Companies in its current portfolio include Breg, a provider of sports medicine, rehabilitative orthopedic products and services; Capstone Development Solutions, a developer of pharmaceutical products; CareCentrix, which provides products and services for managing care transitions to the home; and RTI Surgical, a surgical implant company. [read post]

.: The Wilson Center and the RAND Corporation will co-host an event titled “Business As Usual or Time for Change? [read post]

: (Intellectual Property Watch), Why compulsory licenses are bad: a look at the sausage making process: (Techdirt) More on ACTA: (LawFont.com) Global - Trade Marks / Domain Names / Brands Brand Finance 500: the annual report on the world’s most valuable brands: (IP finance), Gretchen Olive’s ‘10 steps to an effective domain name policy’: (IPwar’s), ICANN approves GNSO proposals imposing financial penalty on registrars who engage in excessive domain… [read post]

The final rule set forth: (1) that a requestfor exclusion must be accompanied by evidence that willmeet the statutory test for the exclusion outlined above;and (2) that the EXHR staff would evaluate the evidence andprovide a scientific recommendation to the Commission as towhether the party submitting the request had met thisstatutory test.The Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA),Polaris Industries, Inc., American Suzuki MotorCorporation, Arctic Cat Inc., Bombardier… [read post]