Tax schemes and assignment of unregistered trade marks in gross from ipfinance.blogspot.com Iliffe News and Media Ltd & Ors v Revenue & Customs [2012] UKFTT 696 (TC), a United Kingdom First-Tier Tax Tribunal decision, bears all the hallmarks of the sort of ruling that you make a mental note ...
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Director Kappos to Leave USPTO from inventivestep.net Patently-O is reporting that Director Kappos will leave the PTO in late January 2013, capping off 4 years as Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the PTO. He has led a great ...
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ABA Journal Announces 2012 Blawg 100 from www.patentdocs.org Patent Docs Makes List for First Time The ABA Journal has announced its annual list of the 100 best legal blogs -- or blawgs -- following a nomination process that began in August. The 100 blogs selected ...
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USPTO Director discusses future of software patents, plans to step down from ipspotlight.com The week of Thanksgiving was an active one for USPTO Director David Kappos. Just before the holiday, Kappos touted the value of software patents in a keynote address to the Center for American Progress. Then ...
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Patent Reform Doesn’t Prevent Rise in Patent Litigation? from www.ipwatchdog.com I fail to see how the increase in individual suits suggests in any way, shape or form that the AIA has failed. Because there was a spike in litigation leading up to September 16, 2012 ...
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European Commission, ARIPO Sign Agreement On Agricultural GIs from www.ip-watch.org The European Commission and African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) yesterday signed a cooperation agreement on the protection of traditional agricultural products from specific geographical locations or with specific characteristics. The Commission announcement is here ...
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Special Report: With Poor And Uninsured A Majority, Southeast Asia Sees Rise In Generics from www.ip-watch.org Four of the world's most populous nations are in Southeast Asia and with roughly two-thirds of its population lacking access to medicines, the region holds promise for the cheaper generic drugs. Already, observers are ...
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UNITAID: Alternative Funding Mechanism For AIDS Drugs Saving Lives from www.ip-watch.org UNITAID, an alternative funding mechanism for pharmaceuticals to the poor, said today that its work has helped develop new ways to treat children infected with HIV where there was previously little commercial incentive. The statement ...
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Event This Week: The Creation Of Unitary Patent Protection In The European Union from www.ip-watch.org The Creation of Unitary Patent Protection in the European Union Paris, 29-30 November 2012 Maison de la Recherche 54, rue de Varenne 75007 Paris Find here (http://bit.ly/Vbb2CB) more information about the conference ...
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Why is the Supreme Court Interested in Patent Cases? from www.ipwatchdog.com The other thing I think that’s at play here, and maybe it’s the principal reason is a point that I made earlier which is our economy depends utterly on intellectual property. That is ...
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Hp and Autonomy appear to “ go to war” (or is Hp just laying down a smokescreen?) from www.tangible-ip.com To follow up the post last week, I spent much of Sunday calmly and dispassionately looking through the facts and various commentaries surrounding the Hp and Autonomy dispute and thinking through two questions— What is ...
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Quebec Has Some Branding Issues from www.iposgoode.ca The commitment to culture by our Francophone neighbours in Quebec has put their provincial government in the center of a legal battle with 6 major retailers. Walmart, Costco, Best Buy, Gap, Old Navy and Guess ...
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New Orbit.com Portal Announced with a Streamlined Interface for Faster Patent Searching from intellogist.wordpress.com Earlier in November, a new Intellogist Report was released on the major Orbit.com patent search system. The Orbit.com platform, created by Questel-Orbit, allows users to access the unique FamPat family records and additional ...
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ALJ Bullock Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com On November 20, 2012, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 29 in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-855). According to the Order, ALJ ...
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ALJ Bullock Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation As To Adidas America In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com On November 21, 2012, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 25 (dated November 6, 2012) in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same, and Products Containing Same ...
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ALJ Gildea Sets Procedural Schedule In Certain Devices With Secure Communications Capabilities (337-TA-858) from www.itcblog.com Further to our October 18, 2012 and October 25, 2012 posts, on November 26, 2012, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 2 in Certain Devices with Secure Communication Capabilities, Components Thereof, and Products Containing ...
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Criminal IP Sanctions To Be Dropped From Canada-EU FTA, Documents Show from www.ip-watch.org Criminal sanctions for intellectual property rights infringement are to be dropped from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), according to a set of documents leaked by Montreal daily La Presse.
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International Instrument On Medical R&D Still On Negotiating Table At WHO from www.ip-watch.org World Health Organization member states gathering this week at the WHO headquarters in a meeting to address global gaps in the drug development system said that there is still much work to be done before ...
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