Sanofi-Aventis Drops Case Against Teva & Barr for Tocken Royalties

November 20, 2008

Sanofi-Aventis announced yesterday that it has settled lawsuits against Barr Pharmaceuticals and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., both Read the rest of this entry »


Court Rules Room for Two Mishneh Torah Indexes

November 20, 2008

The Jerusalem District Court has dismissed various claims brought by a publisher against a yeshiva (Talmudic College) for infringement of the publisher’s rights in an indexed edition of the Mishneh Torah, Maimonides’ Classic Read the rest of this entry »


All Blacks, Liver Birds, Trademarks and Fair Use

November 20, 2008

The Cornish All Blacks, a League Two rugby team founded in 1948 in the post-War austerity years obtained matching kits by dying various coloured shirts to a uniform and easily standardized shade of black or by recycling air-raid curtains.

To protect their IP, and to the ire of the Kiwi national Read the rest of this entry »