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Intellectual Property Rights News


Rexahn adds to cancer patent portfolio

   23 July 2008 at 08:44

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc. has won its third patent for a cancer treatment in nine months.The Rockville-based company said the Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for RX-0183 and related compounds, small molecules that inhibit the protei ..



VocalTec Receives $9.2 Million Netfrom the Sale of 11 of its 22 Patents

   23 July 2008 at 08:44

VocalTec Communications Ltd. a global provider of carrier-class multimedia and voice-over-IP solutions for communication service providers, announced today the closing of the Patent Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the sale of selected patents to Karo Mi ..



WIPO for private-public role to fight software piracy in India

   21 July 2008 at 21:50

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), a specialised agency of UN, has said that the best solution to stop the software piracy in India, which has reportedly led to a loss of about two billion dollars in revenue last year, is public-pri ..



Serious YouTube test of copyright law

   21 July 2008 at 21:50

A woman who posted a home video on YouTube of her 13-month-old son dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" squared off Friday against entertainment giant Universal Music Corp. in a federal court case that tests copyright law.The issue in Stephanie Lenz' ..



Tussle between Bisleri and Mount Everest over ‘Himalayan’ intensifies

   21 July 2008 at 21:50

The tussle between Bisleri and Mount Everest, a Tata Group firm, over the use of the brand ‘Himalayan’ has intensified. Bisleri International has moved a rectification application in the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in Chennai, seekin ..



FTC hammers invention, patent promoters with $10M settlement

   21 July 2008 at 21:50

The owners of an invention promotion operation that charged up to $12,000 to evaluate and promote consumers' inventions agreed today to pay $10 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers across ..



Judge Doesn't Give Tiffany a Trademark Silver Spoon in eBay Flap

   19 July 2008 at 23:59

A New York federal judge ruled Monday in a lawsuit brought by Tiffany that the online auction site, eBay, is not required to police its site for counterfeited goods."The law does not impose liability for contributory trademark infringement on eBay fo ..



WIPO calls on India to sign internet treaties on copyright

   18 July 2008 at 15:54

The World Intellectual Organisation (WIPO) on Tuesday called on India to become a signatory to the two internet treaties which will provide for global protection of the rights of copyright holders, performers and producers of phonograms. The WIPO Cop ..



Groton firm wins broad tech patent

   18 July 2008 at 15:54

PEL Associates, based at the Marine Sciences Technical Center at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, has been awarded a broad U.S. patent for Smart Coating Systems technology, the company announced this week. The coating systems involve lay ..



TriCipher Wins New Patent for Affirming Remote Users' Identities

   18 July 2008 at 15:54

TriCipher, the strong authentication company, won its newest key patent: the first automated multi-factor authentication tool for remote users -- eliminating the costly burden of smart cards and tokens.This is the 19th patent for TriCipher, whose sec ..