mobile telephony (Class 46)

IFPI upset as Italian minister admits he’s a file-sharer (TorrentFreak)

BREIN cites Newzbin defeat, shuts Dutch Usenet links site (TorrentFreak)

ACS:Law anti-piracy hunt takes toll on legal profession (TorrentFreak)

Bad publicity forces lawyers out of anti-file sharing cases (TorrentFreak)

Comcast owes users $16 for P2P blocking; should they take it? (Ars Technica)

Hot news strikes again: site struggling after court decision: theflyonthewall.com case (Ars Technica)

CAFC: Policing priority: Nintendo escapes liability based on patentee’s failure to satisfy the written description requirement: Anascape, Ltd v Nintendo of America Inc. (Patently-O) (Patent Arcade)

Nintendo – IA Labs files patent infringement suit against Nintendo relating to Wii devices and software (Patent Arcade)

How Twitter’s grant to the Library of Congress could be copyright-ok (Internet Cases)

Library of Congress: We’re archiving every tweet ever made (Ars Technica)

US government study: Counterfeiting and piracy data unreliable (Michael Geist) (Public Knowledge) (Ars Technica) (TorrentFreak)

The entertainment industry’s dystopia of the future – MPAA, RIAA joint submission to IP Enforcement Coordinator (EFF) (TorrentFreak)

District Court C D California: The law of avatars: Copyright Act doesn’t pre-empt state law governing Gwen Stefani’s Avatar: No Doubt v. Activision Publishing, Inc. (Copyright Litigation Blog)

Google – American Society of Media Photographers and Graphic Artist Guild file copyright infringement claim against Google over Google Books project (IPKat) (1709 Copyright Blog)

UMG Recordings – Veoh denied attorneys’ fees in UMG v Veoh: Does FRCP 68 apply to copyright cases? (Technology & Marketing Law Blog) (Copyright Litigation Blog)

YouTube – Tech groups ask court to preserve DMCA safe harbors: Viacom v Youtube (Public Knowledge) (EFF) (Ars Technica)

9^th Circuit applies California law to domain name ownership dispute and remands for determination of whether ‘innocent purchaser’ defense applies: CRS Recovery, Inc v Laxton (Technology & Marketing Law Blog)