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  • Music companies have won the right to search three Australian universities' servers for evidence of copyright infringement. But Catherine Lee argues that stricter control of universities' networks will not necessarily solve the problem of illegal downloading
  • The first part of the eighth annual World IP Survey unveils the top-ranked firms in 27 jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and North America. Below, we explain how the results were compiled
  • ? EU: The European Parliament's September 11 vote on the draft Anti-Piracy Directive was rescheduled for November 4 when Janelly Fourtou, the MEP leading the debate on the Directive, failed to produce her final report on the draft.
  • A decision by the European Court of Justice could undermine the language regime of Community trade marks (CTMs), leading to extra costs and possible delays.
  • Sam Mamudi, Chicago
  • The EU could accede to the Madrid Protocol within a year, if the Council of Ministers adopts a proposal made last month.
  • The last few years have seen an earnest push by the Singapore government to develop the biotechnology sector in this island city-state. Indeed, biotechnology was to be the fourth pillar of the country's economy. The Straits Times recently reported that the government is spending US$1.7 billion over a period of five years to attract foreign biotech and pharmaceutical companies to Singapore.
  • In highly competitive branches of industries, it is not unusual that an imitator makes use of the unprotected part of an invention as described in an original application of a previously granted patent by marketing a product lying out of the scope of protection. Since the imitator is not obliged to pay compensation for doing this, the patentee tries to seek protection for such subject matter that is not covered by the claims of the patent.
  • The new system of resolving domain name disputes in Hong Kong is a great improvement on the old method. Domain name owners can now make use of a quicker and cheaper way to assert their rights, explain Christopher Tung and Minny Siu
  • ? US: The Department of Commerce has agreed to extend its memorandum of understanding with ICANN for three years, and to include several specific targets to help with its privatization. The agreement was due to expire at the end of this September, but will now run until September 30 2006.