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EU-Morocco Institutional Twinning Project Launched
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CASABLANCA - In the context of identifying new areas of mutual cooperation and developing close relationships with Europe, the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC) launched on June 14, 2011 a project funded by the European Union (EU), according to Margreb Arabe Presse.
This project enters into the Institutional Twinning Project “EU-Morocco” a...
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Palatin Technologies Issued US Patent
CRANBURY, NJ - Palatin Technologies Inc. announced today in a press release that the US Patent and Trademark Office issued US Patent No. 7,964,181, titled “Amino Acid Surrogates for Peptidic Constructs.”
The claims in the issued patent cover a series of small molecule mimics for naturally occurring amino acids which can be used as building blocks in drug development. A small molecule mimic claime...
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OHIM and WIPO Sign Cooperation Agreement
ALICANTE - The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) President António Campinos and Francis Gurry, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), have signed a wide-ranging agreement to cooperate on IT tools, data sharing, human resources exchanges and training.
A press release by OHIM stated that a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Ju...
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St. Jude Medical's AGA Medical Subsidiary Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits
ST. PAUL, Minn. - St. Jude Medical Inc. (STJ), a global medical device company, announced in a press release that AGA Medical Inc. (acquired by St. Jude Medical in November 2010) has filed lawsuits against Occlutech GmbH and Occlutech UK (collectively Occlutech) for patent infringement. The suits, which involve a total of three patents and seek injunctive relief and monetary damages, were filed in...
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ICANN Approves Historic Change to Internet's Domain Name System
SINGAPORE - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)'s Board of Directors has approved a plan to usher in one of the biggest changes ever to the Internet's Domain Name System. The Board vote was 13 approving, 1 opposed, and 2 abstaining, according to ICANN.
During a special meeting, the Board approved a plan to dramatically increase the number of Internet domain name ending...
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IDN Variant TLD Case Study Update - Host Organizations
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The IDN variant TLDs issues project is dedicated to identify the issues that need to be solved to facilitate a good and safe user experience before the delegation of IDN Variant TLDs can proceed.
Solving the issues identified in the project will be the focus of follow-on projects by the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers (ICANN) policy development, implementation plan...
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USPTO Appoints New Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations
WASHINGTON - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced in a press release the appointment of Mary Boney Denison as Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations. In her new position, Denison will oversee the examination and processing of applications throughout the trademark operation.
Denison is a founding partner of Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC in Washington, D.C. wher...
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Kount Expands Patents with DNS-Based Device Fingerprinting Technology
Boise ID, US - Kount Inc., a leading operational provider of fraud prevention technology, announced in a press release the award of yet another patent relating to its device fingerprinting technology.
This recent patent awarded to Kount, US patent number 7,958,246, covers claims around uniquely identifying a set of services linked to a specific device through its use of the Domain Naming Service ...
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IDN Variant TLD Case Study Update - ICANN
MARINA DEL REY, CA - On April 20, 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced its approach to move forward with the IDN Variant TLDs Issues Project by publishing the Final Proposal for the Project [PDF, 195 KB] and the Call for Volunteers [PDF, 112 KB]. According to ICANN, this project is dedicated to identifying the issues involved in the delegation of IDN Vari...
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Nokia Enters into Patent License Agreement with Apple
ESPOO, Finland - Nokia announced in a press release that it has signed a patent license agreement with Apple. The agreement will result in settlement of all patent litigation between the companies, including the withdrawal by Nokia and Apple of their respective complaints to the US International Trade Commission.
The financial structure of the agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by A...
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