Switzerland, Italy Join Congressional Watch List on Piracy for First Time (Hollywood Reporter)
The U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus released its annual Anti-Piracy Watch List, with Italy and Switzerland making the list for the first time.
Jones, Others, Face Copyright Infringement Lawsuit from 2 Leading Publishers in N.Y. (Murray Ledger & Times)
McGraw-Hill Companies and Pearson Education filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Murray businessman Charles Jones and his business College Book Rental Company for reproducing and distributing counterfeit copies of various textbooks.
Microsoft Said to Ask China to Stop Piracy at Four Firms (Bloomberg)
Microsoft filed complaints asking China to stop the alleged use of pirated versions of its Office software at four state-owned companies, including China Post Group and China National Petroleum Corp.
Client Loses Bid to Sue Ex-Lawyer for Copyright Infringement (Thomson Reuters)
A U.S. District Judge tossed a lawsuit brought by Bernard Gelb, a man who claimed his former attorney, Norman Kaplan, committed copyright infringement by using a complaint Gelb authored five years earlier.
Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.