GenevaLunch » intellectual property http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Geneva’s international buzz louder than usual http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/genevas-international-buzz-louder-than-usual/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/genevas-international-buzz-louder-than-usual/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 11:30:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57704 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva prides itself on its international role, but if you sense that the city’s native sons and daughters are outnumbered by foreign guests at the moment, you’re right. Runners, weather and climate specialists, world health workers have all converged on the city for three weeks of events. Geneva Marathon has massive [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/genevas-international-buzz-louder-than-usual/feed/ 0 IP growth data shows 2008, 2009 slowdown, with China exception http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/16/ip-growth-data-shows-2008-2009-slowdown-with-china-exception/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/16/ip-growth-data-shows-2008-2009-slowdown-with-china-exception/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:00:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=47141 GenevaLunch.com (video) Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Data released 16 September by Wipo, the World Intellectual Property Organization based in Geneva, shows a slowdown in IP registrations in 2008 and, based on partial data, in 2009, but the global picture is mixed. IP registrations include patent, trademark and industrial design applications, with industrial design applications suffering less [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/16/ip-growth-data-shows-2008-2009-slowdown-with-china-exception/feed/ 0 WTO: workshop for cheaper generic drugs, developing countries, fails http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/03/wto-workshop-for-cheaper-generic-drugs-developing-countries-fails/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/03/wto-workshop-for-cheaper-generic-drugs-developing-countries-fails/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:48:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38158 GenevaLunch.com Excerpt reprinted with permission from Intellectual Property Watch (full article) WTO TRIPS Council considers workshop On public health amendment By Kaitlin Mara The World Trade Organization group on intellectual property rights met 2 March and ended early, discussing a potential workshop on an amendment intended to ease access to cheaper generic medicines in countries without [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/03/wto-workshop-for-cheaper-generic-drugs-developing-countries-fails/feed/ 0 Google book deal still needs work, US Justice Dept says http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/08/google-book-deal-still-needs-work-us-justice-dept-says/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/08/google-book-deal-still-needs-work-us-justice-dept-says/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:20:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=36770 GenevaLunch.com Reprinted in GenevaLunch with permission from IP Watch. IP Watch is a Geneva-based newsletter covering intellectual property issues. By William New, editor, IP Watch The United States Department of Justice yesterday told the US District Court for the Southern District of New York that progress had been made on its concerns in the settlement allowing [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/08/google-book-deal-still-needs-work-us-justice-dept-says/feed/ 0 “Made in Switzerland” gets better legal treatment http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/made-in-switzerland-gets-better-legal-treatment/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/made-in-switzerland-gets-better-legal-treatment/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:31:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31829 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss flag, the word “Swiss” and “Made in Switzerland” are getting logo-like protection, with tighter restrictions on their use in Switzerland and abroad. The Swiss Federal Council Wednesday 18 November recommended key changes to intellectual property coverage for “Swissness” that are designed to make up for a current lack of [...]

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