Shame about the IP: (Afro-IP),Ethiopia receives US trade mark for Sidamo coffee despite opposition from Starbucks: (The IP Factor), (Afro-IP),CC licensed test for African sleeping sickness: (creativecommons.org),Update on PCT applications filed in Nigeria: (Afro-IP),Parallel imports of DVDs to be tested in South Africa: Universal City Studios v Mr Video: (Afro-IP),The W****D C*P of 2*1*: FIFA’s intellectual property rights in South Africa: (Afro-IP),Namibia to adopt… [read post]

In my dealings with the EDRM, one suggestion I have continually made is that the EDRM coordinate with the OASIS Group - and the LegalXML team - to take advantage of expertise, processes, and considerations from a group that has successfully in the past driven accepted standards. [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at [duncanbucknell.com]GlobalEmbattled WIPO leader, Kamil Idris to go (eventually): (IPKat), (IAM), (IPBiz), USPTO, EPO and JPO to sign memorandum of understanding (MOU) on patent applications: (IP Watch), WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement examines Criminal Penalties for IP breaches: (WIPO), (IPR-Helpdesk), Compendium of Patent Statistics, a recent OECD publication (uses a whole host of figures from a number of patent… [read post]