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A new report from a href=”http://www.ifaw.org/”>International Fund for Animal Welfare reports finding more than 4,000 elephant ivory listings on the popular auction site eBay—and more than 7,000 wildlife product listins on over 180 Web sites in 11 countries. As a result, eBay has agreed to ban the sale of all ivory products beginning January 1, 2009. “We feel this is the best way to protect the endangered and… Read More

AP has reported that the US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization about the tariffs imposed by the EU on three categories of high-tech goods. According to the Information Technology Information Council, a body whose members include HP and Apple, the EU duty runs as high as 14%, which makes US products, such as printers and monitors, less competitive in Europe. The US claims that the tariffs violate a 1996 WTO agreement… Read More

“Apple contends that its “trade secrets” were unlawfully disclosed and issued subpoenas insisting that the sites reveal their anonymous sources. The defense contends that Internet reporters and bloggers are protected by shield laws, which afford journalists protection under the California constitution and under the First Amendment guaranteeing free speech. In his ruling, Judge Kleinberg disagreed with the defense's… Read More

Microsoft issued a statement within hours of the warning, saying it would contest the decision. Fair Trade Commission official Toshihiro Hara said the warning was the first in the world against the clause, which he said in effect prevents Japanese computer makers from demanding damages or royalty fees even when rivals violate patents for important technology. Such concerns have increased over the last several years as Japanese… Read More

The trade group quietly announced that it had ended the Clean Slate offer earlier this month on its Web site, but the news didn't become widely known until Monday, when the RIAA submitted a document in a California lawsuit that contended that the program was misleading. Clean Slate had promised not to prosecute individuals who vowed to erase unauthorized content from their computers, destroy hard copies of illegally obtained… Read More