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Knock us over with a feather: a study by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has found that those who infringe intellectual property for a living are quite fond of anonymity technologies that cover their tracks. The Office last week emitted a Deloitte-penned study titled Research on Online Business Models …

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  1. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    Well, if you want to find ways to coutermand it, you have to study even the bleedin' obvious. Whether you need the likes of Deloitte to do this, is another matter.

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  2. Alister

    A promised Phase 2 study will offer

    even more opportunities to spend money on pointless research...

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      Anonymous Coward

      Re: A promised Phase 2 study will offer

      Exactly. Should be renamed to the institute of the obvious...

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Reduce the level of urban myths and waffle.....write down what is happening.

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  4. Ru'

    In other news, evidence has been found suggesting bears defecate in wooded areas...

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      Anonymous Coward

      In other, other news...

      It has also come to light that The Pope may, in all actuality, be Catholic.

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      1. N13L5
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        Re: The Pope may, in all actuality, be Catholic

        Actually, no... the Catholic pope has been removed. The satanists have moved in.

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    Anonymous Coward

    Two questions......

    How long and how much has it cost the tortoises at Brussels to discover what the average man in the street knew at the turn of the last century?

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  6. Aodhhan

    Well...

    This is 3 minutes I'll never get back.

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  7. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Before the brexit-gasm reaches a crescendo ...

    The EUIPO is self-funding from TM and design registration fees, and has an internally-funded grant scheme for research into IP matters. See for example:

    https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/eu-trade-mark-regulation-fees

    https://www.mygov.scot/european-union-intellectual-property-office-euipo-grant-programme/

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