Ethiopia has obtained a trademark forSidamo, one of her speciality coffees, despite opposition from Starbucks. Ethiopians claim that coffee drinking started there. True or not, third world countries protecting their IP assetts is to be encouraged.
Ethiopia Receives US Trademark for Sidamo Coffee
March 8, 2008
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Stretching Definition of Trademark Infringement?
March 8, 2008A UK car hire company has created the worlds’s fastest limosine, the stretch Ferrari with a top speed of nearly 170 mph.
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Pfizer Affirms Patents and throws off Challenge from Teva
March 8, 2008The U.S. Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit (FAFC) reaffirmed two out of three of Pfizer’s patents for the arthritis pain drug Celebrex on Friday. Teva will now have to wait until May 2014 to market their generic version of the drug.
Celebrex has shown clear benefits for arthritis sufferers but has also been alleged to risk heart attacks and strokes.
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Dean of WIPO Academy Honored by Ono Academic College
March 8, 2008At an intimate gathering of IP academics and practitioners, the IP at Work Initiative headed by Adv. Shlomit Ravitzky Ravid, lecturer at the Ono Read the rest of this entry »
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