In the News.

["Tamiru Degefe" <TDegefe@xxxxxxxx>]

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Sex Toys, Apple, Micron, Biogen, NFL: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 7, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/76zcrse
"Walgreen Co.'s Drugstore.com unit was named in a U.S. trade agency
complaint filed by a Canadian company trying to halt imports of
infringing sex toys."
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Apple loses iPad trademark case in China.
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing, Financial Times, December 7, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/cvz4m3m
"Apple could face disruption to its iPad sales in China after a court
rejected its claim to own the iPad trademark in the country and a rival
sought to halt sales of the tablet device in two Chinese cities."
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Commentary: Anawalt writes 'readable' book about patents, trademarks.
By Mary Ann Cook , San Jose Mercury News, December 6, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/csm6ltq

"Other significant facts about protecting intellectual property:
Copyrights last a lifetime, plus 75 years. Patents last 20 years in the
US Patents are issued "to advance science and to serve a new and useful
purpose." As for trademarks, they are ..."

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Pfizer, Research Affiliates, 'Occupy': Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor,  Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 6, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/cdbb3bj

"Pfizer Inc.'s Wyeth unit and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. were accused
by a group of prescription drug retailers of illegally keeping a generic
version of the Effexor XR antidepressant off the market."

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New College Oxford wants trademark protection for name.
By Sean Coughlan, BBC News education correspondent, December 5, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/7u6ne2u
"New College, Oxford is trying to trademark its name - ahead of a
similar registration bid by the newly created, private New College of
the Humanities."
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Hollywood, Silicon Valley spar over bill.
By Bob Strauss, Daily Breeze, December 4, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/7av7tuu

"Rights holders would be the owners of copyrighted and trademarked
intellectual property - in the sweeping legislation, not just movie
studios and music companies, but also a variety of goods manufacturers,
including even pharmaceutical companies. ..."
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Tamiru  Degefe

Center for Intellectual Property