Intellectual Property Law

Qatar: Patent Law In Qatar – Mondaq

Having historically had limited laws protecting intellectual property (“IP”) rights, Qatar has made progress towards enacting legislation and implementing practices to enable rights holders to protect their IP. New laws with respect to trademarks …

A&E Television, Philip Morris, LucasFilm: Intellectual Property – Bloomberg

The company had sought to register “Optima Zolotaya,” which the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks … of EU governments and lawmakers before becoming law. Most royalty revenue comes from music played on …

Battle Armor: Dispute Ensnares Entrepreneurs – Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, bottles of BodyArmor have a large crisscross on their label. Enlarge Image Close BodyArmor Nutrition LLC “Intellectual property laws are designed to protect innovators from imitators,” Diane Pelkey, Under Armour’s vice president of …

SOPA architect now pushing for "IP Attaché" legislation – Ars Technica

According to the draft, the law would “establish an intellectual property attaché program by appointing and placing intellectual property attachés in United States embassies or diplomatic missions in countries where the activities of such an …

United States: Perfecting Security Interests In Intellectual Property – Not As Obvious As You Might Think – Mondaq

The law has not been uniformly interpreted over the years regarding the appropriate method for perfecting security interests in the different types of intellectual property. The Copyright Act addresses the issue of security interests but neither the Lanham …

Patents Act Amendment – jdsupra.com

The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2011 In April 2012, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2011 was enacted. The Act includes raising the requirements to obtain patent protection in Australia and …

United States: Intellectual Property: Stock Purchases And Mergers – Mondaq

This article was published by The M&A Journal and Practical Law Company on its PL C Intellectual Property & Technology web services This Note highlights key intellectual property (IP) considerations in stock purchase and merger transactions. It discusses …

Amendments to Patents, Intellectual Property Bills passed – Channel NewsAsia

Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law, Sim Ann, said the changes will raise the … them against infringement claims by overseas companies. She said the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) runs an IP Management for SMEs programme …

Zombie SOPA? Congressman Introduces Pieces Of Defeated Bill, With Support From Former Opponent Issa – TechCrunch

revives one of the sneaker portions of SOPA to create a global intellectual property task force, charged with aggressively promoting anti-piracy law around the world. But the problem, as TechDirt’s Mike Masnick points out, is that the proposed …

CETA Intellectual Property Chapter Leaks for All to See – Zeropaid

Now, text of the Intellectual Property chapter has leaked and we are finally able … The current term of copyright law in Canada is life of the author plus 50 years. This is consistent with the term requirements under the … Continue reading