In the News

["Tamiru Degefe" <TDegefe@xxxxxxxx>]

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Tiffany, Serta, Euro, Pirate Party: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, BusinessWeek, November 16, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/6ncdzrt

"Tiffany & Co., the luxury jewelry company, submitted a
friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Christian Louboutin SA in the
French shoe designer's trademark battle with Yves St. Laurent America."

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Medco, Pirate Bay, LeTV, Vivendi: Intellectual Property.
BusinessWeek, November 14, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/6lwp85v

"Medco Health Solutions Inc. will block low-cost copies of Pfizer Inc.'s
cholesterol drug Lipitor for some patients after the treatment loses
patent protection this month, according to a memo to pharmacists."

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Teva, Facebook, Novartis, GE, Telecom: Intellectual Property.
BusinessWeek, November 11, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/cn7yv7f

"Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lost a U.S. appeals court bid to
stop Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s sales of a generic version of the
Seasonique birth- control pill."

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Pizza dooms effort to trademark 111.
TVNZ, November 11, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/77lcz5q
"An attempt by the emergency services to trademark the number 111 has
been thrown out by the Intellectual Property Office, amid fears that the
number could end up being used for ordering pizza."

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Justices rule intellectual property claims cannot be resolved in state
courts.
By Howard Fischer, The Verde Independent, November 11, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/82lh7x9

"Workers who claim an employer illegally stole and patented one of their
ideas cannot get relief in state courts, the Arizona Court of Appeals
has ruled."

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Australian Law Raises Concerns for Trademark Owners and Business.
Stock Markets Review, November 10, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/7fsc6p3

"In response to the Australian Senate's approval of the plain packaging
bill, the International Chamber of Commerce's BASCAP group expressed its
concerns over the legislation and its far-reaching impacts on the rights
of trademark owners and intellectual property rights in general."

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Tamiru Degefe
Center for Intellectual Property