A. Introduction In two previous posts, we discussed the issue of software raids from two different perspectives. One from the point of view of a raided party, to whom such raids are often inequitable, and the other from the point of a view of an IP enforcer, to whom speedy enforcement is absolutely essential for protecting their valuable IP rights. In a previous post, I promised that we we would run a future post “synthesizing some of the more recent

Our last post on software raids elicited some very interesting responses. The post was an attempt to highlight the various inequities inherent in some intellectual property raids. No doubt some of these inequities can be easily addressed by courts that could, whilst granting the order to raid premises and collect evidence, ensure that the business of the raided party is not drastically impacted and that such party is not put to undue losses. We plan to run a future post