Trademark @ March 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
One of the factors that contribute to the economic growth of a country, says Bob Winter, is the country’ s ability to protect its intellectual property. In this video, Mr. Winter, who works on the Ethiopia Fine Coffee Initiative at Arnold and Porter’s, explains the legal issues that come with the attempt of Ethiopia to […]
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Trademark @ December 17, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The United States and the European Union both have their special agencies that look after the rights of their respective intellectual properties. Visiting both sites, it becomes apparent- again- that the United States wins big time over the European Union when it comes to transparency and readability of its official papers and statements.
Entering the European […]
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Trademark @ November 19, 2007 # One Comment
In 1994, the Trademark Act caused the British legal trademark approach to fall in line with the general EU Directive regarding trademarks. The Trademark Act thus forced the UK to handle trademark applications in the same way as in the rest of Europe.
It was thanks to this Trademark Act, that recently the UK Registrar of […]
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Trademark @ September 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
A project funded by the Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN) and led by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), makes it simpler for medical researchers in developing countries to patent or trademark their research.
The three year project, which started in 2004, has developed a model to empower research institutes in developing countries in their […]
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Trademark @ September 11, 2007 # No Comment Yet
A trademark is a word, a phrase, a symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs identifying and distinguishing the source of the goods of one party from the source of the goods of others. (www.uspto.gov)
A service mark is the same as a trademark, but it differs from it in that […]
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