CodyCorp Domains Transferred to eNom
MARINA DEL REY, CA - An estimated 22 domain names previously sponsored by registrar CodyCorp.com Inc. have been transferred to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)-accredited registrar eNom, Inc. following the termination of CodyCorp's registrar accreditation agreement. A press release by ICANN stated that customers of CodyCorp should contact eNom for continued manageme... More »
ICC Sponsors Seminar on Arbitration and Sport
PARIS - The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Institute of World Business Law is hosting a one-day seminar on April 22 at Roland Garros, the venue of the French Open, according to a press release by the Chamber. The increasing use of arbitration in sport over the last decade has challenged the legal framework in which arbitration disputes are addressed in many jurisdictions. Recent controv... More »
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Announces Agreement with Hologic
CINCINNATI - Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, announced in a press release that it has reached an agreement with Hologic Inc., and Hologic subsidiary Suros Surgical Systems Inc., settling litigation in Ohio and dismissing pending cases in Delaware. The disputes involved patents relating to the Ethicon Endo-Surgery MAMMOTOME Breast Biopsy System, and the Hologic ATEC and... More »
Agilent Technologies Wins HPLC Columns Trade Secrets Case
SANTA CLARA, CA. - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced in a press release a favorable decision in its trade secrets and breach of contract case against Advanced Materials Technology Inc. (AMT) and three of its employees in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Agilent filed the lawsuit in January 2008 to protect confidential and proprietary information relating to its high-performance liquid chromatogr... More »
Microsoft and Amazon.com Sign Patent Agreement
REDMOND, WASH. - Microsoft Corp. announced in a press release that it has signed a patent cross-license agreement with Amazon.com Inc. The agreement provides each company with access to the other’s patent portfolio and covers a broad range of products and technology, including coverage for Amazon’s popular e-reading device, Kindle, which employs both open source and Amazon’s proprietary software ... More »
ITC Remands Investigation to Administrative Law Judge in Amkor Patent Case Against Carsem
CHANDLER, ARIZ. - Amkor Technology Inc. announced in a press release that the International Trade Commission has reversed a finding by the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) on the issue of whether a certain invention constitutes prior art to Amkor’s asserted patents in its patent infringement case against Carsem. The Commission remanded the investigation to the ALJ to make further findings in ligh... More »
WIPO, KIPO, LAS to Launch Arabic IP PANORAMA
GENEVA - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that the Arabic version of IP PANORAMATM multimedia toolkit will be officially launched during the Arab Regional Symposium on the Strategic Use of IP in Business, which is being jointly organized by WIPO, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the League of Arab States (LAS), at the headquarters of LAS, in Cair... More »
IIPA Report Documents Copyright Theft in 39 Countries
WASHINGTON - The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) submitted recommendations to the US Trade Representative (USTR) urging increased efforts to stem copyright theft and protect American jobs in the annual “Special 301” review of Intellectual Property (IP) protection and market access issues in foreign countries. A press release by the Alliance stated that the report by the copyri... More »
Intellectual Property Theft Persists in 35 Nations, Impairing US Economic Growth – BSA
WASHINGTON, DC - The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced in a press release that it has joined a coalition of industries in identifying 35 countries that warrant special US Government attention for persistently high rates of Intellectual Property (IP) theft or infringement. The coalition, known as the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), recommended that 35 countries catalo... More »
Recently Announced Changes to USPTOs Examiner Count System Go Into Effect
WASHINGTON - The significant changes to the examiner “count system” that were announced by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on September 30, 2009, took effect last week. A press release by the USPTO stated that the count system is the methodology for determining the amount of time in which a patent examiner is expected to complete a patent examination and the credit that is g... More »
Jan Moir's column on Stephen Gately cleared by PCC as free speech
An article about the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately that prompted 25,000 complaints may have been tasteless and offensive but it did not break the rules for editors, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has decided. More »
France's eBay ruling is a distraction ðÐit's next month's AdWords decision that counts
OPINION: A Paris court ruled last week that eBay infringed the trade marks of Louis Vuitton by sponsoring misspellings of its brand as search engine keywords. But speculation about the impact of the ruling is pointless: the big decision comes next month. More »
Outsourcing compliance eased by new 'model clauses', says expert
Companies in Europe may have to negotiate fewer contracts when they send data to foreign suppliers as a consequence of terms published by the European Commission. An expert says that the new rules, in force on 15th May, simplify commercial relationships. More »
Conservatives would blacklist marketers to protect children
Companies that market irresponsibly to children will be banned from winning future government contracts for three years if the Conservative Party wins the next General Election. David Cameron announced plans to change the UK's marketing laws today. More »
FSA promises tougher line on change of control breaches
A billion-pound property fund was fined Ó1,000 this week for breaching takeover rules. But a change in the law means similar offences in future could attract unlimited penalties. More »
TAG-College Holds Its Higher Advisory Board Meeting
Special to ag-IP-news Agency AMMAN - The Higher Advisory Board of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh College of Business/German – Jordanian University (TAG-College/ GJU) held its meeting to discuss various topics of interest for the 2010 agenda. During the meeting, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, the Advisory Board chairman, revealed the College’s special European accreditation of the Federation International for Busin... More »
PositiveID Corporation Acquires Easy Check Medical Diagnostics
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. - PositiveID Corporation announced in a press release that it has acquired Intellectual Property Rights and assets of Easy Check Medical Diagnostics, LLC, to expand its portfolio of non-invasive glucose-level testing products and diabetes management tools under development. Easy Check has two primary products under development: the Easy Check breath glucose detection system and... More »
O2Micro Issued Patent for Voltage Reference Circuit
CAYMAN ISLANDS - O2Micro® International Limited announced in a press release that it was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,656,145 for its Low Power Bandgap Voltage Reference Circuit. Accurate voltage and current measurements are dependent upon an accurate, stable reference. This invention creates a reference output that is largely independent of changes in temperature and powe... More »
CalciMedica Announces Issuance of US Patent
LA JOLLA, CA - CalciMedica announced in a press release that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued to CalciMedica US Patent No. 7,645,588, a composition patent involving STIM1, a key component of the calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel. The patent, entitled “Composition comprising a cell comprising a STIM1 protein and an agent that modulates intracellular calcium and methods ... More »
Sunbelt Software Joins RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation
CLEARWATER, FL - Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, announced in a press release that it has joined the RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation Service as a member. Through its membership agreement, Sunbelt gains license rights to all of the patents acquired by RPX for its collective constituency, limiting the risk of patent infringement litigation by non-practicing entit... More »
The Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education Annual Conference Opens in Kuwait
Special to ag-IP-news Agency KUWAIT - The Annual Conference of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education (AROQA) entitled “New Trends in Business Education” was inaugurated in collaboration with the College of Business Administration at Kuwait University, E-City for King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), Hala February Festival 2010, Kuwait Associa... More »
New gTLD Program Makes Available New Documents for Community Discussion
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published several materials related to the New gTLD Program. According to the Corporation, the Board plans to decide whether to conduct an Expressions of Interest (EOI) exercise for new gTLDs at the ICANN Meeting in Nairobi. The Board and the community will have the opportunity to discuss the Expressions of... More »
How the Carbon Reduction Scheme will affect IT contracts
OPINION: Government plans to cut carbon emissions in the UK will soon be mandatory for large businesses and public sector bodies. An immediate consequence will be changes to the contract terms and pricing mechanics of large IT projects. More »
BA employee fails in cross-wearing discrimination case
A woman who claimed a British Airways rule against wearing neck jewellery discriminated against her Christian faith has lost her case. Nadia Eweida failed in an appeal against an earlier Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruling. More »
The impact on security of virtualisation and cloud computing
OPINION: The virtues of virtualisation and cloud computing will figure in most enterprise IT infrastructure discussions during 2010. But as the industry moves towards a new IT infrastructure play, what are the implications on IT security? More »