DEPARTMENTS
6 Editor’s Note
11 Opening Statements
• Trolls arrive in Europe
• ICANN expands its domains
• A dangerous hobby?
• Looking for fresh meat
• IP People on the Move
27 Big Deals
• GigaMedia and EA
• Strawberry Shortcake
p. 33
COVER: JOHN ABBOTT
As tenacious as
a pit bull: Marc
Toberoff is a good
lawyer to have on
your side.
p. 46
33 Smart Pill
A New French Twist
Surprise in a case against Google.
By Robert Clarida and
Robert Bernstein
37 Smart Pill
What’s IP Worth?
Big changes are coming in how
companies account for IP.
By Jay Howell and Rick Nathan
58 Inside IP
Raising the Temperature in Canada
Michel Geist fights U.S.power.
By Susan Hansen
FEATURES
40 The New Inquisition
Both innovative and generic
drug-makers nervously await the
findings of European regulators
this fall.
By Robert McLeod
46 The Man Hollywood
Loves to Hate
Marc Toberoff helps creators and
their heirs to wrest back control
of their copyrights. Studios and
publishers can’t stand him.
By Eriq Gardner
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