Intellectual Property Rights
Epigentek Receives Notice of Allowance from the USPTO
NEW YORK - Epigentek Group Inc. announced in a press release that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded to the epigenetic tools company a Notice of Allowance for a patent to cover novel methods of rapid quantification of global DNA methylation. DNA methylation plays a critical role in the regulation of gene function. Alteration of methylation has been proposed as a mol... More »
Brussels Fellowship Program Reached Successful Conclusion - ICANN
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The 38th Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) international public meeting marked the 3rd year and 10th round of the ICANN Fellowship Program, which was noted in the President’s report during the Welcome ceremony on July 12 to start off the week. A note of thanks to all community members who have supported the Program and its candidates, providing guidan... More »
Watson Confirms Renvela for Oral Suspension Patent Challenge
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories Inc., filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market sevelamer carbonate for oral suspension, 0.8g and 2.4g per packet. A press release by the company stated that Watson's sevelamer carbonate for oral suspension product is the ... More »
ICANN Requests Input on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Initial Report
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group published its Initial Report [PDF, 1.02 MB] on May 31. The PEDNR WG was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent registrants should be able to renew their domain names after they expire. At issue is whether the current policies of registrars on the renewal, transf... More »
Quincy Bioscience Receives Patent for Jellyfish Protein Aequorin
MADISON, WIS - Quincy Bioscience, a research-based biotechnology company, announced in a press release the issuance of United States patent No.7,671,015. The patent covers the use of aequorin-containing compounds for the purpose of preventing and alleviating symptoms and disorders related to calcium imbalance. “Quincy Bioscience continues to strengthen its position in developing this novel calciu... More »
Iraqi Trademark Office Announces First Group of the Missing Trademark Files Damaged in the War
BAGHDAD - Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) announced in a press release that the Iraqi Trademark Office has published on June 7, 2010 a declaration in connection with the missing trademark files which were damaged during the war. The declaration included a schedule of the first group of the missing trademark files, namely the files of the trademarks Nos. (1 -16090). The declaration ... More »
Cabot Microelectronics Patents Upheld in Patent Enforcement Action
AURORA, IL - Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries and growing CMP pad supplier to the semiconductor industry, announced in a press release that on July 8, 2010, the validity of all Cabot Microelectronics’ patents were upheld in the company’s ongoing patent enforcement litigation in the United States District ... More »
EPO Grants Patent for the Prevention of Addiction to Opioids in Pain Management
CORAL GABLES, FLA. - Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. announced in a press release that the European Patent Office (EPO) granted to Brookhaven Science Associates/Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven) a European patent for the use of vigabatrin for the prevention of addiction to opioids (e.g., oxycodone, hydrocodone) used in pain management. By dampening dopamine release and thus, the e... More »
South Shore Resources Files for International Patent
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS - South Shore Resources Inc. announced in a press release that it has prepared and filed for international patent protection with the assistance of Sim & McBurney, Patent & Trademark Agents, a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international patent application with the World International Property Organization, which describes the technique by electroly... More »
Abu-Ghazaleh Lectures about Global Financial Crisis at Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Special to ag-IP-news Agency MUSCAT - Under the patronage of Vice-President of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jamil Bin Ali Sultan, Chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) Talal Abu-Ghazaleh delivered a lecture entitled the “Global Financial Crisis and its New Economic Implications” at the Chamber’s headquarters in Muscat. During the lecture which was attended by reg... More »