The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced it has published its annual Special 301 Report, which provides the agency’s opinion of the adequacy and effectiveness of the protection of intellectual property rights by U.S. trading partners.
The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) announced its new EIDR Ready program at NAB Show 2018.
Verimatrix announced the latest 4K Ultra HD Smart TVs from Samsung Electronics will support the company’s forensic watermarking system.
The Copyright Board of Canada announced that it has issued the official Private Copying Tariff for 2017.
Irdeto and Scenarist announced that the companies are working together to provide content owners with forensic watermarking for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs.
Music Canada announced that a coalition of Canadian and international music companies have settled their ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit against isoHunt for $66 million (CDN).
BluFocus announced that it will offer Cinavia testing services to manufacturers of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and recorders.
Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) announced that it supports the Combating Counterfeit Products Act currently proposed by the Canadian government.
IFPI announced that it has released the 2013 edition of its yearly Digital Music Report.
The NPD Group announced it reckons that illegal music file sharing declined significantly in 2012.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) announced that it has submitted recommendations to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual Special 301 review.