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The civil society collective formed to pressure the South African government to reform its patent act has cautiously welcomed the release of the country’s draft intellectual property policy.
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York today issued an order regarding a remedy to address Apple Inc.'s pricing of e-books, requiring the company to change its agreements with publishers with which it was found to have fixed prices.
The Korean Intellectual Property Office today announced it will undergo the largest structural reorganisation in its history beginning next week. The aim of the restructuring is to provide better patent examination services, IP protection and usage, KIPO said.
Microsoft has claimed victory in its high-profile trial asserting that phone maker Motorola failed to licence its standard-essential patents under internationally recognised fair and reasonable terms. And the hand-marked jury card from the outcome in federal court in Seattle, Washington shows the unanimous decision.
The Geneva-based Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) recently published a "guidance resource for the negotiation of fair research contracts in collaborative research partnerships." The guide includes several basic considerations on intellectual property rights for contract negotiators.
They may be fading from consumers' minds, but former telecommunications giants such as Nokia hold huge swaths of core technology patents, a new report shows. The companies are positioned to shift roles from manufacturers to so-called patent trolls, or patent assertion entities. Nokia this week announced a large, non-exclusive licensing deal with Microsoft.
A new book by a United States law professor offers an intricate look at the historical relationship between literacy, copyrights and the public domain in the US.
The World Intellectual Property Organization later this month will hold a forum on innovation featuring four "world-renowned pioneers from the fields of medicine, architecture and industrial design," as a way to bring common insights to intellectual property policymakers and stakeholders working to achieve a "balanced, inclusive" IP system.
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has issued a report analysing emerging trends in today's global information environment.
A new survey supports the argument of public health advocates that pharmaceuticals resulting from government-funded research in the United States should be no more expensive than in other similar countries, and that patent rights should be used to make it so.
World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Francis Gurry last week issued a call for a redefinition of the functions of the IP system in the context of a fast-changing and globalised world.
The USTR's disapproval of the ITC order excluding Apple products from the US raises difficult issues about the relationship between public decision-making and private solutions -- and invites strategic policymaking by other governments.