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A novel Patent World

It's yet a fairly nippy January, only the Feb 2006 number of Patent World, published 10 times a twelvemonth past times Informa, has already arrived.

The encompass storey is a review of terminal year's big patent cases from the US, UK, Germany, Japan, French Republic in addition to Cathay which consumes nigh of this month's number - only there's too a characteristic past times Yitai Hu (left) in addition to Sean P. DeBruine (right) (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld) on the activities of the International Trade Commission.

The championship of this characteristic ("To the Rescue") in addition to its description inwards the Contents ("Growing inwards popularity") both advise that this slice has been written from an American standpoint. hopes that subsequent issues volition acquit pieces on the same topic equally viewed from exterior the USA. Merpel says, perchance the best solution is for every soil to bring its ain ITC ...


Latest developments on Developments

has been informed past times 1 of his solicitor friends that the electrical flow edition of Developments, a gratis quarterly magazine produced past times the Great Britain government's Department for International Development, has around rattling interesting articles on technology inwards the developing earth which too affect the opened upward beginning debate. She says that technology is changing the confront of the developing earth in addition to high character opened upward beginning software is helping this. To quote an article on the website:

"In Republic of Zambia a street marketplace vendor is paying for his gild of Coca-Cola past times text message. In Tanzania a candidate inwards the Presidential elections has been awarded his grade later completing it online through distance learning. In Nairobi, a fille is sending coin to her begetter inwards rural Republic of Kenya alongside prepaid 'pay equally yous go' airtime. And inwards Namibia schoolchildren are surfing the net, sending emails in addition to writing essays cheers to FLOSS, opened upward beginning software written past times enthusiastic programmers who don't desire whatsoever payment".

is actually glad that enthusiastic programmers who don't desire payment are prepared to arrive at this classify of affair - only he recognises that the remarkable speed of software evolution over the past times 25 years has been the number of mercenary function past times commercial enterprises, oft funded past times cash investment from people who desire a supply on their capital. Merpel says, I honour that it's the software that's written for nada only the Coca-Cola that gets paid for ...

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