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Technology And IP eBulletin - April 2010

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Welcome to our Spring Technology and IP eBulletin. To coincide with the 10th Anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day today, Monday 26 April 2010, we have put together a number of interesting articles which focus on some of the day to day issues raised by World IP Day.

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In this issue:

Enforcing your IP rights - A Worthy Investment?
Controversial Digital Economy Bill receives Royal Assent
Ignorance is Bliss for Google
"Super-injunctions" - not so super after all?

Welcome to our Spring Technology and IP eBulletin. To coincide with the 10th Anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day today, Monday 26 April 2010, we have put together a number of interesting articles which focus on some of the day to day issues raised by World IP Day.

The World Intellectual Property Organisation notes the aims of World IP Day as being:

to raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life
to increase understanding of how protecting IP rights helps promote creativity and innovation

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