IP in the news
A look back at IP appearing in the News in 2011
January
Guardian 
Copyright
comes a cropper in the digital age.
BBC
Starbucks
drops its name and the word coffee from logo.
BBC
Barack
Obama artwork case settled.
February
BBC
Pub
landlady 'relieved' over football TV backing.
Mail
P
for Products: Viewers alerted to TV product placement in their favourite shows.
Telegraph
Sunday
Telegraph at 50: what will the world be like in another 50 years?
March
Mail
Attack
of the clones: Lucas strikes back in Star Wars copyright dispute.
Mail
Coming
soon, the eye-tracking technology that will allow you to control your computer by sight.
Telegraph
Intellectual
Property reform cannot be dictated by Google.
April
Express
Favourite
Invention: The Washing Machine.
BBC
Talking
Heads' David Byrne settles election song case.
Mail
Gloves
off: Elves in brewery fight over rival beer trademarks.
May
Mail
Mother
knows best: Why we stick to the same brands our mums used to buy.
Independent
UK's
copyright laws set for dramatic overhaul.
Telegraph
Coca-Cola:
a history.
June
Telegraph
'Patent
box' tax break extended to all active patents.
Independent
N.D.
eh? Should you get a non-disclosure agreement for your big idea?
Mail
'No
one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!' How Starbucks was almost named after the doomed ship in
Moby-Dick.
July
Guardian
Ebay
and marketplace sites may be liable for trademark abuse.
BBC
A
brief history: Music industry versus file-sharing.
Guardian
The
future's yours but the past is ours.
August
Mail
Many
happy returns! World Wide Web celebrates its 20th birthday.
Guardian
'There
is no point having an intellectual property policy in isolation'.
Independent
Copyright
law change means iPod users are no longer criminals.
September
Independent
Turn
orange peel into plastic? It's not as crazy as it sounds.
BBC
EU
extends music copyright to 70 years.
Mail
My
haven: Wind-up radio inventor Trevor Baylis unwinds in his quirky living room.
October
Mail
The
wonder stuff that could change the world: Graphene is so strong a sheet of it as thin as clingfilm
could support an elephant.
BBC
Men
At Work lose final court bid.
Mail
And
the bronze goes to....fake tan makes it into list of best inventions in the last 25 years.
November
Mail
Australian
designer wins £10,000 James Dyson award by pulling water out of thin air.
Express
Genius
of Everyday Things.
BBC
Self-extinguishing
cigarettes and other curious little safety inventions.
December
BBC
Twitter
redesign offer big name brands more prominence.
Express
Cameron
hit with Avatar copyright lawsuit.
Telegraph
Sir
James Dyson attacks China over designs 'theft'.
And finally
Mail
Remember
everything
you ever wanted for Christmas as a kid? Take a look at the 1976 Argos catalogue for a glimpse of how
we used to live.