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Putting together a mega-deal

Merger mania has hit the life sciences industry. And it is all because of patents, or rather lack of them. James Nurton examines the role of intellectual property in pharmaceuticals deals

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

News In Brief

In Court, Legislation, Moves

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

China sides with foreign trade mark owners

Cases concerning infringement of overseas companies’ trade marks in China jumped by more than 30% in the first half of this year compared to the first six months of 1998, according to a report from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) in Beijing. Out of a total of 713 breaches of trade mark law throughout China in the first six months of this year, 690 cases concerned marks owned by foreign companies.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

US firm shakes up London IP scene

White & Case has become the first full-service US law firm to recruit an entire IP department staffed by English-law qualified practitioners for its London office.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

TDRC takes off

Litigation and IP consultancy TDRC has taken another step towards competing with the big five accountants. The firm is taking over the IPC group, a prominent litigation and valuation advisory firm in Chicago.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

Venezuela presses for TRIPs extension

The Venezuelan government is to ask its regional neighbours to support a request to the WTO to postpone the deadline for developing countries to comply with the TRIPs agreement.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

Protecting Computer Related Inventions

Computer software is currently protected in Russia by the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs and Databases of September 23 1992. At that time this was an important step toward securing protection of rights in a quickly developing field of human activities. The law provided for voluntary registration of software. In fact, it was very similar to the Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights which protected literary, musical and similar works.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

International exhaustion and public health

As parallel importers put pressure on European governments to relax rules on the grey market, Tony Willoughby argues that international exhaustion will inevitably lead to the spread of counterfeit drugs

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

Film makers act tough in Hong Kong

For the first time ever the MPA (Motion Picture Association), which represents Hollywood’s seven leading film studios around the world, is instituting civil proceedings in Hong Kong to recover losses from optical disc piracy. In another first, the MPA is joined in the action by the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry): the two organizations have never jointly taken part in a civil action before.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

SmithKline barred from selling chicken pox vaccine

A US court has ordered SmithKline Beecham to stop selling the varicella zoster chicken pox vaccine in the US and Canada for the next three years.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31, 1999

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