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Has Apple taken control of iPhone5.com?

The World Intellectual Property Organization has concluded its look into Apple's complaint over the iPhone5.com domain, which seems to suggest a victory for the iPhone maker.

Earlier this month, iPhone5.com was a forum site, created in February 2008. Its copyright statement clearly indicated that it was "not endorsed, sponsored, nor otherwise affiliated with Apple" and that it was created "for the sole purpose of entertainment and knowledge."

And that seems to have gotten under Apple's skin, hence the complaint to the WIPO.

The minimalist WIPO filing page now declares the case "… Read more

Apple angles for iPhone5.com domain

You can never have enough clues about what Apple might have up its sleeve for its next iPhone.

The latest tidbit comes in the form of a domain name -- iphone5.com -- for which Apple has filed a claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization. To date, Apple's smartphone line has counted up only to the iPhone 4S, but the company is widely believed to be getting ready to bring an iPhone 5 into the world.

Of course, ahead of the iPhone 4S launch last fall, a good many people expected that device would be the 5 model. … Read more

Reports: Thorny antipiracy treaty is dead for now

A divisive treaty that digital rights groups, consumer electronics companies and librarians have warned would gut the public's home and fair use rights to television signals appears to be on its deathbed.

For years, a United Nations committee has been attempting to craft a treaty designed to give TV and satellite broadcasters, cablecasters and, depending on whom you ask, Webcasters extra latitude to combat piracy of their signals.

But now we're hearing reports from the final day of a weeklong meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization panel in Geneva that those efforts have collapsed, at least for … Read more