IP in the news
Another batch of IP related stories which have attracted media attention over the past month.
Independent 
Rivals
gang up on Google.
Guardian
Ebay
and marketplace sites may be liable for trademark abuse.
Telegraph
Japanese
businessmen's tie which doubles as a pillow.
Mail
Dial-a-beer?
Anheuser-Busch brewery applies to trademark telephone area code of 15 cities.
Guardian
What
if patent fees for Android cost as much as licensing Windows Phone?
Telegraph
Digital
downloads: The 'age of free' is coming to an end.
Mail
Microscopic
camera that could revolutionise surgery is invented... and it costs pennies.
Independent
War
of the rose: Rival breweries fight legal battle.
Mail
Apple
denied injunction in battle to stop Amazon from using the term App Store.
BBC
A
brief history: Music industry versus file-sharing.
Guardian
Australia
plans plain packaging for cigarettes.
Mail
Coolest
place to work in the world: The office that is just like a giant playground.
Telegraph
British
website owners targeted by US anti-piracy officials.
Guardian
Noises
off: the little horrors of copyright.
Independent
Court
tells eBay to crack down on sellers of counterfeit goods.
Mail
Glasses
for the blind... hi-tech specs may help thousands to 'see' again.
Telegraph
Is
this the Best of British?
Guardian
The
future's yours but the past is ours.
BBC
Apple
and Microsoft group buys Nortel patents.
Mail
Thinking
inside the box: Young inventor creates world first CARDBOARD vacuum cleaner using recycled packaging.
BBC
Copyright
group Creative Commons targets web users.
Mail
World's
first flying motorbike: Helicopter pilot invents the 'hoverbike' in his garage.
And finally
GuardianMarlon Brando: Godfather of invention.