Enforcement News

Nigeria: Firm Fights Software Piracy in Nigeria (Daily Trust)
Software developers lose millions of naira annually to software thefts. In Nigeria, software pirating is a huge industry, the bulk of which occur at Alaba International Market, Lagos.

Colombo Crimes Division raids banking firm for software piracy (dailymirror.lk)
The Sri Lanka Police re-affirmed its focused determination to the task of protecting intellectual property (IP) rights, when it carried out yet another copyright enforcement raid.

IP Policy News

European Parliament overwhelmingly rejects ACTA anti-piracy pact (The Washington Post)
The European Parliament overwhelmingly defeated an international anti-piracy trade agreement Wednesday after concern that it would limit Internet freedom sparked street protests in cities across Europe.

NZ court finds Megaupload search warrants illegal (Reuters)
Search warrants used when 70 New Zealand police raided the mansion of the suspected kingpin of an Internet piracy ring were illegal, a New Zealand court ruled on Thursday, dealing a blow to the FBI’s highest profile global copyright theft case.

Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync (Reuters)
The U.S. judge who tossed out one of the biggest court cases in Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) smartphone technology battle is questioning whether patents should cover software or most other industries at all.

EU Court OKs Resale of Software Licenses (Associated Press)
The ruling comes in a case brought by California-based software maker Oracle against UsedSoft, a German company that resells software licenses, and it could have broad implications for the digital industry.

Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.