IP Think Tank Global Week in Review – General Edition - Friday, 17 October 2008
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Highlights this week included:
President signs PRO IP Bill into law (The Counterfeit Blog) (Intellectual Property Watch) (Techdirt) (Out-Law) (Counterfeit Chic) (Public Knowledge) (Ars Technica) (Law360) (US Intellectual Property Law & Policy News)
CAFC vacates ITC ban on importing Qualcomm chips: Kyocera v International Trade Commission (Ars Technica) (Patent Prospector) (IP Law Observer) (PLI) (Patently-O) (Law360) (IP Updates) (IP Updates) (Law360) (Law360)
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CEOs and Corporate Managers: develop an engaged knowledge of your company’s intellectual asset value on the table (IP Asset Maximizer Blog)
WIPO creates, seeks to fill top posts targeting economic, global challenges (Intellectual Property Watch)
Financial crisis - what impact on world of IP? (IP finance)
In the midst of a financial meltdown, smart companies will increase strategic IP management efforts (IP finance)
Intellectual Property Colloquium - IP podcast site (The Trademark Blog)
Open Access Day - 14 October (Spicy IP)
Quick question - ‘non-asserts’ as licence? (IPKat)
Roya Ghafele’s report ‘Perceptions of Intellectual Property: A Review’ highlights pressures facing the IP brand; new group gets ready to act (IAM)
Progress in WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee seen in informal sessions (Intellectual Property Watch)
WIPO Committee on Traditional Knowledge and Folklore running in place (Intellectual Property Watch)
WIPO Director General calls for concrete outcomes to benefit indigenous and local communities (WIPO) (Intellectual Property Watch)
World Trade Organisation members call for more TRIPs talks; Director…