カテゴリー: Intellectual property
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call itVegetables, in my experience, rarely cause controversy. Yet last month I fou…
Ruling upheld that there was insufficient evidence of copyright infringement on song that is YouTube’s most viewed videoSouth Korea’s supreme court has rejected a US composer’s allegation that the producers of the catchy children’s song Baby Shark plag…
Arrests as Chinese authorities working with UK police and international trademark agencies seize millions of parcels bound for customers worldwideChinese authorities have targeted a major online sales platform accused of supplying counterfeit goods, ra…
MI5 chief says Chinese communist party targeting intellectual property across westFifty Chinese students have left the UK in the past three years after Britain tightened its procedures to prevent the theft of sensitive academic research, the head of MI…
Christopher Wray says China using ‘any means necessary’Chinese theft of US trade secrets costing ‘$300bn-$600bn a year’The FBI on Thursday identified China as the biggest law enforcement threat to the United States, and its director said Beijing was se…