“Let’s make the IPR system more effective, more accessible, and more affordable for SMEs.”  That was the resounding message by both SME participants and European Commission officials at a conference on Industrial Property Rights (IPRs) held by the European Commission’s DG Internal Market and Services, in conjunction with the French [...]

Yahoo!Tech reports that “[t]he Bush administration is moving in its last weeks to finalize regulations to enforce a controversial law that seeks to block Internet gambling. The move is drawing hot protests from Democratic lawmakers and supporters of online betting.  ‘This midnight rulemaking will tie the hands of the new [...]

According to the Register, “Pakistan has enacted hard-line cybercrime laws that establish the death penalty for cyber-terrorism offences that lead to the death of victims.  The law stipulates that ‘Whoever commits the offence of cyber terrorism and causes death of any person shall be punishable with death or imprisonment for [...]

Inc.com writes that “[a]n overwhelming majority of entrepreneurs say they're undeterred by the shaky economy and would have launched their businesses anyway, according to a survey released this week by Ernst and Young.  Of 116 business owners drawn from the New York-based accounting firm's Entrepreneur of the Year finalists, 92 [...]

The Register writes that “[a] new domain to be launched in December will be the first to reject advertising, making it unattractive to most cybersquatters. The .tel domain will not host websites, only contact information that will be sent to computers and phones.  The domain will begin to accept applications [...]