Residents may return, although they are discouraged from leaving, and must self-isolate in one of only four places Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River or Fort Smith, regardless of where they actually live. [read post]

According to Ashley Townshend of the Asia Sentinel, most observers expect the Permanent Court of Arbitration to find that it has jurisdiction to hear the Republic of Philippines v. [read post]

"[A] requirement of evidence of authenticity...applies to all writings whose relevancy depends upon authorship by a particular person" (Prince, Richardson on Evidence § 9-101 [Farrell 11th Ed]). [read post]

(Afro-IP)   New Zealand Haka war dance now covered by intellectual property (Techdirt)   Nigeria Nigerian musicians want payment for music played on airplanes (Afro-IP)   Poland PARIS-DAKAR seeks to invalidate world trade mark registration for DAKAR by Polish company by the same name (Class 46)   South Africa Delays at the SA registry favour trade mark proprietor: Golden Fried Chicken (Pty) Ltd v Soulsa CC (Afro-IP)   Spain Exhaustion of trade… [read post]

An article entitled Death penalty ban could be a possibility in N.C. leads the news roundup: Proponents of passing a two-year ban on capital punishment in North Carolina say they have a better chance this year of pushing through a death penalty moratorium then in any time in recent memory.As evidence, they point to several key factors which they say make the climate right in Raleigh for putting such a ban — albeit temporary — in place. [read post]