Intellectual Property Rights
TAG-College Celebrates Second Graduation
Special to ag-IP-news Agency AMMAN - Under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh College of Business (TAG-College) – German Jordanian University (GJU) celebrated on July 22, 2010 the graduation of its second Masters graduates at the Palace of Culture/Al Hussein Sports City. Attending the ceremony were Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organizatio... More »
AGIP Completes First Arabic Domain Name Registration in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH – Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) announced in a press release that it has successfully completed the first Arabic Domain Name registration for its clients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition, AGIP has filed 63 applications for .السعودية domain name, while 57 applications have been nominated to enter Sunrise Phase. After finishing the Sunrise Phase, all nominated req... More »
Datanomic Offers Enhanced Protection for Risk & Compliance Screening of Arabic Names
Special to ag-IP-news Agency CAMBRIDGE, UK - Risk & Compliance Screening and Data Management specialist, Datanomic, announced that it has signed a strategic technology alliance with The CJK Dictionary Institute (CJKI), one of the world's leading providers of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic lexical databases. The partnership enables Datanomic to integrate CJKI’s Database of Arab Names in... More »
MOSAID Signs New Patent License Agreement with Nanya Technology
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - MOSAID Technologies Inc. announced in a press release that it has signed a seven year, royalty bearing patent portfolio license agreement with Nanya Technology Corporation of Taiwan. Nanya’s new agreement begins on October 1, 2010, following the expiration of its current five year agreement on September 30, 2010. The new agreement grants Nanya a license under MOSAID’s memory pat... More »
Experts Break New Ground in Traditional Cultural Expression Talks
GENEVA - Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) member states rolled up their sleeves this week and got down to the nitty-gritty of discussions aimed at reaching agreement on an international legal instrument (or instruments) to ensure the effective protection of traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GRs). A press rele... More »
TAG-Org and CIMA Launch First Global Arabic Certificate in Islamic Finance
Special to ag-IP-news Agency AMMAN - The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh CIMA Academy hosted the global launch of the CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) Certificate in Islamic Finance in Arabic in Amman on July 22nd at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Forum/Talal Abu-Ghazaleh College of Business. The launch of the Arabic certificate marks a major step forward for the Islamic finance industry – it is the ... More »
Application Round Opens for Cartagena Meeting Fellowships
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a press release that it has launched the 11th round of the Fellowship program applications for its 39th International Public Meeting to be held Cartagena, Columbia on December 5-10, 2010. Over the last 10 meetings, the Fellowship program has proven to be a successful method of capacity building for t... More »
The At-Large Community Seeks SOIs for Candidates for Post of ICANN Board Seat
MARINA DEL REY, CA - A Call for Statements of Interest (SOIs) is now open through August 21. This Call for SOIs is part of the new process through which the user community within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will appoint one voting member of the ICANN Board. While acting in a personal capacity as a member of the ICANN Board, a press release by the Corporation st... More »
Small Businesses, Critical to US Leadership in Software, Are Most Endangered by IP Theft
WASHINGTON - Continued US leadership in software depends on the success of a vast network of developers and other industry partners, many of which are small businesses — and their success hinges on robust protection of Intellectual Property (IP) rights, Business Software Alliance President and CEO Robert Holleyman told the House Small Business Committee in testimony on July 21. “The software indu... More »
Global Organization Submits Comments on ICANNs Draft Applicant Guidebook
NEW YORK, NY - The International Trademark Association (INTA) announced in a press release the submission of its comments on the fourth version of the gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG), an implementation proposal for the introduction of an unlimited number of gTLDs or generic top level domains (such as .com or .org) to be added to the Internet’s domain name system. The comments were sent ... More »