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New Patent Prosecution Highway between the UK and China

Leave a Comment / July 2014, Newsletter / By ipmetrix / China, Prosecution highway, UK

A new pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme has been launched between the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People’s Republic of China. The UK-China PPH pilot started on the 1 July 2014 and will run for an initial period of two years, ending on 30 June …

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The largest torrent search engine Torrentz.eu is taken down

Leave a Comment / June 2014, Newsletter / By ipmetrix / Anti Piracy, Banned, Torrentz, UK

UK anti-piracy police recently took down the largest torrent search engine to curb illegal file sharing. The site’s domain was suspended by the registrar of its domain after a request from the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit. A similar site, FileCrop, has also been taken down. Many competitors have also been taken offline recently. …

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