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Procurement Programmes of New Vessels by Navies Drive the European Naval Sensors Market, Says Frost & Sullivan Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
LONDON – In response to standing NATO directives, several member states have actively implemented new vessel procurement programs. CEE countries like Poland, Bulgaria and Romania are modernising their largely Soviet-era fleets while countries with advanced navies, like Italy, push for high technology solutions. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.aerospace.frost.com), European Naval Sensors (EO/IR) Market
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Procurement Programmes of New Vessels by Navies Drive the European Naval Sensors Market, Says Frost & Sullivan
LONDON – Bankers Almanac, the leading provider of reference data for international payments (www.bankersalmanac.com/addcon/products/payments.aspx), due diligence and risk assessment has further enhanced its international payments solution to help improve efficiency in the processing of cross-border and domestic transactions. Bankers Almanac’s International Bank Account Number (IBAN) Search allows clients to validate IBANs through to the clearing code
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Bankers Almanac Expands International Payments Solution at Sibos
LONDON – - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on the Impact of CO2 Tax Branding in Europe on Tuesday, 8 September, 2009 at 3:00 pm BST To remain competitive while meeting EU carbon dioxide norms set for 2012, vehicle manufacturers must pinpoint which technologies can sufficiently reduce their CO2 fleet average within the next
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Frost & Sullivan Walks The Green Mile: ACEA Regulations and Opportunities in CO2-Based Taxation
LACHEN, Switzerland and HOBOKEN, New Jersey – - ISTH Symposia Discuss Prevention and Eradication of FVIII Inhibitors and Introduce First Recombinant FVIII Produced From a Human Cell Line Octapharma AG is leading an international initiative focused on confronting the major risk associated with hemophilia A therapy – anti-factor VIII (FVIII) antibodies, also known as inhibitors. This
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Octapharma Targeting the Major Risk of Hemophilia Treatment – FVIII Antibodies
TOKYO – NTT Electronics Corporation, headquartered in Yokohama City in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture (hereafter, NTT Electronics) is pleased to announce that its “HV9100 Series” AVC/H.264 HDTV/SDTV encoder/decoder have been selected by Sentech, a state-owned communication service company in the Republic of South Africa, as the codec equipment to be used for HD coverage of the
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NTT Electronics Full HD H.264 Codec Selected for HD Coverage of 2010 FIFA World Cup
One-Day Preliminary National Consultation on Access to Patented Knowledge Organized by: Centre for Trade and Development (Centad), New Delhi Topic: “Patents and Platform Technologies: Understanding Implications for Research and Development in Malaria and Tuberculosis” Date: 9 th September 2009 (Wednesday) Venue: Magnoria Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, commissioned a study to Centre for Trade and Development (Centad) in the area of access to patented knowledge. Centad is among the six worldwide research based organizations selected for conducting the study. The title of the study is “Utilizing Compulsory License as a Means to Access Platform Technologies in the Healthcare Sector” The study is with special reference to research and development in malaria and tuberculosis (TB)
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CENTAD Conference on Compulsory Licensing and Access to Patented Knowledge
presented on www.youtube.com shows you Nosotek staff at work and, towards the end, also some of their leisure activities.
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Nosotek IT JV, Pyongyang, North Korea – the first Western IT venture!
Pursuant to our earlier post calling for the dumping of a trashy editorial by the Business Standard, we’ve received an anonymous comment to our post as below: “Certain prominent peoples working in a malaysia baseda and Delhi based NGO is behind the wrongful interpretation of carlos correa report. the author of the report in the Business Standard is neither a lawyer who can interpret or a patent expert. there are few people working in a delhi based and malaysia based NGO is using the above reporter of Business Standard for planting these type of wrongful and nonsense reports to create confusion in the mind of variousstakeholders including the Government of India.
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Mashelkar vs Correa: Is a Malaysian NGO Taking the Business Standard for a Ride?
After the rather curious note in the Business Standard suggesting that Professor Correa is miffed over the apparent “mis-quote” of his statements by the Mashelkar Committee in their revised report, the Business Standard (BS) now carries a terribly misguided editorial . I’m not sure if this editorial was motivated by forces that wish to engage in a further character assassination of Dr Mashelkar and bring him down at any cost…however, what is obvious is that this editorial represents a real “low” in journalism.
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The "Correa" Controversy: Dump Mashelkar or Dump the Business Standard?
Raj Gandesha , a patent litigation attorney with White and Case, New York, will visit NUJS on the 25th of this month (coming Tuesday) and speak on “Pharmaceutical Innovations: A 3-D Perspective”. The event will be held in Room 006 of NUJS, starting at 4 pm and expecting to finish at 6 pm. In particular, Raj will discuss a report that he authored on behalf of the US India Business Council (USIBC) on this theme.
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NUJS IP Talk: Raj Gandesha on Section 3(d) and Incremental Innovation
Continuing from an earlier post which laid some tentative doubt on the competence of Dr Raghbir Singh to be appointed as Chairman of the Copyright Board, I’ve now posted a more detailed constitutional law analysis at Law and Other Things . Whilst opining that the evidence on hand suggests that Dr Singh does not qualify to be a Chairman of the Board, I note as below: The Copyright Act requires that the post of Chairman be occupied by a person who is qualified to be a High Court judge. Preliminary investigation led me to Dr Singh’s CV, which does not carry any prima facie evidence of him having been an advocate of the High Court for at least ten years.
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The Music Compulsory Licensing Wars: Copyright Board Chairman Likely to be Replaced?
Patent offices in least developing countries have something to smile about now, with increased access to 150 online scientific journals by the end of this year, according to SciDevNet and this Patenting Lives blogpost . The aRDi programme was launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) with partners in the publishing industry with the aim to increase the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries. Its partners include Elsevier, Oxford Univ.
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SpicyIP Tidbits: Journal bonanza for patent offices in LDCs
In a move that recognizes the global nature of the problems of counterfeiting and piracy and the futility of attempts on the part of individual government or body corporate to combat the same, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is on the verge of organizing an international conference on combating counterfeiting and piracy, which will be the 3rd of its kind. The early two counterparts of this conference had succeeded in increasing awareness of the aforesaid problems, encouraging the sharing of relevant information among all stakeholders and identifying potential solutions and strategies to counter the said problems
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CII’s Conference on combating Counterfeiting and Piracy sparks a Lively Debate
In a judgment handed down today by Justice Ravindra Bhat , the Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Bayer seeking to institute a drug patent linkage mechanism through the backdoor. Essentially, Bayer’s writ petition asked the court to direct the Drug Controller to desist granting drug regulatory approval to Cipla’s generic version of Nexavar , as this would allegedly violate the patent rights of Bayer. The Delhi High Court indicated its strong disapproval of Bayer’s intention to use the judiciary to sneak in a drug patent linkage mechanism by imposing costs of Rs 6.75 lakhs .
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Breaking News: Patent Linkage Killed by Delhi High Court and Bayer Fined
Rehan Allahwala, CEO of Super Technologies, Inc., and I took Greg Vance, of Digium, to the communicasia conference press room where we thought it would be quiet. No, loud, but not as loud as the conference exhibition areas, so… The discussion begins with Asterisk training programs needed in the India, Pakistan and Bangladesh region because of the extreme fertitility and plethora of talented engineers.
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Nobody’s Asking for Free Lunch Discussion, Greg Vance and Rehan Allahwala
BEIJING – Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (”Sinopec International”) is pleased to announce that 153,734,120 common shares of Addax Petroleum Corporation (”Addax Petroleum”), which represent approximately 92.67% of the Addax Petroleum common shares on a diluted basis, have been tendered to the offer (the “Offer”) dated July 9, 2009 made by Mirror Lake
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Sinopec International Takes Up Addax Petroleum Corporation Shares and Extends Tender Offer for Remaining Shares
WASHINGTON – CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, announced today that it is on track to register the 50 millionth unique chemical substance in the CAS REGISTRY on September 7. REGISTRY is the most comprehensive and high-quality compendium of publicly disclosed chemical information.
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CAS REGISTRY(SM), the Global Standard for Chemical Research, Approaches 50 Millionth Registration Milestone
The last few weeks have been witness to two high profile disputes between Hollywood and Bollywood on one hand and Bollywood and Tollywood (The Bengali movie industry) on the other hand. It has been recently reported that BR Films has agreed to pay 20th Century Fox a sum of $ 200,000 dollars as compensation, in an out of court settlement, for remaking My Cousin Vinny in Hindi under the title Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai (This Guy is Fearless)
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Hollywood v. Bollywood v. Tollywood: When is ‘plagarsim’ equal to ‘copyright infringement’?
LONDON – Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG) is a Guernsey closed-ended investment company traded on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext under the ticker symbol “TFG”. In this monthly update, unless otherwise stated, we report on the consolidated business incorporating TFG and Tetragon Financial Group Master Fund Limited.(1) Net Asset Value Estimates as of July 31, 2009 (Amounts
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Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG) Monthly Update For July 2009
HERZLIYA, Israel – Teledata Networks, a leading global provider of innovative Multiservice Access solutions for NGN (Next Generation Networks), announced the release of BroadAccess-1000E, a cutting-edge IP-based Multiservice Access Gateway, for the delivery of residential Triple Play services and Carrier Ethernet services for business customers. BroadAccess-1000E expands Teledata Networks’ industry leading portfolio by addressing the growing
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Teledata Networks Releases BroadAccess-1000E, a Breakthrough FTTX MSAG Platform
LONDON and BOSTON – MetraTech (www.metratech.com/), the charging, billing, settlement and customer care product provider announced that LifeLock, Inc., a leader in proactive identify theft protection, has chosen MetraNet(TM) as its billing, customer care and partner management solution. MetraNet provides LifeLock with the ability to quickly adapt to changes relating to customer and partner relationships; products,
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LifeLock Expands its Billing and Partner Management Infrastructure – MetraTech
HERZLIYA, Israel – Logia Group, a leading global provider of innovative mobile entertainment services, announced the launch of Mo-Tip (www.mo-tip.com), a smart personal mobile alert service that matches publishers with end consumers. Mo-Tip is the first service that enables publishers to create and manage personal SMS programs without going through any integration challenges or red tape
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Logia Launches “Mo-Tip”, Makes Personal SMS Channels Everyone’s Territory
DOHA, Qatar – - Investment Commitment Exceeds EUR7 Billion, Qatar Holding to own 17% Stake in Volkswagen AG and 10% Stake In Porsche SE Qatar Holding LLC (”Qatar Holding”) announced today that it has reached a final agreement with Porsche Automobil Holding SE (”Porsche” or “PSE”) and the family shareholders of Porsche on Qatar Holding’s investment
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Qatar Holding LLC Acquires Major Investment in German Automotive Companies
BOSTON and MANILA, Philippines – - Creates a Global BPO Services Company Approaching US$1 Billion in Projected Revenue in 2010 and Approximately 30,000 Combined Employees Stream Global Services, Inc., (Amex: OOO), and EGS Corp., the indirect parent company of eTelecare Global Solutions, Inc., jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine
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Stream Global Services, Inc. and eTelecare Global Solutions to Combine in a Stock-for-Stock Transaction
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) added the Cayman Islands to its ‘white list’ of jurisdictions (www.oecd.org/dataoecd/50/0/42704399.pdf) that substantially implement international tax standards. The Cayman Islands recognition came about after the country signed its twelfth Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with New Zealand, on 13 August 2009.
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OECD Recognises Cayman Islands International Tax Cooperation Regime
A ‘landmark’ injunction was granted against Microsoft on Tuesday, Aug 11 th , when the District Court of Eastern Texas granted an injunction against the buying, selling, importing and/or marketing of copies of Microsoft Word, one of Microsoft’s flagship products. Specifically, it bans any version of Word which can open ‘custom XML’ files (these include .DOCX, .DOCM, and .XML files) as these allegedly violate the patent of a Canadian company called i4i. It does however allow the for support and assistance for those products which were sold / licensed prior to the date of the injunction. Earlier, in late May, 2009, a jury had come to a verdict which held Microsoft liable to pay $200 million in damages (this was considered a ‘reasonable royalty’ by the Court) for infringement of i4i’s US Patent No.
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Microsoft Word at the receiving end of Patent Infringement suit
Pursuant to our post highlighting a UK decision involving Nokia and its impact on the current controversy involving the seizure of transit drugs from India, Joe Mathew of the Business Standard ran an interesting piece highlighting this issue. Provocatively titled “India Warned on Moving WTO over Drug Seizures”, Joe states as below: “Even as India considers the European Union (EU) directive that allows seizure of goods-in-transit by its member countries as violative of the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) agreement, legal experts caution against the central government’s plans to approach the dispute settlement body of WTO . What has triggered the change of mind among Indian experts is a recent decision of the UK High Court to refuse Nokia ’s plea to seize counterfeit cell phones (bearing Noika name) that had reached London’s Heathrow airport from Hong Kong en route to Colombia.
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Strategically Challenging Transit Drug Seizures at the WTO: EC vs Netherlands?