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Between January 6 and 8, 2010, several Mexican media, such as the Mexico City-based newspapers La Jornada and El Universal informed that the Instituto Nacional de Antroplogía e Historia or National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH) fined the operator of the well-known chain ‘Starbucks' for "using prehispanic images in some mugs offered in sale at its premises, without proper authorization". This case has been incorrectly identified as an intellectual property infringement case. Actually, this matter is not related to intellectual property or copyright, but to the special regulations that govern the use and property of the pieces and objects created by the native cultures settled in Mexico before the arrival of the Europeans, generically known as prehispanic pieces and cultures. The
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Jan 14, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision on the case between software giant Microsoft and the Canadian company i4i Inc.
This case concerning a claim by i4i Inc., that Microsoft infringed its patent for a software format XML.
According to the court decision Microsoft must stop selling Word and any other Office 2007 products, which contain the form XML. Moreover, U.S. giant must pay compensation amounting to 290 million dollars.
This means for Microsoft, in order to continue the sale of the Word in the future, should remove the options for storage in formats. XML,. DOCX, or. DOCM, which contain XML.
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Posted by: Ventsi Ventsi in Patent search, patent, MIcrosoft, law, IP litigation, Internet Patent, intellectual property, Decision, copyright, business, blogging on
Jan 14, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision on the case between software giant Microsoft and the Canadian company i4i Inc.
This case concerning a claim by i4i Inc., that Microsoft infringed its patent for a software format XML.
According to the court decision Microsoft must stop selling Word and any other Office 2007 products, which contain the form XML. Moreover, U.S. giant must pay compensation amounting to 290 million dollars.
This means for Microsoft, in order to continue the sale of the Word in the future, should remove the options for storage in formats. XML,. DOCX, or. DOCM, which contain XML.
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Every day, the intellectual property assets of businesses increase their importance. They are not, and should not, seen any longer as a by-product, but as a fundamental asset for the survival, well-being and prosperity of businesses. Employees and their activity are a very important source of intangible assets, so adopting a clear, well supported and fair policy in connection to the intellectual property generated by employees should be considered as strategic in any innovative business. Further, an inadequate intellectual property policy inside a business organization may lead to potential liability issues and reduce the value of the company. Mexican copyright and patent law are similar to the laws of other jurisdictions concerning the exclusivity rights stipulated for the
Innocent infringement of Copyrights reduces damages for the Infringer: US Court reduced damages for infringement of copyrights by downloading of music over the notorious KaZaA , to a good 200$ per downloaded infringed song (the 750$-30,000$ per song normally allowed under the Copyright Act) in the case of Whitney Harper a sixteen year old of innocence. The Judge has claimed that since the infringement was "an innocent infringement" the damage per each infringed song track downloaded is significantly reduced. To read more about it you can enter this
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Jan 21, 2008
I'd like to share 10 IP related blog posts that caught my eye in the previous week. Patents 1. Dennis Crouch, in his blog "PatentlyO", writes about one of the suggested changes mentioned in the Senate report on patent reform and in particular to the elimination of
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