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 »
Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of New Patents for Its Toll-like Receptor-Targeted Compounds
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced in a press release the issuance of patents covering compositions and methods of using its synthetic immune modulatory oligonucleotides targeted to Toll-like receptors (TLRs). The company's Intellectual Property portfolio currently contains over 500 patents and patent applications worldwide and includes claims for TLR-targeted compound... More »
ICANN Signs Accountability Framework with ccTLD Manager for Ecuador
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it has signed an Accountability Framework with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .EC (Ecuador), NIC.EC (NICEC) S.A, on June 23, 2010. According to ICANN, Accountability Framework program provides two mechanisms by which ccTLD managers can formalise their relationship with I... More »
Silence Therapeutics Expands IP Portfolio with Issuance of New US Patent
LONDON - Silence Therapeutics plc announced in a Wednesday press release the issuance of United States patent 7,750,144, titled Methods and Compositions for Enhancing Efficacy and Specificity of RNA Silencing, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The issued patent generally claims methods of producing double stranded (RNAi) agents having decreased off-target silencing activit... More »
Japan Manufacturer to Pay US$3.3 Million for Software Piracy
TOKYO - The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the global trade association representing the software industry, announced in a press release that it had entered into a settlement agreement with a Japanese manufacturer based in Kansai for software license infringement. The settlement amount of 315,205,272 Japanese yen (circa US$3.3 million), made this the largest ever settlement agreement for BSA wo... More »
Furiex Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of US Patent for Dapoxetine Method of Treatment
MORRISVILLE, NC - Furiex Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced in a press release that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent on May 18, 2010, for the method for treatment of premature ejaculation using dapoxetine. Furiex developed dapoxetine in collaboration with Alza Corporation and its affiliates. US Patent No. 7,718,705 includes claims directed to dosing dapoxetine on an as-ne... More »
US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Headlines Copyright Policy Symposium
WASHINGTON - US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke gathered with leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss the relationship between copyright policy, creativity and innovation in the Internet economy as part of a symposium co-hosted by the Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the... More »
USTR Releases Statement on Recent ACTA Negotiations
WASHINGTON, DC - The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released on July 1, 2010 a statement by the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiating partners regarding the recent round of ACTA negotiations in Lucerne, Switzerland: The 9th round of negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was held in Lucerne, Switzerland from 28 June to 1 J... More »
WIPO and Ukraine Agree on Closer Collaboration
GENEVA - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry wrapped up an official visit to Ukraine (June 29 to July 1, 2010) during which he met a number of high level Government representatives, including Volodymyr Semynozhenko, vice prime minister and Dmytro Tabachnyk, minister for Education and Science. According to WIPO, talks focused on how Ukraine can best e... More »
ILO Global Counsel Awards 2010 in Association with the ACC Winners Announced
Special to ag-IP-news Agency NEW YORK - The International Law Office (ILO) announced the winners of the fourth annual International Law Office (ILO) Global Counsel Awards 2010, held in association with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). The black-tie gala event was hosted in New York's magnificent Cipriani 42nd Street and was attended by over 250 senior corporate counsel nominees from ov... More »
WIPO Member States Address Non-Traditional Marks, Advance Work on Industrial Designs
GENEVA - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Standing Committee on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) met from June 30 to July 2, 2010 to address industrial design law issues, the protection of state names against registration or use as trademarks on grounds of refusal for trademark registration and collective and certification marks. At the conclu... More »
FTC Comments on US House Passage of Legislation to Stop Drug Settlement Deals
WASHINGTON - Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz issued the following statement regarding the House of Representatives’ approval of legislation to stop anticompetitive drug patent settlements. According to the Commission, FTC economists estimate that these collusive deals between brand name and generic drug companies cost consumers about $3.5 billion a year by delaying consumers... More »
For the Fourth Consecutive Year, AGIP Receives MIPs Middle East IP Firm of the Year Award for 2010
LONDON - Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) announced in a press release that it received on June 24, 2010 for the fourth time in a row the “Middle East IP Firm of the Year” Award for 2010 at the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) 5th Annual Awards Dinner held at The Dorchester Hotel, London. According to MIP, the awards recognize the achievements in IP work over the past year, whether i... More »
A Technical Symposium to Be Held in Geneva
GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) are jointly organizing a symposium at technical level on Access to Medicines: Pricing and Procurement Practices on July 16, 2010 at the Centre William Rappard in the WTO in Geneva. According to WIPO, the purpose of the symposium is to learn what international and re... More »
Global Organizations Provide Governments with Joint Recommendations on ACTA
NEW YORK, NY - The International Trademark Association (INTA) and the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) announced the submission of their joint recommendations and comments on the Consolidated Text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). According to INTA, the organizations’ comments were sent to the negotiators, meetin... More »
USPTO Issues Statement in Response to Supreme Court Ruling in Bilski v. Kappos
WASHINGTON - The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court ruling in Bilski v. Kappos on June 28, 2010: “The Supreme Court [today] affirmed the USPTO’s decision that Mr. Bilski’s invention was not patentable subject matter as his claims were drawn to an abstract idea. Significantly, the Court ruled that the “machine or transformat... More »
123 Registration Inc. Loses ICANN Accreditation
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) terminated its accreditation agreement with 123 Registration Inc. (“123 Registration”) for failure to comply with the requirements of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). According to the Corporation, the contract between ICANN and registrars governs the registration of domain names under generic top-... More »
Avistar Granted Patent for Real-Time Bandwidth Management
SAN MATEO, CA. - Avistar Communications Corp. today announced in a press release that it has been granted a US patent (US 7,738,492) in practical real-time bandwidth management, which increasingly is a critical feature in successful unified communications environments that utilize VoIP, video and instant messaging. The patent addresses a unified bandwidth manager that hierarchically manages a gro... More »
Information Systems Associates Announces Issuance of Its OSPI Patent
PALM CITY, Fla. - Information Systems Associates Inc., a datacenter optimization software, services and solutions company, announced in a press release that the US Patent and Trademark Office has recently issued a patent for the Company's On Site Physical Inventory (OSPI) solution process. OSPI is a proprietary application that runs on a handheld device which provides data center mangers with a s... More »
USPTO Confirms MVTecs Position on Cognex US Patent
MUNICH - MVTec Software GmbH, Munich (Germany), is pleased to announced in a press release that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has cancelled all claims of US Patent No. 6,850,646 that Cognex Corporation has asserted against MVTec. Cognex has alleged in complaints filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and in federal court in Massachusetts that MVTec’s HALCON product in... More »
Altairnano Granted Patent for Nanotechnology Manufacturing Process
RENO, NV - Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Altairnano), announced in a press release that it had been granted a US patent for the "Method of Producing Mixed Metal Oxides and Metal Oxide Compounds." This patent protects the unique nanotechnology manufacturing process for battery anodes and cathodes in lithium-ion batteries utilizing a wider range of metal oxides. "This patent enhances our Intellectu... More »
WebTech Wireless Announces Termination of Patent Infringement Action
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - WebTech Wireless Inc., a leading provider of vehicle fleet location-based services (LBS) and telematics technology, today announced in a press release that it has reached an agreement with Innovative Global Systems LLC (IGS), whereby IGS has agreed to not proceed with its current patent infringement action against WebTech Wireless. As announced on February 18, 2010, ... More »
Indian Trademark Rules 2000 Amended
AMMAN - Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) announced in a press release that the Indian Trademark Rules 2000 have been amended. The amended rules are referred to as “Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules, 2010”. In the amended rules the following amendments have been brought about. 1) The classification has been aligned with the 9th edition of NICE Classification and Class 42 has now... More »
Nexmed Announces First Patent Allowance for Vitaros in Japan
SAN DIEGO - NexMed Inc., a specialty CRO with a pipeline of product candidates based on the NexACT technology, announced in a press release that the Japanese Patent Office has issued the Decision to Grant a Patent for NexMed’s patent application entitled, “Prostaglandin Compositions for the Treatment of Male Erectile Dysfunction.” This patent, when issued, will provide Japanese patent protection ... More »
ICANN Approves Chinese IDNs, Moves Forward on .XXX Domain Application
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - Millions of Chinese language users will soon be able to access the Internet using Chinese script following a decision on June 25, 2010 by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)’s Board of Directors to approve a set of Chinese language internationalized domain names (IDNs), according to a press release by the Corporation. “This approval is a significant cha... More »