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In response to harsh new anti-priacy laws proposed in the USA, many websites have gone off line or are displaying black out pages in protest at SOPA.

SOPA is the Stop Internet Piracy Act, which has been championed by Hollywood producers, who claim it is the only way to stop piracy, much to the anger of the internet community. Even some IP Lawyers are opposed to the proposed regime, claiming that it is a step to far.

The proposed introduction of SOPA is seen as a serious threat to free speech on the internet, with US lawmakers proposing to give law enforcement powers to shut down websites almost anywhere in the world, through a variety of mechanisms such as web filtering.

Major websites such as WordPress.org and Wikipedia.org are blacking out in protest.

Tags: copyright infringement, intellectual property lawyer, IP lawyer, SOPA, Stop Internet Piracy Act
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The High Court has today refused Apple’s special leave application to appeal against an earlier Full Federal Court of Australia decision, which lifted an interlocutory injunction original obtained by Apple against Samsung.

Earlier this year, Apple had sought and obtained an interlocutory injunction in the Federal Court against Samsung preventing the sale of its Galaxy 10.1 Tablet computer, a serious competitor to the Apple iPad. On appeal to the Full Court of the Federal Court, the injunction was overturned. Apple then made a special leave application (which is the process by which the High Court determines whether it will hear an appeal from the Full Federal Court) to overturn the Full Federal Court’s decision. While Apple was originally granted a reprieve, with the High Court maintaining the injunction until its decision today, the injunction was ultimately lifted when Apple failed in its bid to have the High Court hear the matter.

The effect of today’s decision is that:

1. Samsung is now free to sell its popular Galaxy 10.1 Tablet computer, which has been touted by some as the ‘iPad killer’. The decision came just in time for Samsung to capitalise on the Christmas sales period; and
2. Samsung may now be entitled to sue Apple for damages arising from Apple’s undertaking as to damages (the undertaking is basically a promise to make good any damage which arises from the injunction if a party does not ultimately sustain its grievance in Court). Such an action would involve a potential claim of tens of millions of dollars.

Tags: Apple, High Court Appeal, IP Law, IP lawyer, IT Law, Samsung, technology law
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Reports today indicate that AFACT has sought leave to appeal the landmark copyright infringement judgment handed down against it, earlier this month.

This comes on the back of a notice of motion filed by AFACT against iiNet with the Federal Court on 18 February 2010 – that motion is scheduled to be heard by the Court on 4 May 2010.

We will keep you posted once more information is to hand.

Tags: AFACT, copyright infringement, copyright law, iiNet, IP Law, IP lawyer, IP lawyers, isp law, ISP lawyer, ISP Lawyers
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