Business & Economics
The Eco-Patent Commons: Caring through sharing
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Bicentenary of Louis Braille – The world at our fingertips
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Sharing technology to meet a common challenge
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Patenting and Access to Clean Energy Technologies in Developing Countries
For the world to make the transition to a low carbon economy, renewable energy technologies must be made available globally. In a paper for the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, John Barton, Professor of Law at Stanford University, explores whether IP is a bottleneck in the solar, biofuels and wind energy sectors. He briefly summarizes his conclusions in this article, focusing on Brazil, China and India.
Hot Property – IP Strategies in the Solar Tech Sector
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Non-Traditional Marks – Singapore Treaty Enters into Force
In today's consumer society, the technical features of products and services are becoming increasingly similar and, thus, easily substitutable. A brand that adds emotion to the product or service on offer will often influence purchasing decisions.
Smell, Sound and Taste – Getting a Sense of Non-Traditional Marks
If you heard a familiar, comforting sound associated with a particular kind of tea, would you be more likely to choose it? How about the smell of freshly cut grass emanating from tennis balls – would they make you a winner?
3D Trademarks under French and Community practice
The following article, by European trademark attorneys FRANCK SOUTOUL and JEAN-PHILIPPE BRESSON , compares the interpretation of the requirements of distinctiveness and technical function when registering 3D trademarks at the national level in France with that of the European Community mark.
Creator, Artist, Sculptor: Nicolas Lavarenne
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Copyright in the Classroom – Mine, Yours, Theirs
Do elementary school students have any interest in copyright? What would be the right age to address them on the issues? Is there a playful and educational way of broaching the topic with them?
Salty Secrets – New Drugs From The Sea
Scientists the world over are searching for the next wonder drug that may cure cancer or treat tuberculosis.
Welcome to the Public Domain
Jurisdictions with a 70-year period of post-mortem copyright protection will be welcoming into the public domain this year a wealth of works from authors, artists and musicians who died in 1938.
The Father of Karaoke
He once claimed that he went to school in order to sleep, and that laziness was the major factor in thinking up karaoke. Daisuke Inoue never learned to read music, so he taught himself new music just by listening and repetition.
IP and Software
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Beginning of a New Era for the Lisbon System
The 50th anniversary celebration of the Lisbon Agreement on the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration took place at a ceremony on October 31 in Lisbon. The ceremony rounded off a two-day Forum, co-hosted by WIPO and the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Portugal in the city which gave birth to the Agreement in 1958, after many years of difficult negotiations.
Famous Appellations of Origin
An appellation of origin is a special kind of geographical indication generally consisting of a geographical name or a traditional designation used on products which have a specific quality or characteristics that are essentially due to the geographical environment in which they are produced.
Intellectual Property Financing – An introduction
IP financing, or the use of IP assets (trade marks, design rights, patents and copyright) to gain access to credit, is gaining increasing attention in IP circles.
IP Financing: the Ten Commandments
This is Professor Jeremy Phillips’ second article for the WIPO Magazine (see A Day in the Life of an IP Blog-Meister, Issue 2/2008). In this article he lends a biblical cast to the “dos and don’ts” of IP Financing.
IP Financing - Implications of the UNCITRAL Process
Ben Goodger, International Head of IP Commercialization, Rouse & Co International, has many years experience in different areas of commercial law, including IP strategy and value maximization, high-technology, trademark protection/brand management and computer and Internet related law.
The Challenge of IP Financing
Lorin Brennan is a U.S. attorney specializing in international IP licensing and financing. He is currently Special Counsel to the Independent Film and Television Alliance and a member of the UNCITRAL Expert Committee on Intellectual Property Secured Financing.
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