Monday, 31 August 2009

Branded Generics; did The Economist Get It Right?

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Once again the quality press seems uncertain about intellectual property, and in particular the role of trade marks in the drug business. Th...
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Saturday, 29 August 2009

Who owns Unix? SCO rises like a phoenix out of the ashes of the Appeal Court

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Theres a fascinating report over at ComputerWorld which re-opens the argument about who owns the copyright to the Unix code. The whole case...
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Thursday, 27 August 2009

Typical Licence Fees in Germany

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My attention has just been drawn to an interesting article published in the German-language IP journal " Mitteilung der deutschen Paten...

Securitization of IP: Urban Legend, or Playing Soon in a Theatre Near You?

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Probably no word in the finance world has taken on a less flattering connotation in recent times that the word "securitization" (u...
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National IP Office in RSA implicated in identity theft

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A quick warning to all those with investment interests in South Africa. Two recent developments mean that investors need to ask their local...
Tuesday, 25 August 2009

If an NDA is Not a Licence, Then What Is It?

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I have been doing IP licensing for over 25 years and perhaps the most elusive part of the practice for me is trade secrets. My uncertainty i...
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Friday, 21 August 2009

A new Chapter, but not for the readers

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As an IP-driven business model, Reader's Digest once looked as though it was assured of eternal success. But times are tough, readers...
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Thursday, 20 August 2009

When Nostagia Meets Business Reality: The Case of Baseball Cards

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What happens when the nostalgia of youth is refracted by the lens of legal and commercial reality? I recently had occasion to confront this...

Want to create a mega-research project? Call ERIC

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The text of the Regulation 723/2009 setting out the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) was ...