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    Lithium ion batteries heating up Japan-Korea trade tensions 23/06/2009 09:48:00

    Japan is threatening to complain to the World Trade Organization if South Korea goes through with reported plans to require certification for lithium ion batteries.
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    Former ECMA Sec. Gen challenges ISO/BRM critics to create a better process 18/03/2008 16:30:31

    The former Secretary General of ECMA admits that there is some room for improvement in the ISO standardisation process that Microsoft's Office Open XML format has followed, but challenges critics of the process to come up with a better method.
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    High-tech toilets are lighted, play music, test your vital signs 20/11/2007 11:28:06

    Every year thousands of cell phones, PDAs and music players meet their demise in toilet water. But lest it seem the toilet is merely a destroyer of technology, consider the growing number of high-end toilets sporting remote controls, wireless sensors and built-in accessories such as music players and lighting.
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    Music starts to fade on Russian download site AllofMP3.com 05/07/2007 16:40:12

    Although the controversial online music store AllofMP3.com was officially shutdown by the Russian Government this week for infringing copyright laws, customers from the site who have existing credit can still purchase songs through its downloadable windows desktop and smartphone client, allTunes.com.
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    US to file trade complaint against China 10/04/2007 07:42:07

    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will file two complaints against China with the World Trade Organization, including one accusing the country of being lax on enforcing copyright, it announced Monday.
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    US and Russia strike deal to close AllofMP3.com site 30/11/2006 10:26:06

    Russia has agreed to U.S. demands to close the popular music website Allofmp3.com. The U.S. wants the site closed to fight music piracy, and Russia has agreed to improve its chance of gaining membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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    Danish court blocks Russian music site 28/10/2006 15:39:33

    A Danish court has moved to block consumers from using AllofMP3.com, an online Russian music store accused of selling albums below their market price and cheating artists out of the royalties.
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    British record companies to sue Russian MP3 site 04/07/2006 09:22:55

    The British recording industry filed a lawsuit against AllofMP3.com, seeking a ruling that is unlikely to be enforceable but joining other similar legal action across Europe.
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    Japan to impose tariff on Hynix DRAM chips 23/01/2006 09:49:37

    Japan plans to impose countervailing duties on DRAM (dynamic RAM) computer chips made by Hynix Semiconductor, alleging that low-cost loans from state-controlled banks a few years ago amounted to unfair subsidies for the chip maker, a move similar to duties announced years ago by the U.S. and European Union (EU).
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    WTO upholds US tariffs in Hynix DRAM case 29/06/2005 09:30:01

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) has reversed an earlier ruling and upheld US duties on DRAM (dynamic RAM) chips made in South Korea by Hynix Semiconductor.
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    ING banks on RealNetworks 22/02/2002 09:34:39

    A new international treaty aiming to protect musicians and the recording industry from Internet and digital piracy is set to go into effect in May, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced Thursday.
 
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