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23 Sep 09
Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » Panel: IP Offices Must Be Engaged To Implement Development Agenda
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Third is the “agency” model, which Okediji said is common in Africa, parts of Asia and in the Cariforum countries of the Caribbean. These are “principally administrative offices,” with “no real mandate” to generate norms, for enforcement, or to administer IP rights, she said. “They’re basically the agents via which multilateral IP treaties are funnelled into the country.”
17 Aug 09
Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Lac minerals ltd. v. International corona resources ltd.
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The
receipt of confidential information in circumstances of confidence establishes
a duty not to use that information for any purpose other than that for which it
was conveyed. The relevant question to be asked is what is the confidee
entitled to do with the information, not what is the confidee prohibited from
doing with it, and the onus falls on the confidee to show that the use of the
confidential information was not prohibited. If the information is used for
such a prohibited purpose, the confider is entitled to a remedy to the extent
of the detriment suffered. -
A claim for breach of
confidence will only be made out, however, when it is shown that the confidee
has misused the information to the detriment of the confider
14 Aug 09
B and Brisbane North Regional Health Authority [1994] QICmr 1; (1994) 1 QAR 279 (31 January 1994)
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at the time the information recorded in
the document in issue was provided, there
had been a preliminary discussion
between the third party and the recipient of the information in which the issue
of confidentiality
was specifically addressed.
20 Jun 09
China and the Global Climate: 'The West Is Responsible' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
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estern governments tell us they don't own these new technologies, so they can't give them to us. But technology transfer is a commitment undertaken by the national governments of developed nations -- and they should make it happen. We totally respect the intellectual property rights of the companies that develop those technologies. But why not set up a fund to compensate the companies for lost revenues and the sharing of intellectual property while making the most innovative technologies available to the whole world?
Bird Island, OECS and the potential Venezuelan Membership
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Since February 3, 1999 when President Hugo Chavez Frias came to power, Venezuela has developed strong bilateral relations with individual Member States especially Dominica, under the youthful, dynamic and egoless (as compared to recent former PMs) leadership of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.
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