Conversation with Jeff Kichaven – one of California’s leading mediators. Kichaven, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has been mediating complex litigation disputes, including a variety of intellectual property related disputes, for nearly 20 years. “The primary goal in mediation is to allow clients, with the assistance of their lawyers and the mediator, to make […]
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The Battle to Patent Human Stem Cells...
Source: http://bryandoreian.org/the-battle-to-patent-human-stem-cells-is-on/ Well, it appears that in the European Court of Justice, one decision could change the entire landscape of stem cell research, after years of “being quiet” in the mainstream media. The most recent news is that a top advisor to the court suggested that researchers should be able to patent human stem cells. […]
Taking down websites hosting infringi...
Source: SpiceIP http://spicyip.com/2014/05/taking-down-websites-hosting-infringing-content.html Last week, popular torrent tracking website torrentz[dot]eu was in news after the UK Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) got the domain name suspended. Surely, to the disappointment of the right holders, the site was back online the next day. The site’s Polish registrar restored the domain name’s server (“DNS”) entries after Torrentz’ legal […]
Dispute Settlement by Arbitration
It is seen that prolonged litigation is not in the interest of contesting parties or public at large because it increases the burden on the courts and wastes public money. Particularly in patent matters, monopoly rights are for a limited period to the holder of the Patents. It is seen that at the end of the […]