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Lignol Announces Memorandum of Understanding With BAE Systems PLC Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
VANCOUVER – Lignol Energy Corporation (TSX-V: LEC) (”Lignol” or “the Company”), a leading technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, and BAE Systems PLC (LSE: BAES.L) (”BAE Systems”) announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding to explore and develop commercial applications for biochemicals from the Lignol biorefinery process that have use
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Lignol Announces Memorandum of Understanding With BAE Systems PLC
MOUNT ARLINGTON, New Jersey – - esXpress Enhances Virtual Applicance for Backup/Restores Benefiting VMware Users PHD Virtual Technologies (www.phdvirtual.com/), provider of the pioneering esXpress (www.phdvirtual.com/products/esxpress-virtual-backup) data protection and recovery solution for virtual machines, today announced that esXpress has been extended to support VMware vSphere 4. This new release of esXpress version 3.6 also includes significant enhancements
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PHD Virtual Extends esXpress to Support Virtual Machine Data Protection and Recovery for VMware vSphere 4
CALGARY, Canada – Addax Petroleum Corporation (”Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC), today announced that it has received a letter (the “KRG Letter”) from the Minister of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government (the “KRG”) and has confirmation from Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (”SIPC”) that receipt of
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Addax Petroleum Announces Receipt of Letter From Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq
LONDON – The nascent Russian navigation and telematics market is witnessing a reversal of trends, with global positioning system (GPS)-enabled smartphone technology gaining ground over traditional portable navigation devices (PND). In 2009, the smartphone-based navigation market already exceeded 350,000 units sold in Russia, while the PND market failed to register even half that amount.
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Frost & Sullivan: Russians Willing to Pay Most for Smartphone-based Navigation and Telematics
HSINCHU, Taiwan – - Introduces SiP design solutions for the first time and continues to drive differentiated features in power, performance and DFM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE:2330, NYSE: TSM) today unveiled Reference Flow 10.0, the latest version of its industry-leading design methodology to lower design obstacles, improve design margins, and increase yields.
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TSMC Extends Design Methodology Leadership to 28nm With Reference Flow 10.0
GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Cellectricon, a leading provider of cell-based screening solutions for research and drug discovery, today announced its collaboration with University of Lodz, Poland. Under the agreement University of Lodz invests in Cellaxess(R)HT, the world’s first system for high throughput transfection enabling reagent-free delivery of any genetic material to cells. To view the Multimedia News
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University of Lodz Invests in the Unique Cellaxess(R)HT System for Research on Multidrug Resistance Genes in Cancer
LONDON – Under its new online travel marketing and promotion division, bigblueroad.com, Discover the World Marketing recently developed an information web site for Princess Cruises in South Africa. Discover partnered with Infused Projects of South Africa to create www.princesssa.co.za that launched this week. Discover the World Marketing’s CEO Jenny Adams said, “We have been very successful
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Discover the World Marketing Develops Princess Cruises South Africa Web Site
MINNEAPOLIS – - Distribution Agreement Expands Multi-Tech’s Reach in Europe and the Middle East Multi-Tech Systems’ cellular modems, that enable machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, are now available through Future Electronics in the EMEA markets. The partnership brings together Multi-Tech, a 40-year device networking innovator, with Future Electronics, a distribution innovator of 40 years standing. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040505/MTSLOGO) “Leveraging cellular technology
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Multi-Tech Cellular Modems Now Available via Future Electronics
NEW YORK – IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that it has developed a solution that provides segregation of customer funds and positions in credit default swap (CDS) clearing. The solution, which will enable buy-side participation in CDS clearing, is expected to
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ICE Announces October Launch of Buy-Side Solution for CDS Clearing; Segregated Funds Solution Offers Robust Protection for CDS Market Participants
I recently attended the IP Business Congress (IPBC) in Chicago organised by the well known IP magazine, IAM (Intellectual Asset Management), the brain child of the dynamic Joff Wild. Reviews of this conference can be found on the IAM blog . A more detailed note highlighting some of the key sessions was penned by Michael F Martin on Broken Symmetry , a blog that I just discovered and have come to love
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Indian Intellectual Property: The (Differential) "Price" of Protection
For the past few years, there have been signs that certain practice areas are migrating away from large law firms. Twenty years ago, large law firms were pitching one stop shopping. But as times changed, certain practice groups found it increasingly difficult to keep up with increased billing rates. For example, while many of the larger law firms developed substantial employment law and trusts and estates practices during the 1980’s, since the mid-1990’s, there has been an exodus of these practice groups to smaller and more regional law firms. Is the same thing now be happening in Intellectual Property? During the Dot.Com boom, many large law firms began setting up IP practices that were once the domain of IP boutiques. But is IP now feeling the downward price pressures that sent employment law practices looking for greener pastures? Here is one high profile example and there are certainly others.
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Is IP Trending Away From Biglaw?
CH Unni of the Mint reports that Roche will soon be filing their appeal against the Delhi High Court order, which not only found against Roche, but also went on to subject Roche to costs of Rs 5 lakhs for alleged wrongful suppression of patent information. In this article, I am quoted as stating: “According to a patent law expert, the validity of Roche’s patent was in serious doubt. “In view of the existence of Gefatinib, an earlier known molecule, the court appeared to suggest that Erlotinib, Roche’s patented molecule, may not be inventive,” said Shamnad Basheer, a professor in intellectual property law at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.
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Roche vs Cipla: Tarceva Patent to be reviewed by Indian Supreme Court
The IPO has issued procedural instructions that henceforth, until clear cut directions are made, patent and trademark applications may be accepted if accompanied with a request for filing a power of attorney (PoA) within one month. This is part of a series of changes that are being brought about in Patent Office Procedure by the Controller General over the past several months. [Added Later: I forgot to hyperlink earlier to this post by Shamnad on whether a delay in the filing of a Power of Attorney prejudices patent/trademark applications or not.
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SpicyIP Tidbits: IPO’s latest note on PoAs
A historic solar eclipse is ’round the bend, and like so many astronomical occurrences, bears ominous tidings. The movements of the skies were portended by the developments of a fortnight ago in Geneva almost eerily, when the fourteenth session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) , meeting in a midsummer week from June 29 to July 3, 2009, to discuss the future work in continuation of its nine years of existence, simply concluded thus: “The Committee did not reach a decision on this agenda item”, as reported on the Decisions of the Committee .
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WIPO’s TK talks fail after 9 years of negotiation
The investigation into the anti-competitive conditions in the pharmaceutical sector was begun by the European Union Commission on January 15, 2008. The Preliminary Report was released in December 2008 (Refer to previous post titled “Prelim report points to anti-competitive practices in EU’s Pharma industry” ) . The investigation; “Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry” launched by the Commission under Article 17 of Regulation 1/2003 (of 16 December 2002) on the implementation of the rules on Competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty
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Part I: European Commission’s Competition Inquiry into the Pharmaceutical Sector
It recently came to our notice that the Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce tabled its 88th Report on ‘ Patents and Trademark System in India ’ way back on 24th October, 2008. Usually Parliamentary Committees are quite participative and atleast attempt to invite as many stakeholders as possible in the discussion leading to the finalization of the report.
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Parliamentary Report on the Patent System – The Good, the Ugly and the Doubtful
NEW YORK – - Huge turnout for Light Reading’s Packet-Optical Transport Evolution Virtual Tradeshow with the industry’s leading optical experts, nearly 900 attendees, and 10 sponsors Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading online publication for the telecom industry, and Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com), its prestigious market research division, produced the optical networking industry’s first online tradeshow on July
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Light Reading Produces the Industry’s First Optical Networking Virtual Tradeshow
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – The Chilean telecommunications market will grow at a CAGR of 6.6 percent over the next five years for a total of US$6.4 billion in 2014, mainly due to the increasing penetration of mobile services and the adoption of mobile Internet services including data cards and mobile browsing, according to a new report
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Mobile Broadband Adoption Drives Chile’s Market Growth during Next Five Years, finds Pyramid Research
WILMINGTON, Delaware – DuPont Titanium Technologies (DTT) today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure(R) titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in the U.S. dollar markets of Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa regions
Rio Tinto Alcan Plant in Sebree, Kentucky Signs New Long-Term Power Contract Thursday, July 16th, 2009MONTREAL – Rio Tinto Alcan has signed its long-term power contract for the Sebree aluminium smelter in Kentucky following an agreement on the terms and conditions of the Big Rivers “unwind” transaction. The new contract will secure power for Sebree’s smelting operations through 2023. “This is good news for our employees and the local community in
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Rio Tinto Alcan Plant in Sebree, Kentucky Signs New Long-Term Power Contract
PORTON DOWN, England – Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralized and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has signed two patent license agreements with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (RMS). The licenses signed on 15 July 2009, provide Enigma full access under patents owned or licensed by RMS and its affiliates to practice HybProbe real-time PCR
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Enigma Diagnostics Announces Signing of Patent Licenses With Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
LONDON – “David MacLeod’s review of employee engagement is a welcome intervention in the national conversation about work. It is a useful, thorough and up-to-date review of the evidence and a thoughtful call-to-arms for senior leaders to pay serious attention to the importance of effective people management.
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David Coats, Associate Director at The Work Foundation, Comments on the MacLeod Review of Employee Engagement
DUBLIN and WASHINGTON – - Instant Mobilizer also noted by Entrepreneur magazine as reason dotMobi is one of the world’s 100 brilliant companies dotMobi, the company behind .mobi – the only ICANN-approved naming convention for helping consumers find mobile Web sites – today announced a series of user-friendly improvements to its internationally recognized Instant Mobilizer service. Designed
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Internationally Recognized Instant Mobilizer From dotMobi Adds New Features and Sales Partners
ZUG, Switzerland – - Nord Stream Will Provide Supply Route Diversification and Additional Gas From 2011 Matthias Warnig, Managing Director of Nord Stream AG, and EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs today confirmed the importance of the Nord Stream gas pipeline to EU energy security. Nord Stream updated the Commissioner on the latest developments in the permitting process
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Nord Stream and EU Energy Commissioner Reaffirm Importance of New Gas Supply Routes
Not content with having created its own law by ruling that “excessive pricing” can be used to reject a patent, the IPAB was at it again. On the 13th of July, in a remarkable development for intellectual property law, the IPAB suspended the operation of Ramkumar’s patent! And much like the Madras High Court reported earlier , it did so very crytically in a one para order that reads as below: “Counsel for the applicant present
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IPAB on a Roll: Ramkumar’s Dual SIM Patent Suspended
Game’s Physical Scale / load test offers clients the opportunity to test the load of their titles in a secure large scale physical environment with up to a 1000 CCU. Features: * Provide from 100-1000 (CCU) concurrent users (humans) * Take place in a IP secure environment at a certified Tukko Test Center in the Philippines * Detailed reports and graphics of data collection * Tests can be conducted on external servers and observed by clients real time … “tukko games” “tukko playtest” “scale and …
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Tukko Games: Scale / Load Test
LONDON – In response to the decision taken by the Australian town of Bundanoon to ban bottled water, Jeremy Clarke, director, Natural Hydration Council, commented: “From a UK perspective, a ban on bottled water as undertaken by the residents of Bundanoon would actually be counterproductive; with potentially detrimental consequences for health and the environment.
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Bottled Water Ban Counterproductive With Consequences for Health and Environment