Tagged: Intellectual Property & News
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Nintendo exerts its right to profit from user-generated videos on YouTube News
17.05.2013 Videos of gameplay on Nintendo video games uploaded by YouTube users will, in some cases, be accompanied by advertising that generates revenue for Nintendo only, with nothing... -
DCU reveals new fast track patents for entrepreneurs – plans to take 1pc of royalties News
26.04.2013 To coincide with World Intellectual Property Day, Dublin City University (DCU) is embarking on a fast-track DCU Licence Express Scheme to make selected patent innovations... -
Cyberespionage attacks on small businesses increase - Symantec report News
17.04.2013 Targeted cyberespionage attacks designed to steal intellectual property rose 42pc in 2012 compared to the previous year, with small businesses seeing a threefold increase in... -
SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and the battle for freedom on the internet News
03.01.2013 At the beginning of 2012, there was an online blackout as prominent sites protested what they believed to be unfair copyright legislation about to be enacted. This led to... -
Openet wins summary judgment in patents case filed by Amdocs News
02.10.2012 Dublin-headquartered telecoms software company Openet has won a summary judgment in a US court in a lawsuit filed by software and services giant Amdocs. The court found that... -
Samsung gets a win over Apple in Japanese court News
31.08.2012 Samsung’s shares are recovering following a ruling in Japan that two of its smartphones and one tablet did not infringe on Apple’s patents regarding the technology used to sync... -
Court date for Apple’s request to ban Samsung devices set at 6 December News
29.08.2012 Apple will have to wait until December to see its request to ban eight Samsung devices in the US reach the courts, a schedule that will perhaps inflict the least amount of... -
OPINION - The European Union’s single patent system is in doubt again News
21.07.2012 The European Union’s single patent system is in doubt again following legal bickering between the European Council and the European Parliament over the draft law establishing... -
New book on intellectual property targets start-ups News
28.05.2012 R&D expert Dr John Mc Manus has penned a new book on intellectual property (IP), with the aim of equipping technology start-ups, researchers and innovators with more knowledge... -
World Intellectual Property Day celebrates trailblazing innovators News
26.04.2012 Today is World Intellectual Property Day, a day to celebrate the visionary innovators around the globe, past and present, who have changed our lives down through the ages as a... -
Intel to acquire assets of supercomputing firm Cray News
25.04.2012 Semiconductor chip maker Intel has struck an agreement with supercomputer company Cray Inc to acquire assets related to its high-performance computing (HPC) interconnect... -
Press council chief to chair public meeting on ‘Irish SOPA’ News
20.03.2012 The deadline has been extended on a public consultation on a proposed Copyright Review that arose from the signing of the controversial statutory instrument dubbed the Irish... -
UCC shortlists finalists for Invention of the Year Award News
15.03.2012 University College Cork’s (UCC) Office of Technology Transfer has shortlisted the finalists for the university's Invention of the Year Award, which will take place on 27 March... -
Irish Govt to review copyright laws – Sherlock confirms News
29.02.2012 The Irish Government is to conduct a review of the existing copyright laws, Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, told Siliconrepublic.com today. The recent outcry over a... -
Gabriel Scientific gleans top innovation accolade News
29.02.2012 Life sciences company Gabriel Scientific has won the overall ‘Innovation of the Year’ Award at the Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards. The Dublin-based firm has... -
EU Court of Justice to decide if ACTA breaches fundamental rights News
22.02.2012 The European Court of Justice is to review whether the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is incompatible with the EU’s fundamental rights and freedoms, the European...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech, Communications, Games/Entertainment, Media -
Germany postpones decision to sign controversial ACTA treaty News
10.02.2012 As thousands of people in 200 European cities prepare to march in protest tomorrow against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Germany has delivered a potentially... -
Thousands protest ACTA, petition gets 300k signatures in 72 hours News
03.02.2012 Thousands of people will take to the streets in opposition to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on 11 February, a policy analyst for Access predicts. She warns ACTA... -
EU countries – including Ireland and Poland – sign ACTA treaty News
26.01.2012 The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – which is seen by critics to be an international version of the controversial SOPA bill – has been signed by the EU and member...Categories: R&D, Online Business, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech -
Forget SOPA, Europe is about to ratify its bigger brother ACTA News
23.01.2012 Just as the SOPA and PIPA debate winds down in the US, the European Union is later this week set to work on ratifying a global intellectual property enforcement treaty: the...