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IP/Gender:
Mapping the Connections
April 4, 2008
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Tax Law and Cultural Property
January 31, 2008
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A Citizens Guide to the WIPO
November 6, 2007
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EBay scored a major legal victory on Monday when a federal judge absolved it of taking more steps to police fake Tiffany jewelry sold on its website and held that brand owners are ultimately responsible for protecting their own trademarks. "It is the trademark owner's burden to police its mark and companies like eBay cannot be held liable for trademark infringement," wrote Judge Richard Sullivan.
The FDA approved Roche's Mircera for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease in November 2007, but a jury soon found that Amgen's patents for Epogen and Aranesp were infringed by Roche's product. Judge William G. Young, in response to Roche's contention that the public interest would be served by the reduced drug price that would inevitably result from competition between Roche and Amgen's products, said he might be willing to modify an injunction and let Roche go forward with Mircera sales if it met certain conditions.
PIJIP announces the release of a new code of best practices in fair use for creators in the burgeoning online video environment. Collaboratively created by a team of media scholars and lawyers, these best practices will allow users to make remixes, mashups, and other common online genres with the knowledge that they are staying within copyright law. As online providers have begun to negotiate with media companies, a consensus has emerged that fair use should be protected. Before the code's release, there was no clear statement about what constitutes fair use in online video.
Several tech-industry heavyweights are banding together to defend themselves against patent-infringement lawsuits. Their plan: to buy up key intellectual property before it falls into the hands of parties that could use it against them, say people familiar with the matter. Verizon, Google, Cisco, Telefon, Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard are among the companies that have joined a group calling itself the Allied Security Trust.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander M. Levin joined fellow Committee Members Rahm Emanuel and Chris Van Hollen in a letter today urging the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to strike a balance between patent and public health issues in upcoming trade negotiations. The letter outlined the members’ concerns that current efforts are not adequately addressing the need to improve public health, particularly in developing nations.
In a closely watched copyright-infringement lawsuit, Georgia State University fired back this week at its accusers, three academic publishers that say the institution invites students to illegally download and print readings from thousands of works. The university asserts that its online distribution of course material is permitted under copyright law's fair-use exemption.
Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2008) – Vermont’s law restricting the sale of prescription drug information that identifies prescribers and patients for commercial marketing purposes does not restrict free speech and serves substantial governmental interests, according to a brief to be filed today by an American University Washington College of Law professor on behalf of AARP and organizations representing physicians, state legislatures, consumers and public policy advocates.
