Chen's Arrival in Manhattan Ends Flashpoint in US-China Ties


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by BusinessWeek
Along with longstanding disputes over intellectual property rights and the yuan exchange rate, China and the US are grappling with diplomatic issues such as nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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Asean forum sets sights on regional weaving traditions and industries


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Inquirer.net (blog)
Lastly, Peralta reiterated the difference between intangible cultural heritage and intellectual property rights. “Intangible cultural heritage differs from intellectual because it developed throughout generations and continues to be used and evolves ...
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Special Topic Series Hosted by TAP in SF


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Kristina
This month's event focuses on Patent and Intellectual Property Law. Intellectual property law has always been an important topic in tech-focused Bay Area. With major acquisitions, lawsuits, and court decisions centered around patents recently ...
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The IPKat: Letter from AmeriKat: Brought to you by the Letters 'A', 'W


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Annsley Merelle Ward
These things happen, they sort themselves out over time -its a strength of our system that we have strong and balanced intellectual property rights that lets folks play their hands out in the way they are...I don't think its in any way a sign that ...
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Patent Pros Highly Sought After // Master of Science in Patent Law


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Jarrett
“Patent lawyers are in such demand that their specialty may account for more than 15 percent of law firm job openings while representing just 3 percent of lawyers in the United States.” Yes, intellectual property is booming in the U.S., thanks in ...
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FaST Surgeon (in Afghanistan): Picture Of The Day – 20 MAY 2012


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by noreply@blogger.com (FaST Surgeon)
You may not post content that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, fraudulent, invasive of another person's privacy rights, or is otherwise unlawful. You may not post content that infringes the intellectual property rights of any other person or ...
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Unauthorized posting of my child's photo on Facebook – WORLD


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Donna Summers
This is a discussion on Unauthorized posting of my child's photo on Facebook within the Internet Law forum, part of the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INTERNET LAW category; I did not authorize someone to post my child's photos on ...
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Pakistani students outshine at Intel Global Fair | The News Tribe


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Yasir Ameen
In 2008, three bright students from Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Karachi and the 12th grader, Sara Moez Ali, Zahra Suleman Tejani and Arif Pyarali won the first position cash prize US$1000 by the American Intellectual Property Law ...
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Chen tells us much about Sino-US relations


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Washington Post (blog)
There is no better example of America's essential role in the world and our obligation to defend human rights than Chen's escape to America. He was not sheltered, however maladroitly, by India or Brazil or Turkey. That Chen and his immediate family ...
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Hong Kong artists cry foul over copyright bill


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Channel News Asia
"The proposed law will create an environment of fear and will lead artists to self-censor themselves," performance artist and graphic designer Ger Choi, one of the organisers of the petition, told AFP. Some petitioners claim the amendments are ...
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The road home to NH for patent lawyer and scientist


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by The Union Leader
He gained all that before earning his law degree specializing in intellectual property law in Washington, DC Since 2005, he has operated his company, Aquilla Patents and Marks PLLC from his family's Coe Hill Road home, where he also runs Moose Pond ...
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'Push and pull and be not afraid'


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Concord Monitor
He pointed out that some of the biggest challenges for the future depend on legal institutions as well as commercial laws and intellectual property protections. "And those institutions and laws depend on you," Radar said. "You have a great challenge to ...
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UNH School of Law graduation: 'Engage all of yourself'


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by The Union Leader
Stacy Williams of Oakfield, Ga., earned a master of laws degree in intellectual property and said the diversity of students enriched her education. “It gives you a very different perspective of how the law works in other countries and our country, ...
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New York Intellectual Property Law Firms – Find A New York (NY


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
Search for a New York Intellectual Property law firm by city. Find Intellectual Property law firm in New York (NY) that specialize in various areas of law on ...
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Intellectual Property Law: I'm gathering personal data for a project


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
i.e., using their data by publishing it in a book, on the web, etc. Is there any kind of template out there for this?. Answer 1 of 1: I think most people do not consider ...
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Declaration From Group of Eight Leaders


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Wall Street Journal (blog)
Given the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) to stimulating job and economic growth, we affirm the significance of high standards for IPR protection and enforcement, including through international legal instruments and mutual assistance ...
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'Radical' bill seeks to reduce cost of AIDS drugs by awarding prizes instead


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Washington Post
“This is like the nuclear option for the pharma sector,” said James Love, an intellectual property expert who testified in favor of the bill. While Sanders acknowledged that the legislation isn't going anywhere anytime soon — he is its sole sponsor ...
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Kamla attends convocation ceremony


May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Breaking News Trinidad and Tobago
We have also seen considerable changes in the approach to law which had previously been perceived as domestic, such as contract law, criminal law, family law, intellectual property, and labour law. You may also consider such international organisations ...
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FRAND: Can Kindergarten Teach Us Something? |


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by patentmath
The points: Lessons from NPE litigation and the case law from it inform the FRAND analysis; and sometimes education and experience make issues that should be simpler more complex. While kindergarten kids can't answer the standard-setting ... A standards process that suffers years of delay while intellectual property lawsuits are fought out among its members probably would not deliver the benefits that justify the antitrust exception. The rules most groups used are not intended to ...
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G8 leaders on the global economy: Significant headwinds persist


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Lesley Clark
"Given the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) to stimulating job and economic growth, we affirm the significance of high standards for IPR protection and enforcement, including through international legal instruments and mutual ...
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Intellectual Property and Human Rights | CEHURD


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Google Alerts - intellectual property law
This booklet introduces our key partners, the journalists who are not familiar with the field of intellectual property, to the key issues in the ongoing commercial law reform process in. Uganda and the region as they relate to human rights.
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Natural Rights, Naturally — The League of Ordinary Gentlemen


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Jason Kuznicki
Companies in the USA have to play by fair rules for their employees, meeting OSHA standards, meeting fair hiring practices, meeting labor abuse law practices, meeting accounting requirements, meeting Intellectual Property law requirements, ...
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Law Enforcement Agencies And Movie Studios Unveil New Anti


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), has joined together with the FBI and six major American movie studios to launch ...
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Politics of Seed: Part 2 of 3 | Environmental and Food Justice


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Devon G. Peña
The question of the ownership of life through the patenting and intellectual property rights regimes has never seemed more poignant or urgent, especially in the after math of recent and quite surprising Supreme Court decisions that reversed ...
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New I2C Fellowship Gives Northwestern Students a Closer Look at


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
Located near downtown Evanston at 1800 Sherman Ave., Northwestern's Innovation and New Ventures Office conducts faculty outreach, provides resources for business development, and manages intellectual property rights for Northwestern ...
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Aponche Clinic and CRPM to collaborate on herbal remedies


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
... the major challenge facing the development of herbal medicine in the country is the unwillingness of herbal practitioners to give out their knowledge on herbs and called for the extension of the intellectual property law to also cover herbs.
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International: Concluding Session, Permanent Forum Says Impact


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by IndigenousPeoplesAdmin
Adopts Report with 9 Consensus Texts, Including Recommendations on Theme, 2014 World Conference, Intellectual Property, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights. Lamenting the enduring manifestations of the “Doctrine of Discovery” and other ...
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DuPont Sponsors Introduction to Intellectual Property Law Seminar


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
Widener University School of Law recently hosted an "Introduction to Intellectual Property Law” seminar that was sponsored by DuPont and geared toward ...
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Virginia State Bar | Intellectual Property Law | News


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
Section News and Information. May 8, 2012. Nominations for Board of Governors. The current Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Virginia State ...
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IP Law Daily – Wolters Kluwer Law and Business


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
Intellectual property law is changing all the time, which makes staying up-to-date with relevant cases, rules, and processes more critical than ever. Streamline ...
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Chicago Daily Law Bulletin – Intellectual property lawyer unlocks


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
Last week we suffered the bitter disappointment of the Bulls loss to Philadelphia in the final seconds of Game 6 of the first round of the NBA playoffs. This was ...
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Intellectual Property Law: What if all patents / copyrights expired


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
After a certain amount of time, all music, film, drugs, technology, software etc. was released into the public domain. It doesn't have to be 5 years. It could vary by ...
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European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Techdirt
One of the reasons I enjoy reading Techdirt is the realistic outlook on intellectual property rights. We should be critical of industry statistics and figures, which aim to strengthen copyrights further. I am a supporter of rewarding and incentivizing ...
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Research and Markets Intellectual Property Law Dictionary


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
panDublin Research and Marketshttpwwwresearchandmarketscomresearch5hx5sgintellectual_prope has announced the addition of the Intellectual Property Law ...
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California Court Rejects Resale Royalties Law


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by GalleristNY
As Gallerist reported late last year, the Visual Artists and Galleries Association, a nonprofit group that defends the intellectual property of its member artists, is currently lobbying the federal government for a national resale loyalties statute ...
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Support for file sharing remains high


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by The Local.se
Levels have barely been affected by new, harsh laws, and most Swedes have no problem with file sharing, a new study from Lund University shows. Following 2009's introduction of anti-file sharing IPRED law (named after the EU intellectual property ...
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Call for concepts for investigative articles on intellectual property


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Google Alerts - intellectual property law
The media capacity building program is part of CEHURD's advocacy for a fair balance between the rights of holders of intellectual property rights (inventors, creators, authors, etc) and the interests of the wider society that consumes goods and ...
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Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O: IP Attorneys – Sandia National


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Dennis Crouch
Provides legal advice and service concerning legal rights, obligations, and privileges of Sandia Corporation in matters involving intellectual property law. Interprets and prepares legal documents, analyzes corporate policies, and advises ...
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Law Professors Question the Constitutionality of ACTA


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Drew Wilson
The purposes of the Plan include “working with other countries to establish international standards and policies for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.” Nowhere in Section 8113 does the PRO-IP Act mention the negotiation of ...
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Patent Docs: ABA Webinar on AIA


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Patent Docs
The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, Young Lawyers Division, and Center for Continuing Legal Education will be offering a live webinar and teleconference entitled "Understanding the America Invents Act: ...
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Major League Baseball: the intellectual property behemoth – Jesse


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Macleans.ca
This isn't the first time MLB has played tough guy with intellectual property rights. In 2008, the league shut down an online business that had tweaked team logos to create t-shirts promoting Barack Obama's presidential bid. In 2009, The ...
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Adrienne de la Rosa Awarded Peter Lardy Memorial Fellowship


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Charles Williams
After graduation, she plans to practice corporate law, with a focus on intellectual property. Her name is now added to the Lardy Fellowship plaque's list of recipients, which includes 2011-12 Fellow Harrison St. Germain and extends back to the ...
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Three ways game developers can avoid cloning | TechRepublic


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Guest Contributor
The limitations of intellectual property rights to deter cloning are a sore spot for the industry. Indeed, even cases in which a defendant had access to a competitor's prototype and then created a game of striking similarity may not survive.
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Creative Industries – EIP's Assessment of CDEC SMEs Bath / Bristol


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Ben Hoyle
EIP also had concerns regarding intellectual property. We were told that the Catapult centre was to offer tiered support for research and development. Ownership of intellectual property rights would then depend on a particular tier of support.
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An Innovative Approach to Teaching Innovation: Professor


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by jdeyoun1
The book takes a wide-ranging look at its topic, examining not only the impacts of antitrust and intellectual property law, but also things like market structure, the impact of the technology, net neutrality, and digital copyright. Hovenkamp says the ...
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China to fix copyright law draft amendment


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by China Daily
The copyright law amendment comes at a time when authorities are making more efforts to crack down on copyright infringement, including online piracy, as the country has seen an increase of cases related to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection ...
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Vendor's penalty bad call by Mass.


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Boston Herald
Counterfeiting is a real problem, but let's focus on that problem rather than stomping on speech. Stacey Dogan teaches at Boston University Law School. Jessica Silbey teaches at Suffolk Law School. Both specialize in intellectual property law.
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ACTA: The Public Revolt


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by JD Supra (press release)
The World Trade Organization's 1994 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) was the first agreement to introduce intellectual property rules to the multilateral trading system. This was prior to any widespread use of ...
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Wow, This Sixth Circuit Judge Knows A Lot About Bourbon


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Above the Law
The case involved an intellectual property dispute between Maker's Mark and Jose Cuervo tequila. And the ruling begins with an epic six-page discussion about the history of whiskey. Substantively, Judge Boyce F. Martin Jr.'s ruling in Maker's Mark ...
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Greenberg Traurig Appoints Tucker McCrady as Counsel in Entertainment and


May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Citybizlist (press release)
McCrady focuses his practice on entertainment law, with an emphasis on copyright, intellectual property and contracts. He has negotiated national and international digital music agreements, including Warner Music Group's first mp3 distribution deals, ...
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