In Pictures: The fierce battle for intellectual property

Microsoft, Motorola, Oracle and Google, Facebook and many others are fighting for a piece of righteous intellectual property pie

Boxes symbolizing 2,442,240 signatures of a petition against ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) are brought to the European Parliament in Brussels in February 2012. Avaaz.org feared that ACTA, which aims to cut trademark theft and other online piracy, will curtail freedom of expression, curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.

Photo credit: Belgium / Reuters

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