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Articles for April 2003
Easyinternet Cafés infringe copyright
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01 April 2003
The High Court has ruled that the downloading of songs at Easyinternet Cafés is in breach of copyright. Damages are now to be assessed.
In its defence, the chain said that it only provided the means..
Languages and the Community patent
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01 April 2003
A questioner in the European Parliament noted that, in April last year, the European Parliament had rejected by a large majority Amendments 40 and 41 to the Palacio Report (A5-0059/2002) on the Community patent. The..
Striking out claims
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01 April 2003
Coflexip SA and another v Stolt Offshore Ltd, Court of Appeal, 13 March 2003
The competing uses of ‘Prudential’
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01 April 2003
Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Prudential Insurance Co of America, Court of Appeal, 12 March 2003
Asian piracy
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01 April 2003
The US film industry claims that organised gangs in the Far East are producing pirate DVDs that would have been worth £400m in shops. According to the regional director in Asia for the US Motion..
Record industry threatens action against employers
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01 April 2003
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has told a conference in Cannes that piracy would put 600,000 European music industry jobs at risk if record label executives did not address the problem. It said..
Access to medicines – poorer countries
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01 April 2003
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry was asked in the House of Commons what steps she has taken to ensure that poorer countries are able to access essential medicines since the World Trade..
The European patent
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01 April 2003
The EU has finally agreed on an outline for a Europe-wide patent. Under the proposal, it will be possible to apply for one EU-wide patent, rather than having to apply for 15 national patents.
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Bristol settles generic drug claims
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01 April 2003
Bristol-Myers-Squibb has reached a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission over its use of patent legislation to block the use of cheaper generic drugs. The settlement limit’s the company’s ability to delay US approval..
EU trade marks and grounds for refusal
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01 April 2003
Institut fur Lernsysteme v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market, European Court of First Instance, 23 October 2002
Patents Court Guide
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01 April 2003
The Court Service has published a new Patents Court Guide for all patent proceedings in the Patents Court and the Patents County Court. New rules for intellectual property came into force on 1 April 2003,..
Lipitor patent action
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01 April 2003
Pfizer has sued Ranbaxy Laboratories, accusing it of infringing a US patent for the best-selling cholesterol medicine, Lipitor. Pfizer says that Ranbaxy’s US arm has applied to the Food and Drug Administration to market a..
Companies warned on piracy risk
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01 April 2003
Governments and companies in Europe and the US have been warned that they risk prosecution if employees use their networks for music piracy.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has sent its Copyright Use and..
Toyota in action over logo
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01 April 2003
The Toyota Motor Corp is suing China’s Geely Group, the mainland’s sole private car maker, of infringing its copyright. Toyota says that Geely used a logo similar to Toyota’s on its Meiri saloon, which Toyota..
Disney in call for dismissal of action
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01 April 2003
Walt Disney has called for the dismissal of a lawsuit over its rights to exploit Winnie the Pooh. It says that the company which owns the rights was guilty of ‘pervasive misconduct and illegal activities’...
Spanish police in piracy action
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01 April 2003
Spanish police claim to have ended Europe’s largest music, film and computer software piracy ring, making 40 arrests to end an operation costing an estimated £400m. The Interior Ministry said that 11 properties were raided..
Literature
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01 April 2003
Intellectual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries
; Dutfield; Avebury Technical (0 7546 21111); £50.00. Intellectual Property and the Law
; Ward; Straightforward Publishing (1 903909 23 6); £9.99.
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