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29 Oct 2008, 10:01 am
On this day in ...... 1863 (145 years ago today), in Switzerland, a committee set up by the Geneva Public Welfare Society to work to implement Henry Dunant's proposals for alleviating some of the suffering in armed conflict (see prior post) concluded a 4-day conference of states, organizations, and individuals. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 1:21 pm
Almost all are produced in Switzerland, France, and the US — points west of the Czech Republic. [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 11:24 pm
Georgetown's initial partners in the Center include the Free University of Berlin, University of Fribourg (Switzerland), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, King’s College London, University of Melbourne, National University of Singapore, University of Sao Paulo, University of Torino and University of Toronto. [read post]
25 Oct 2008, 9:52 am
Then just last year, a parliamentary panel of philosophers, lawyers, geneticists and theologians in Switzerland, charged with devising new rules for genetic testing, published a treatise on preserving the "dignity of plants". [read post]
25 Oct 2008, 12:18 am
(Class 46)   New Zealand Two for one in the House: Treaties and Anti-Counterfeiting Bill (International Law Office)   South Africa 'Softlifting' adds to South African piracy woes (Afro-IP)   Spain 'Theory of consumer error' rejected in criminal trade mark proceedings in Spain (Class 46)   Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE) reports progress in quest for improving legal protection for… [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 11:30 am
It's one of the most interesting and daunting judicial controversies to come around in a long time: A few very worried individuals claim that a brand new, largest-of-its-kind particle accelerator under Switzerland and France, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, could create a black hole that is capable of reducing the Earth and everything on it to an infinitesimal lightless speck. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 2:43 pm
Switzerland likes to think of itself as a neutral tax haven. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 4:35 pm
Rather, what seems absurd is that a United States court could apply U.S. domestic law to regulate activities in Switzerland of non-U.S. citizens. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 3:24 pm
Complainants claimed that the just-completed Large Hadron Collider, a ground-breaking particle smasher built beneath the border of Switzerland and France, could create microscopic black holes that would eventually grow in size to swallow the Earth. [read post]
19 Oct 2008, 3:50 pm
Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands appear to be the only European nations where assisted suicide will not be prosecuted as a crime. [read post]
18 Oct 2008, 4:40 pm
So when Costco bought genuine Swiss Omega watches through someone who purchased them from an authorized dealer in Switzerland, Omega thought it perfectly legal to sell them in the U.S. [read post]
18 Oct 2008, 1:08 pm
Gallen, Switzerland and the "magnificent baroque halls" of its abbey library. [read post]
17 Oct 2008, 10:19 pm by MTTLR Blog Editor
The LHC is a particle accelerator, whose name derives from the fact that it is large—built in a ring shape under the countryside near Geneva, Switzerland, it has a radius of 27 kilometers (16.8 miles)—and that it accelerates hadron particles—better known to laymen as protons or ions—and engineers the collision of these particles.9 These collisions will occur at higher energies that are concentrated more densely than has ever been possible via man-made intervention… [read post]
17 Oct 2008, 2:25 pm
“Police are investigating the death of a paralysed rugby player who went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide. [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 10:45 am
Switzerland has provided UBS a $59.2 billion rescue package. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 11:11 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global week in Review, which includes IP Think Tank Events, at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Events 20-21 October: Practising Law Institute (PLI) seminar on understanding the IP license 2008 – Chicago, New York: (Philip Brooks), 22-24 October: ‘IP Pharma Europe Summit’ – Montreux, Switzerland: (Generic Pharmaceuticals and IP) 22-24 October: Europe INNOVA Conference 2008… [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 3:46 am
"  It will take place November 4-5 in Geneva, Switzerland. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 9:37 pm
And parties are not afraid to attempt to litigate remotely (for a recent high-profile example, think of the dismissed "end of the world" lawsuit filed in Hawaii to attempt to prevent the operation of Switzerland's giant particle collider). [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 7:39 pm
  The officially-coordinating cutters were the central banks of Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland, along with the European Central Bank. [read post]