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Tunisia Will be One of the Fastest-Growing Markets in AME, Reaching US$2.2 Billion in 2014, Says Pyramid Friday, July 10th, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – Tunisia’s telecom market will be one of the fastest-growing markets in the Africa/Middle East region with total telecom revenue estimated to grow at a CAGR of 5.4 percent over the next five years, reaching US$2.2 billion in 2014, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of
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Tunisia Will be One of the Fastest-Growing Markets in AME, Reaching US$2.2 Billion in 2014, Says Pyramid
MOSCOW – On June 19, 2009 United Industrial Corporation (OPK) and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI, Korea) signed a memorandum for mutual business cooperation, during SHI representatives’ visit to St. Petersburg Baltiysky Zavod and Severnaya Verf.
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United Industrial Corporation (OPK) and Samsung Heavy Industries Have Signed a Memorandum for the Development of Shipbuilding Equipment
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, has finalized the previously announced merger with Malcolm Pirnie, the White Plains, New York based company active in water and environmental consulting and engineering. All internal shareholders, representing 100% of the share capital of Malcolm Pirnie, voted in favor
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ARCADIS Finalizes Merger With Malcolm Pirnie, Becoming a Major Player in Global Water Market
NIEUWEGEIN, the Netherlands – - Low operating results in 1st half year: EUR 4 million (1st half 2008: EUR 13 million) – 1st half-year revenue up: EUR 601 million (1st half 2008: EUR 575 million) – Order book up in 1st half year: EUR 1.9 billion (end 2008: EUR 1.7 billion) – Net result for
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Ballast Nedam Half-Year Figures 2009: Low First Half-Year Result, Result Forecast for 2009 Under Pressure, Well-Filled Order Book
BANGALORE, India – - Q1 Revenues Declined by 2.9% Year on Year; Sequentially Grew by 0.1% Highlights Consolidated results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 Revenues were $ 1,122 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009; YoY decline was 2.9% – Net income after tax was $ 313 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009; YoY
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Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009
FRANKFURT, Germany – - First-half 2009 Marked by Global Economic and Financial Crisis Fraport AG recorded a slight recovery in passenger demand at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base in June 2009. Germany’s largest airport served approximately 4.5 million passengers last month, down 5.6 percent year-on-year. Thus passenger decline at FRA continued to slow down
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Fraport Traffic Figures – June 2009: Passenger Figures at Frankfurt Airport Continue to Recover
MUMBAI – Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is renowned for its legendary hospitality – a result of successful anticipation of guest needs. Taj aims to delight travelers by launching exciting and innovative offers that offer additional value .
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Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces to Delight Travelers With Fly-N-Stay Program, a Dynamic and Comprehensive Holiday or Business Planner
CALGARY, Canada – Addax Petroleum Corporation (”Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) ( TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC), today announced that Mirror Lake Oil and Gas Company Limited (”Mirror Lake”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (”SIPC”), has today commenced its offer for Addax Petroleum (the “Offer”) and mailed the
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Sinopec Commences Take-over bid for Addax Petroleum
MCLEAN, Virginia – For the first time in its history, the French National Commission for Data Protection and the Liberties (CNIL) has granted approval to a private testing company — the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) — to collect biometric data as part of its efforts to ensure the highest level of security for the
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French Authorities Give Sole Approval to GMAT Exam to Collect Biometric Data to Advance Security
DUBAI – - An Episode of Paris Hilton’s ‘My New BFF Dubai’ was Filmed at Salam Stores, Wafi, Dubai Salam Stores, the home-grown boutique department store concept in the Middle East with stores in Oman, Qatar and UAE, recently hosted actress, designer and entrepreneur Paris Hilton at their sprawling retail outfit in Dubai. Paris Hilton was
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Middle East’s Home-Grown Fashion Destination ‘Salam Stores’ Hosts Paris Hilton in Dubai
LONDON – The Road Haulage Association has reacted strongly to the news that supermarket giant ASDA is to slash the cost of a litre of unleaded and diesel to less than GBP1. “This move is intended to bring relief to the motorist but surely it’s time that the UK haulier was granted the same opportunity?” said
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“ASDA Helps the Motorist – Will the Chancellor Help the Haulier?” asks the Road Haulage Association
AMSTERDAM – A veteran of the hotel industry, Tom previously made his mark at InterCotinental Hotels & Resorts. His career saw him working in the Middle East, where he held the position of Senior Vice President overseeing 17 hotels in the area, after which he was appointed VP for Eastern Europe and subsequently GM of
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As of 29 June 2009, Tom J. Krooswijk Will be joining Hotel de l’Europe in Amsterdam as General Manager
The European Commission has published a new White Paper titled ‘Modernising ICT Standardisation in the EU – The Way Forward’ , describing some of the dramatic changes which have taken place in the ICT standardisation landscape over the last decade or so and invites comments from all interested parties on the possible actions which could be taken to adapt to these changes. An associated on-line questionnaire will close by September 15, 2009 . According to the White Paper, the ICT standardisation landscape has dramatically changed over the last decade
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EU Consultation – Modernising ICT Standardisation in the EU
The IPAB (Intellectual Property Appellate Board) just ruled that Novartis’s patent application covering Glivec (beta crystalline version of Imatinib Mesylate) is not patentable, since it fails to satisfy the requirements under section 3(d) of the Indian patents act. This section requires that in order to be patentable, a pharmaceutical derivative must demonstrate significantly enhanced “efficacy” over and above the prior known molecule. And more controversially, the IPAB held against the grant of a patent, since Glivec costs Rs 120,000, a price that the IPAB found to be way beyond the reach of the common man! This must be first time that any country has denied a patent itself on the ground of “excessive price”.
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Breaking News: Indian IP Tribunal Denies Patent To Novartis’ Glivec
In November, 2008, the WHO had established an Expert Working Group on R&D Financing (EWG) for examining the existing financing and coordination of R&D and for reviewing proposals for new and innovative sources of funding to stimulate R&D related to diseases designated Type II and Type III and to identify the specific R&D needs of developing countries in relation to Type I diseases. Consisting of 24 experts and policy makers, the EWG is supposed to submit a final report to the World Health Assembly in May 2010
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The Purse May not Open for All: NGO’s Advocate Greater Transparency in the Functioning of WHO Expert Working Group on R&D Financing
A recent USIBC report on section 3(d) has caused a great deal of controversy, with public health groups decrying the presence of Commerce Minister, Anand Sharma at the inaugural function announcing this report. Priyanka Gollikeri of DNA has an interesting report documenting this controversy, where she notes: “The US study, a copy of which is with this newspaper, argues that incremental innovations can lead to a decrease in costs and increased access to drugs by reducing overall treatment costs and hospitalisation. It specifically states that removing Section 3 (d) would allow all incremental innovation, including pharma innovations, to undergo examination and be treated in the same manner regardless of industry, field, or technology.
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USIBC and Section 3(d): Incremental Intelligence?
As many of our anonymous cowards, not to forget the FakeIPLplayer , will tell you – anonymity has its own thrills. Unfortunately for some of their anonymous brethren in the United Kingdom a recent decision of the High Court of that country has held that anonymous bloggers cannot restrain another person from stripping them of their cloak of anonymity since blogging is essentially a public activity not covered under the right to privacy.
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U.K. Court rules that anonymous bloggers cannot hide behind the right to privacy
As explained in my earlier posting , on June 07, 2009, I had electronically filed a formal request in accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission Documents to be allowed to have a number of Council Documents as listed below: 9669/09: Enhancing the patent system in Europe (c) Request for an opinion by the European Court of Justice on the compatibility with the EC Treaty of the envisaged Agreement creating a Unified Patent Litigation System – Agreement in principle 9550/09: Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of 28 – 29 May 2009 Enhancing the patent system in Europe (c) Request for an opinion by the European Court of Justice on the compatibility with the EC Treaty of the envisaged Agreement creating a Unified Patent Litigation System – Agreement in principle 9076/09: Request for an opinion by the European Court of Justice on the compatibility with the EC Treaty of the envisaged Agreement creating a unified patent litigation system The reason for this undertaking was by intention to learn some facts about the questions referred or soon to be referred to the ECJ. Of what kind of legal aspect might those concerns be, leading the EU Council to do this referral
Integreon Weighs in on LPO Report Saturday, June 27th, 2009An interesting analysis of recent ValueNotes research appears on Integreon’s blog. Back in May, ValueNotes issued a report which concluded that LPO penetration had been relatively weak at law firms (only 3% of the surveyed firms had worked with an LPO.) ValueNotes is one of the few companies that has conducted research on the LPO industry. While Integreon suggests that this can be explained by factors other than a wholesale rejection of the concept (LPO is a nascent industry and lawyers are very slow to change), the post suggests that under-reporting may be at play. In short, individual lawyers may not be aware of what is happening at their firms. The post goes on to offer additional commentary on VN’s findings including: VN: Onshore outsourcing is more common than offshoring–Integreon: perhaps, but the decision of when and where to outsource involves a number of business factors beyond location. Most clients are not dogmatic about where their work gets done. They base their offshoring decision more on “ project complexity, availability of talent, business continuity, degree of real time communication, cost, and scalability “. VN: Cost savings is the main driver in deciding to use an LPO– Integreon: corporate clients are the main drivers of whether a law firm will employ an LPO
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Integreon Weighs in on LPO Report
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In keeping with the increased focus on IP issues, the International Trademark Association (INTA) is conducting two Roundtables on “Trademark Valuation, Portfolio Audits and Due Diligence” during July, in New Delhi and Mumbai. The Roundtables will cover the following issues: How to value a brand Why trademark registrations are an important part of the process. How to conduct a Trademark Audit of existing applications/registrations
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INTA Roundtable on “Trademark Valuation, Portfolio Audits and Due Diligence”
In my earlier posting I had reported that, on the occasion of the 2945 th session of the Council of the European Union – Competitiveness Configuration (Internal Market, Industry and Research) – held on May 28, 2009, and in accordance with a Presidency proposal, a decision was taken to allow for a re-examination by the European Court of Justice of the compatibility of the drafted agreement on a single court system for solving patent disputes. However, the EU Council did not publish any Documents from which the gist of the questions put before the ECJ could be derived. On June 07, 2009, I electronically filed a formal request in accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission Documents to be allowed to have a number of Council Documents as listed below: Continue reading “File Inspection: EU Council Still Not Disclosing ECJ Referral for Unified Patent Litigation System”
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File Inspection: EU Council Still Not Disclosing ECJ Referral for Unified Patent Litigation System
In a previous post, we highlighted section 15(2) of the Copyright Act and its application to the Mattel vs Aggarwalla case, involving the online version of the famous word game, “Scrabble”. The wordings (no pun intended) of section 15 (2) leave much to be desired; it is no wonder then that its “tortuous” language has been the subject of intense litigation for several years now. In two very analytical posts , Sai pointed to some of the interpretational issues thrown up by section 15(2)
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Scrabble and the Copyright Design Interface: A 3-D Issue?
Scarce few in the legal community need to be reminded of the significance that Manupatra has attained till date as the provider of invaluable service including but not confined to a comprehensive repository of legal information, case-laws and assorted matters. Since 2004, Manupatra has become involved in organizing a much-acclaimed Annual Essay Competition for law students with an aim to encourage and promote creative thinking and knowledge of legal understanding and research amongst the student community
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Manupatra Annual Essay Competition 2009
In the last post , I had given a prelude to the controversy surrounding s.15 of the Copyright Act stating that (1) anything that is an “artistic work” under the Copyright Act cannot be protected under the Designs Act, 2000 and (2) a work which is capable of being registered as a design under the Designs Act, 2000 would not be entitled to protection of any kind from either the Copyright Act or the Designs Act, 2000 so long as it remains unregistered. On the face of it, these conclusions seem straightforward but how does one decide if a particular work is an “artistic work” or a “design”? This question needs to be answered clearly because there is a possibility of someone wrongfully claiming protection for the work under the Copyright Act as an artistic work if he has failed to register it under the Designs Act, 2000.
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Design v. Copyright- Need for a Clear and Rational Distinction- II
China plans for 50% increase in number of patent agents – Mr Joff Wild reports in IAM Blog that China’s State Intellectual Property Office has formulated a Plan for the Development of the Patent Agency Industry (2009-2015). Reuters: Most firms unaware of Web domain changes – Two thirds of businesses are unaware they will be able to use their own name in place of domain extensions such as .com, .org, or .net when Internet domains are liberalized next year, according to a survey. Cox is favourite to replace McCreevy in EU Commission – The former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox has emerged as the new favourite to replace Charlie McCreevy as EU Commissioner this autumn
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Google Internet Summit 2009: The State of the Internet May 5, 2009 Security Session panelists are Whit Diffie, Steve Crocker, Chris DiBona, Eric Grosse, and Howard Schmidt. On May 5 and 6, 2009, in Mountain View, we brought together Googlers and leaders from academia and the corporate world for a 2-day summit to discuss the state of the global Internet
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Google Internet Summit 2009: Security Session