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OpenSymmetry Opens Australian Office and Provides Consultancy to Australia’s 2nd Largest Bank Sunday, November 8th, 2009
SYDNEY – - Mark Wild Appointed to Head up Australian Office OpenSymmetry, a worldwide leader in outsourced incentive management and reward technology solutions, today announced the opening of its new Australian offices in Sydney, New South Wales and the appointment of Mark Wild as Managing Director of OpenSymmetry Australia Pty Ltd.
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OpenSymmetry Opens Australian Office and Provides Consultancy to Australia’s 2nd Largest Bank
BOCAS DEL TORO, Panama – Top property companies including Emerald Monkey Eco-Luxe Resort & Residences are congregating at The US Grant Hotel in San Diego on November 12th at an important industry event. In association with CNBC, The New York Times and KOHLER, the Americas Property Awards 2009 are in conjunction with the International Property
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Emerald Monkey Eco-Luxe Resort & Residences to Win a Prestigious Award as the World’s Leading Property Professionals Gather in San Diego
TORONTO – - Symbol: NOT:TSX-V – Shares Outstanding: 163,781,957 – Fully Diluted: 173,461,957 Noront Resources Ltd. (”Noront” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: NOT) believes Freewest’s management fails to address the real issues and have left important questions unanswered both in their press release dated November 2, 2009 and in their October 23, 2009 Directors’ Circular
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Noront Responds to Freewest’s Failure to Provide Shareholders With the Facts
(Image source: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/images/pijip_logo_short.png) The American University Washington College of Law (WCL) (a top U.S. law school that is renowned as the provider of quality legal education in all areas of the law, including intellectual property, information about which can be obtained from here ) requires scarce introduction to the academically oriented
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Call for Papers: 7th Annual Symposium on IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections held at the Washington College of Law
The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), recently reconstituted to form an independent entity within the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has already achieved early successes in its mandate to “prevent the misappropriation of Traditional Knowledge” in the international patent arena. Until now, many may have believed the potential of the TKDL to be merely academic, cloaked as it is in the linguistic maze of India’s TK, bio-medical and other arcane histories. But current statistics from TKDL may have changed all that, and indeed may bear enormous significance on the recognition of TK as a legitimate source of information , a position that India has had to fight for in the past in the IP arena
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India’s TK database wins early successes at EPO
After the Tirupati Laddu, it is now the turn of shavige (seviyan in Hindi, shemai in Bengali, sevalu in Tamil) or vermicelli. Financial Express has reported that Bambino Agro Industries (which according to the newspaper report claims to the largest producer of vermicelli in Asia) has applied for geographical indication (GI) status for its Bambino brand. It is also reported that Bambino is the exclusive manufacturer of pasta with durum wheat semolina in India.
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Sweets Galore: From the Laddu to the Shavige
Google Tech Talk October 22, 2009 ABSTRACT Presented by Doron Reuveni, CEO & Co-Founder of utest, at the 4th Annual Google Test Automation Conference, October 21st, 22nd, 2009, Zurich, CH In the highly competitive world of mobile applications, getting high-quality apps to market quickly can make or break the success of a product. With new applications for Android, iphone and Blackberry battling for media attention and consumer dollars, the pressure to get apps built, tested and launched has never been greater
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GTAC 2009 – Testing Applications on Mobile Devices
Position: Legal Officer (P.3) Application Deadline: November 23, 2009 Duty Station: Geneva The position is under the supervision of the Head of the Traditional Creativity, Cultural Expressions and Cultural Heritage Section, Traditional Knowledge Division. Qualifications required: • University degree in law, preferably with a post-graduate specialization in intellectual property law, notably in copyright and related (“neighboring”) rights. • At least six years of relevant professional experience, preferably in the field of intellectual property law, in particular copyright and related (“neighboring”) rights, in private law practice, academia, a non-governmental organization, a national administration or intergovernmental organization, or equivalent
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Vacancy at WIPO
We have another breaking news update for you today – this time on the Gandhi-Mont Blanc dispute, which comes via Adam Smith of the World Trademark Review . The dispute over Mont Blanc’s use of Gandhi’s image has been “almost settled” between the luxury pen maker and the NGO that had filed the writ petition, according to the in-house counsel at Mont Blanc, according to this news report by Adam run today on the magazine website, which can be accessed by subscription here . The Indian NGO apears to have retreated upon being informed that the international pen brand would be donating a significant amount to charity
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Breaking News: Gandhi-Mont Blanc dispute "almost settled"
The Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, in collaboration with Altacit Global (an intellectual property law firm that is known for its specialty in offering strategic board-level advice to companies; details about Altacit Global can be obtained here ), has decided to host an intellectual property law writing competition. The topic for this 1 st Annual Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition is ” The Varying Treatment of Patentable Subject Matter “. The Competition is open to all law students of Indian and American Universities , Colleges and Institutions
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Virginia Journal of Law & Technology and Altacit Global announces IP Writing Competition
(http://anytimehotels.com/hotelimage/MarriottResortGoa/1.jpg) Image Location Strengthening of the copyright regime in India seems to be carving a niche for itself as the question of obtaining and renewal of a valid license before any multi channel music can be played by the hotels to entertain their guests, seems to be resurfacing with Indian Performing Rights Society Limited (IPRSL) dragging Hotel Goa Marriott Resort to the Delhi High Court over the payment of license fee for the same. IPRSL is a society, which is entrusted with the responsibility to monitor, enforce and protect the rights and privileges of the composers, publishers and authors of literary and musical work. It also grants license to the users of music and collects royalties for the same
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Guest Post: Much Music to be faced
In previous posts , Sumathi touched upon an interesting conspiracy theory that attacks WIPO for alleged sneaky attempts to push through a “global” patent proposal. Some have also expressed the fear that the latest round of amendments to the PCT (Patent Co-operation Treaty) and their consequent incorporation into the PLT (Patent Law Treaty) prevent countries from imposing “mandatory disclosure” norms in their patent regimes. A close reading of the relevant treaties exposes this fear as yet another unfounded one.
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Mandatory Disclosure, PCT and WIPO Conspiracy Theories
Even as India and other developing countries are on the verge of filing a formal complaint at the WTO with regard to the 17 highly controversial seizures which have occurred since late last year (which we have posted several times on here ) yet another consignment of drugs has been seized last month on grounds of patent violation, this time in France. The consignment was of 1.74 million pills of the anti-platelet drug clopidogrel from Mumbai-based Macleods Pharma and was destined for Venezuela. Clopidogrel, which is used for blood clots, is marketed as Plavix by US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb and French major Sanofi Aventis.
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India approaches WTO as yet another seizure takes place
Mr Carl Horton On the IAM Blog run by Mr Joff Wild , Ms Sara-Jayne Adams brings an interesting report on a lecture on The Future of IP recently organised by the Intellectual Property Institute in London. General Electric’s Chief IP Counsel, Mr Carl Horton gave a talk warning of the dangers of ‘monkeying with the IP system’ : Continue reading “General Electric’s Chief IP Counsel Calls To The Arms: Another Political Threat to IP”
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General Electric’s Chief IP Counsel Calls To The Arms: Another Political Threat to IP
Copyright law has since long been one of the most prominent cornerstones of intellectual property regime worldwide. However, while there already exist a large amount of literature and scholarly work regarding that discipline, few have cared till date to make an effort of conveying the basic features of copyright law to the mass populace at large. In an attempt to fill the said void, the Copysouth Research Group has recently published a copyright primer in September, 2009
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Getting Primed in the Language of Copyright
Mr David Kappos (right), Director USPTO, sworn in on August 13, 2009 From the website of US-PTO : “WASHINGTON — Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos has signed a new Final Rule rescinding highly controversial regulations, proposed by the previous administration, that patent applicants felt unduly restricted their capacity to protect intellectual property. The regulations, which addressed the number of continuation applications as well as the number of claims that could be included within each application, were published in the Federal Register in August 2007, but were enjoined and never came into effect
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David Kappos, Director USPTO, Rescinds Controversial Patent Regulations Package
EU Council – Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels Today, Document 13706/09 dated September 29, 2009, has been published under the title Revised proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community patent . The paper has been prepared by the General Secretariat of the EU Council and is addressed to the Working Party on Intellectual Property (Patents) for the next session scheduled to be held on October 06 and 07, 2009. Obviously this amended version refers to some Revised proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community Patent – Proposals by the Hungarian delegation dated 12-08-2009 and conveyed with Document 12640/09 but never made accessible to the public
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Yet Another Revised Proposal For A Council Regulation On The Community Patent
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, has launched a tender for a new project which sounds quite interesting: ” The main aim of this contract is to contribute to building up a system capable of monitoring R&D exploitation flows in Europe and between Europe and the rest of the world, within the private sector as well as between the public and private sectors. The system should be able to measure knowledge- and technology-sharing inside countries, across Europe and beyond, assessed by patent and licensing indicators.
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EU Commission To Launch Measurement And Analysis Of Knowledge And R&D Exploitation Flows
As I recently had posted a report on the state of the campaign for the national general elections , I now feel obliged to provide a few sentences about the results. Well, on a macroscopic scale there will be a Government again chaired by Angela Merkel of CDU/CSU and supported in a coalition with Liberal Democrats (FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei) under Mr Westerwelle. CDU/CSU suffered slight losses, ending up at 34% or so, but FDP have gained approximately 5% and will end up at about 15% or so.
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Succès d’Estime For German Pirate Party
WASHINGTON – The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM): 3-Year Pricing Date August 26, 2009 Settlement Date August 28, 2009 Maturity Date August 10, 2012 Reopen Size US$1 billion Current Outstanding US$4 billion Coupon 1.750% Price 99.791 Yield 1.823% Payment Dates Each February 10th and August 10th, beginning February 10, 2010 CUSIP 31398AYM8
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Fannie Mae Announces Auction Results for Reopening of 3-Year Benchmark Notes(R)
ABU DHABI, UAE – Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi, is pleased to be hosting the second Abu Dhabi Dragon Boat Festival on 9-10 October 2009, in association with the Adrenaline Sports Live Festival, presented by Rani. (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090826/357328 ) As the main sponsor of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2008, Shangri-La Hotel, Abu Dhabi hosted
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Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi, Prepares for 2009 Abu Dhabi Dragon Boat Festival
LONDON – - Roskill Information Services – The Economics of Natural Graphite (7th Edition) – www.roskill.com/reports/natural Over the last decade, the development of thermal and chemical processes to produce high-purity natural graphite has enabled a more effective use of graphite resources, as lower grade ores and fines can be transformed into grades suitable for use in demanding applications
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Advances in Processing Technology Expand Markets for Natural Graphite
OAKVILLE, Ontario – Securit | Shred-it, a world-leading information security company, announced today that its board of directors has named Vincent R. De Palma to serve as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Securit | Shred-it has been operating under interim leadership since the death of the company’s founder, Greg Brophy, in September 2007
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Securit | Shred-it Names Vincent R. De Palma to Serve as President and Chief Executive Officer
LONDON – - Awards held in association with ACQ Finance Magazine Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI), the asset management arm of Northern Trust, has been named the Investment Management Firm of the Year at the ACQ Country Awards 2009. The awards, now in their third year, aim to recognise organisations that have performed to exceptional levels during
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Northern Trust Global Investments Named Investment Management Firm of the Year
CALGARY, Canada – - Drilling First Deepwater Well at Kina Prospect in JDZ Block 4 Licence Area CALGARY, Canada, August 26 /PRNewswire/ – Addax Petroleum Corporation (”Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC) today announced receipt of Transocean’s Deepwater Pathfinder drillship and commencement of its exploration drilling campaign in the deepwater Gulf of Guinea with the
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Addax Petroleum Commences Exploration Campaign in Joint Development Zone
SAN DIEGO – - Use of SmartDrive Measured Safety Program shown to be highly effective in reducing key distractions such as hand-held mobile phone use, and includes an action plan for fleets. SmartDrive Systems, a leader in fleet safety and operational efficiency, today announced results of a large-scale study of commercial fleets to quantify driver distraction
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SmartDrive Study Quantifies Commercial Driver Distraction, Presenting Significant Risk of Crash
NEWBURY, England – - Speed-Trap Launches Industry-first Online Analytics Software That Captures and Analyses Visitor Interaction With Non-browser-based Adobe AIR and Rich Internet Applications Speed-Trap www.speed-trap.com the online customer insight software provider, today launches its analytics for adobe air applications, Speed-Trap’s unique capability to capture and process detailed data on users’ interactions with Adobe AIR applications,
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Speed-Trap Launches Analytics for Adobe Air Applications