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China’s Third Patent Amendment: Curb Your Enthousiasm

China’s upcoming third amendment of its patent law has moved a lot of pens, or rather fingers, to write critiques and analyses. Mr Timonthy J. Maier partner of Maier & Maier PLLC, a law firm in Alexandria Virginia (US) and … Continue reading

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Cost of Piracy Overestimated Says OECD, Underestimated Says ICC

Steve Whitehouse of Thomson Financial reports about an unpublished Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) study which puts trade losses in 2005 at up to 200 billion US dollar, considerably lower than the 600 billion US dollars estimated by … Continue reading

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International Chamber of Commerce Survey: “China Has Least Favourable IP Environment”

“The first annual BASCAP Global Survey on Counterfeiting and Piracy was conducted by ICC’s Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) initiative, in cooperation with the Cass Business School, part of City University, London. The survey polled 48 companies, … Continue reading

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