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IP collateral: an emerging financing tool

IP managers are always looking for new means of financing. Carmen R Eggleston and Susan Barbieri Montgomery say collateralization can be an attractive option, especially if managers have made their IP more attractive to lenders

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

News In Brief

In Court, Legislation, Moves

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

US firm shakes up London IP scene

White & Case has become the first full-service US law firm to recruit an entire IP department staffed by English-law qualified practitioners for its London office.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Singapore joins the digital age

Singapore has amended its copyright legislation to account for the popularity of the Internet. The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed by Parliament on August 17, caters for digital areas not previously considered by legislators and updates existing Internet law. The legislation emerged from consultations undertaken by the Electronic Commerce Committee, a group formed by the Registry of Trade Marks & Patents in 1998.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Product and process descriptions

In October 1995 product and process descriptions were introduced by the Patents Court to reduce the burden of discovery on a defendant in relation to issues of infringement.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Venezuela presses for TRIPs extension

The Venezuelan government is to ask its regional neighbours to support a request to the WTO to postpone the deadline for developing countries to comply with the TRIPs agreement.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Protecting Computer Related Inventions

Computer software is currently protected in Russia by the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs and Databases of September 23 1992. At that time this was an important step toward securing protection of rights in a quickly developing field of human activities. The law provided for voluntary registration of software. In fact, it was very similar to the Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights which protected literary, musical and similar works.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Parallel imports important update

MIP (April 1999) reported the decision in Montana Tyres Rims and Tubes Pty Ltd v Transport Tyre Sales Pty Ltd. The appeal decision of the Full Federal Court has now been published.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Universities win right to claim inventors’ IP

As the clock winds down for 1999, researchers in Denmark have to hurry if they want to keep their IP rights for their inventions. The Danish parliament passed a new act on May 25 1999 with effect from July 1 1999. This act applies to inventions made after January 1 2000, and gives an employer (the institution or university) the option to claim the IP rights for an invention made by an employee (the researcher).

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

Japan tackles the technology tsunami

Rapid technological change is forcing legislators to re-consider IP legislation everywhere. John Tessensohn and Shusaku Yamamoto analyze Japan’s attempts to modernize copyright and trade mark protection

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 1999

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