(IPKat) EU favours disclosure of computer patents before standards are set (Intellectual Property Watch) Trade Marks Court of First Instance finds RAUTARUUKKI fails to satisfy acquired distinctiveness criterion: Rautaruukki Oyj v OHIM (Class 46) Court of First Instance finds original signature of famous Italian lutist Antonio Stradivari, in arte Stradivarius, of the 17th century, cannot be read by relevant consumers: T‑340/06 (Catch Us If You Can!!!) [read post]

: (Afro-IP), UN agency to address link between IP assets and financial securities: (Intellectual Property Watch), ‘Free’ culture: it’s not what ‘we in the west’ might imagine: (IPcentral.info), What’s your intellectual property strategy? [read post]

  There is some movement, albeit painfully slow and exogenous to the home owner community:   Then, in 1997, Fleetwood Enterprises announced a partnership with Pulte Homes, one of the nation’s largest site-built home builders, to establish a large chain of retail sale sales centers. [read post]