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Friday, April 4th, 2008
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The FINANCIAL - Tom Donohue, President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce has invited last night, governments, businesses and consumers worldwide to engage in the struggle for the protection of intellectual property (IP) , the world premiere of the film from National Geographic, Unerlaubten: The Dark trade.
“The ability to protect innovation and creativity are at the heart of economic competitiveness in the United States. Increased intellectual property theft is devastation damaging legitimate trade to the detriment of the safety of individuals and workplaces, “says Donohue. “This film should be sounding the alarm of state and heads of government, businesses and consumers throughout the world that the time to act is now.
Irregular: The Dark trade, based on the most Moisés Naím, informed the criminal networks behind the multi-billion dollars of global trade in illicit goods. For pharmaceutical products and medical equipment auto parts, toothpaste and DVDs, the manufacture and sale of counterfeit and piracy is having a devastating effect on our economy, employment, safety and health of consumers.
During the first three Donohue defied consumers to do things for help in the fight undertake only legitimate purchase products from suppliers, promotion of the American Congress for IP-PRO Act, the legislation, an increase penalties for Fraudeurs which oblige, crime and the increase in funds for the fight against them, and a member of the Board of the Global Campaign for IP protection.
IP theft costs the American economy between $ 200 - $ 250 billion per year and resulted in the loss of more than 750000 jobs were created, “he says.” This is a serious crime with serious consequences, and we all have an important role to play to stop. ”
The Chamber’s Global Intellectual Property Centre works in the world, IP-champion a key driver of global development, growth and human progress. The film is an aspect of the multi-million-dollar effort to rebuild the comprehensive care for the human rights of intellectual property.
The US Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest Business Association, which represents more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector and region.
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
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DENVER - (Business Wire) Platypi Inc, a company with a number of services related to the management of intellectual property of their owners maintain and turn ideas into reality, in the heart of downtown Denver.
The name Platypi (plural mouthpiece for the animals) was chosen because, as the animal, the company is a combination of several elements. With the purchase of Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), production site, Platypi has a production center complete winning film, video, recording studio and media functions, as well as services of a full integrated development of intellectual property company.
JF Rick Romano III, entertainment, sports and intellectual property lawyer, is the founder, president and CEO of Platypi and its parent company, JFR Holdings Corp.
“In other words, the protection of intellectual property is likely to have an idea of value to other people - a product, a song, a script - almost everything becomes possible. Every human being on the planet has at least one piece of intellectual property. ago but very few know how to maintain and develop these ideas into real dollars, “said Romano. For this need, he spent the years of development of innovative business model to help Platypi, owner of the intellectual property, to put their ideas to market successfully and efficiently.
Romano’s Vision was allowed to wear when it DCPA production projects in all fields of media, the DCPA for more than three decades. While the media and the creators of the DCPA, Platypi is now opening up these centres winning - combined with a wide range of business and legal services - on both domestic and international markets.
The need for Platypi’s unique model that today is rapidly changing the world of business and media convergence. The distinctions that once separated from various forms of intellectual property have the opportunity to create an environment in which virtually all of the intellectual property - a film, singing, writing, books, software, or nearly all products - have the same requirements. Platypi together a team of experts in all aspects of intellectual property development of a liquid development process, in which a single company managing the project from beginning to end.
“There’s a lot of organizations, the experience in one or two areas, the development of intellectual property,” said Romano. “Instead, we offer a single solution to all aspects are dealt with under one roof . Separates This avoids costly in the process, if the passage from one point to another, and avoids the cost of several of several companies, “he added.
Platypi’s services include:
Business consulting, training and the concept of service to be verified
Global and the Interior, the policy of protection of intellectual property
From negotiating licensing agreements and contracts
Supply and the development of distribution channels and administration
Development of marketing strategies and brand positioning
Inhouse full production, including several studios, location shoot capacity and effectiveness of treatment services and mixing —
Media planning and placement for the written press, radio, television and on-line information —
Marketing legal expertise
Capital Acquisition
About Platypi
The hotel is located in the heart of downtown Denver, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Complex, Platypi offers state-of-the art in film production, video and audio production, in conjunction with agencies, talent , business, product for the development, financing and the entertainment industry know-how. Platypi are corporations, entrepreneurs, product development / inventors, artists, songs and groups with the tools they need - all under one roof - to be successful. The company works with its clients to create brand, package, protect, promote and distribute their intellectual property by the convergence of media and distribution channels, helping their products, music or films on the market as broad as possible.
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
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Solarmer Energy Inc., a developer of flexible translucent plastic solar cells, praised Dina Lozofsky as vice president of intellectual property and development of strategic alliances.
Lozofsky is Solarmer with over 10 years of experience in intellectual property management and use of intellectual property to structure strategic alliances for both companies and universities. He was previously director of technology commercialization of nano-systems, the California Institute of UCLA and a vice president involved in the semiconductor and opto-electronics, the group BTG International.
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
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ATLANTA - (BUSINESS WIRE) - AirDefense as the innovator, the wireless LAN security market, was recently published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the company of 8 and 9 Patents have been accepted. With seven awarded two licences and eighteen patent applications, has AirDefense dominant in the field of patents wireless wireless intrusion prevention and troubleshooting.
AirDefense’s Patent 8 Entitled “Method and system management and encrypted network intrusion detection,” the foundation ranges from the intrusion detection wirelessly through the multivariate analysis of wireless networks encrypted. Tests such as the signing of a test, test protocol anomaly test statistic and policy test to determine whether a potential communication constitutes an invasion or a breach of security. This patent has been in several other countries as well.
AirDefense’s Patent 9 titled “Systems and methods for scanning adaptive for wireless communications, including intelligent analysis techniques, the maximum visibility in the wireless communications that might happen in case of multiple-frequency radio channels. Adaptive digitization creates effective control over multiple channels of traffic, threats and historical behavior.
AirDefense patents covering the broadest scope of intellectual property in the wireless intrusion prevention in the industry, to ensure that the hundreds of Blue-Chip with our company’s products are protected against threats 24×7, “said Dr. Amit Sinha, Chief Technology Officer, AirDefense.” This allows patents to continue to support and strengthen the position of industry leader AirDefense between producers WIPS.
AirDefense has an additional eighteen patent applications with the USPTO. These patents AirDefense develop intellectual property in other areas such as wireless security, emerging countries, interference in the classification, remote troubleshooting of performance, optimization of bandwidth, the forensics, the arrival of wireless security, encryption inherited protection and alarm management.
On March 11, AirDefense launched AirDefense Enterprise 7.3, the most complete and patented wireless intrusion prevention of the first platform software solution only Spectrum Analysis. AirDefense recently obtained the sole “Best Buy” rating from SC Magazine among wireless intrusion prevention, software companies in 2008 a standalone product review. 2008 The company has been regarded as one of the Top 40 Most Innovative Business of the Technology Association of Georgia. AirDefense was the only wireless intrusion prevention, businesses erhalten’2007 Reader’s Choice Award from the magazine Information Security ™ and Frost & Sullivan, the name of the company “2007″ Market Leader “in preventing intrusions wirelessly.
About AirDefense
AirDefense is the market leader in all, at any time, wireless security. The company enjoys the confidence of most of the Fortune 500 companies, organizations, health care and a high level of security protection authorities wireless companies than any other firm. AirDefense products provide solutions for the most advanced wireless detection, rogue states, implementation and intrusion prevention, both inside and outside an organization physical sites and wireline networks . Common Criteria certified products AirDefense Enterprise Class single-wide offices and organizations, with hundreds of sites around the globe. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Atlanta, GA, 700, and serves as the authorities and blue chips. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or by calling 770.663.8115.
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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We have all heard about the economic and moral reasons not to support piracy, but US Attorney General Michael Mukasey has a new facet of intellectual property (IP), the flight to think: its ability to fund other criminal activities. In a speech Friday in San Jose, California, has outlined Mukasey piracy is a threat to the United States and the Government to reduce future plans.
“Counterfeiting and piracy, generate huge profits, much of which is tantamount to organized crime,” he says of a crowd gathered in the Tech Museum of Innovation. “Criminal unions, and even, in some cases, terrorist groups, see it as a crime IP lucrative business, and consider it as a low-risk way to finance other activities. A priority objective of the implementation of our IP mission is to demonstrate that these criminals are invalid. ”
In addition to its potential dollars for the marketing in the wrong hands, Mukasey also expressed the concern that the pirated products could rob business owners of copyright, and erode consumer confidence by the flooding of the market with imitations Schund.
In response to this threat, the Department of Justice has their pursuit by pirates of all its branches, including intellectual property and the Task Force Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division. “We are devoting more resources and more staff to manage IP crime, and we send the message important that we have these crimes seriously and punish us for the action and pirates, whenever we can,” Mukasey said.
The DOJ, piracy has increased awareness can already be seen. During the year 2007, the DOJ filed more than 33 percent of cases of theft of IP, two years ago in the year 2005. Mukasey also cited several examples, like the case of two San Jose-piracy-Ring leader sentenced to three years in prison in August, Florida, and four men prosecuted for the online sale of pirated software business in February.
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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GENEVA, March 31 (Reuters) - Diplomatic tensions around the UN Convention patents Agency facilitates the Monday following the Member States to increase the budget was locked, as in the context of a dispute concerning his boss .
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), said its 184 member states has a 626 million Swiss francs ($ 628 million) of the programme budget for 2008-2009 in the plan of an extraordinary general meeting in Geneva.
The budget - which corresponds to an increase of around 18% vis-à-vis expenditure 2006-2007 - has been blocked by WIPO member states rich in October after the Director General of WIPO Kamal Idris was found to have signed documents with an incorrect date of birth, and refused to hold a broad discussion on the issue.
Internal Auditors concluded that the Idris, he was older than nine years, it has been done, while in collaboration with the Geneva-based agency 25 years.
The Sudanese national, who has disputed any failure in this regard, the opposition front of rich and poor countries against each WIPO member, in November, announced that it will stage its one year earlier to the end of 2008.
Speaking Monday after the meeting he said that the budget, which was a normal step in the direction of the Agency for the Management Patent and Trademark Office and ensure that international intellectual property litigation, particularly with regard to the use for Internet domain names. “The adoption of the budget is a sign of goodwill from all Member States. It reflects mutual understanding, so that the United Nations must move, “said Idris Monday following the meeting.
There are 15 candidates, according to replace, including two deputy director general of WIPO - Francis Gurry of Australia and Philippe Petit of France. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Masood Khan, is also running, with candidates from Poland, Bangladesh, Mexico, Brazil, Macedonia, the Philippines, the Italy, Kenya, Slovenia, Russia, Japan and Honduras.
A committee of WIPO is due to meet in mid-May to choose a candidate, whose name will be in place by the General Assembly on the appointment and the end of September.
In addition to the adoption of WIPO’s budget, Member States agreed on Monday to reduce the fee to the International Agency fees for patent applications to 1330 Swiss francs, 1400 francs.
Developing countries - a small part of the research for the application for patent protection - have also been a 90% discount on the price, compared to the previous reduction of 75 percent.
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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WASHINGTON, DC - The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is holding its third annual World Intellectual Property Day, 24 Forum in April 2008 in the reserve Officers Association (ROA), Washington DC.
The forum is to discuss issues related to digital technology, social welfare and economic benefits of intellectual property (IP), IP-market and the fight against counterfeiting.
The Institute for Policy Innovation is a non-profit, non-partisan policy of a “Think Tank”, which is based in Lewisville, covering the approaches to take advantage of the fact that the forces of freedom Individual, small government and free markets.
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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Hasbro (HAS | News | Power Rating | Charts PR) has announced that it has acquired all intellectual property rights in the context of the trademark “Trivial Pursuit in the Horn Abbot Ltd. and Horn Abbot International Limited. She noted that the company pays Horn Abbot businesses $ 80 million from the United States for their intellectual property rights.
Brian Goldner, Chief Operating Officer of Hasbro, Inc, said: “Trivial Pursuit game of the category of adults in 1982 and has always been one of the most prestigious brands in the industry. Now that one hundred percent and operated a part of our deep and rich portfolio of brands, we can build “Trivial Pursuit beyond the sites of traditional games and capitalize on new opportunities for entertainment, publishing, promotion and digital arenas.
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY - investigators in the search for clothing stores Thursday in Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, and nine other cities as part of a probe of counterfeit clothing, law enforcement agencies and the most repressive agencies, a release-Unis.
The search came one day by a federal grand jury accused Amaziane Omar, 30, and Abdessamad Farih, 31, both of Kissimmee, “for their involvement in violations of the trademark”, in the press release.
Amaziane Farih be established and, in particular, clothing and slapping on the known brand name without permission, said Dave Couvertier, FBI agents to the Tampa. Agent to take several pieces of clothing Freestyle, 6200 20 St., Vero Beach and Urban Appeal, 2557 US 1, Fort Pierce.
The investigation continues to determine, perhaps, someone else was involved, “said Couvertier.
Faux products, up $ 250 billion in sales last year, “said Couvertier.” It has an impact on the economy and the consumer is a victim, if she thought buy something that she was a genuine product. ”
With sites in Fort Pierce and Vero Beach, officials have sought the areas in Orlando, Kissimmee, Sanford, Melbourne, Rockledge, Palm Bay, Deltona, Port Charlotte and Deland. The research efforts of the participating companies, commercial warehouses, a home, vehicles and bank accounts.
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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We have here on zero, you Paid understand that terrorism is a very real threat to civilized nations and world famous. Of course, all possible assistance in order to prevent the spread of terrorism would be very grateful for the federal attorney general - especially when it comes to intellectual property theft. That’s why we have a short list of famous pirates - organizations, with a value of over 3 - Support for the general restoration of public security.
1 Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) - It may seem strange that an anti-piracy Outfit, it would be the first place to check, but often the best place to last place, one would think, to see. Last year, Gieschen Consultancy thought she was certain intellectual property of the Organization. Unfortunately, no agreement, if they believed that the organization had become for software piracy, anti-piracy operations. Of course, shocked by this revelation, the software company in their affairs themselves take control of Revelation and in detail in a press release (and no longer available), and it provides for measures to to protect their intellectual property. Gieschen said, “it was surprising that the extraordinary and organization, dedicated to the protection of intellectual property to benefit from this action.”
2nd The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) - During the filming, documentation regarding the organization known in 2006, Kirby Dick submitted his film: “The film is Not Yet Rated” will be evaluated. He was well-referenced, it became apparent that the organisation, the illegal exploitation of copies of the film, while the defence, that the film might be locked in a vault. This is probably the reason why there is an additional section was added to the film, the dangers of the situation of sharing files such as process. In another report:
3rd Sony BMG - In an appearance in time, two days ago, Sony BMG, as reported here Paid Zero, was sued for piracy of software, not to mention that some of their property confiscated. PointDev were behind the raid that had already looking for pirated software in four of its servers.
“I think that piracy is related to the policy of a company. When the worker has the financial resources needed to purchase software they need it. If this is not the case, is it to find other ways, such as the work have to be done, one way or another. , “Said the CEO of PointDev.
Is piracy = terrorism? This may pose a question to the Attorney General to respond. Obviously, it seems interested in piracy correlated with a risk to public safety. Many had their financial well-being by the RIAA, Sony BMG as a member of the Anti-piracy actions of the MPAA. Of course, large sums of money and terrorism could be a dangerous threat. It is a lot of money flowing through these companies or organizations. Of course, it is important to break the abundance of this important think and do you experience with these cases. At the same time, these actions may appear to piracy, to shed light on one year, at least in appearance - potentially an unfortunate tendency of the action.
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