Baltic CD Plant in Record Piracy Payout

23.08.2007

Baltic Optical Disc, the largest CD replicating plant in the Baltic States, has been ordered to pay a coalition of record companies a €500,000 payout after a Lithuanian court ruled it was guilty of music piracy.

J&J Issues a Statement on Civil Complaint Against ARC and Commercial Licensees

12.08.2007

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed a lawsuit against the American Red Cross (ARC) and four of its licensing partners for unlawful conduct related to the nonprofit's use of the Red Cross emblem. The ARC rebuts and denies the charges.

USPTO Proposes New Measure to Improve Patent Quality and Reduce Pendency

12.08.2007

New rules in the Federal Register that will improve an examiner’s ability to focus the examination process for claims that contain more than one independent and distinct invention.

WIPO Reveals Changing Geography of Innovation with Highest Patenting Growth Rates

12.08.2007

The largest recipients of patent filings are the patent offices of Japan, the United States of America, China, the ROK and the EPO.
Worldwide filings of patent applications have grown at an average annual rate of 4.7% with the highest growth rates experienced in North East Asian countries, particularly the Republic of Korea (ROK) and China.

ECD'S Battery Subsidiary Grants Patent License to Shenzhen Grepow

09.08.2007

The Chinese market has opened up to ECD and Ovonic Battery Inc. with the signing of a patent license agreement with China's Grepow.

India & Switzerland Sign MoU on Intellectual Property Rights

09.08.2007

India and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding on intellectual property rights to promote the protection of IPRs. The MoU refers to issues relating to exchange information, experiences, best practices and more.