July 12, 2009 Atlanta, GA Draft Announcement GHS Law Partners will present its fifth annual IP Seminar for Business Attorneys in Atlanta, GA, on July 12, 2009. GHS Law Partners believes that sharing knowledge and expertise in this area of law enhances the business climate and improves the ability of business-focused firms to serve their diverse client base. This event is intended for attorneys who want to expand their knowledge of intellectual property in order to serve better their clients. Intellectual
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What is Agritainment Agriculture? Entertainment? Tourism? Rob Holland Extension Specialist Center for Profitable Agriculture Agritainment “An income-generating farm enterprise operated for the enjoyment and education of the public” Why Agritainment? It’s the buzz “People will pay for anything” Less than 2% of the population live on farms “It worked last year” There is a demand Incomes and populations have increased Pros and Cons PROS Income Educational People-oriented
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Gene patenting: recent debate Much of the debate around gene patenting in Australia has been prompted by the case of the BRCA genes. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes that belong to a class of genes known as tumour suppressors. Mutation of these genes has been linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Patents for these genes are held by Myriad Genetics, an American company, which has granted Genetic Technologies exclusive rights to BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing in Australia. In 2002-3, and again
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Intellectual Property Issues and E-Business Sample Test Questions for Final Exam Multiple Choice or True-False Listed below are several questions that are representative of the type of questions on the final exam. Please note that you must make only one selection for each question; further, there is just one answer for each question. 1. One-click mechanisms and shipment tracking are associated with which phase of the Customer Service Life Cycle? a. b. c. d. e. Retirement Acquisition Ownership Requirements
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Critical Review 1 In recent years, patents, copyrights and trademarks have become more and more prevalent. Nowadays, people are trying and in some instances succeeding in trademarking things such as human genes, scents, and even phrases such as Donald Trump’s “You’re Fired”. Kembrew Mcleod in his article titled, “Freedom of Expression: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity” analyzes the effects that patents and copyrights have on our society today. Mcleod uses numerous examples
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Pharmaceutical pricing The new drugs war Patents on drugs are in the interests of the sick as well as the industry. Protection should not be weakened Jan 4th 2014 | OF ALL the goods and services traded in the market economy, pharmaceuticals are perhaps the most contentious. Though produced by private companies, they constitute a public good, both because they can prevent epidemics and because healthy people function better as members of society than sick ones do. They carry a moral weight
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Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) The Agreement on TRIPS is an international agreement administered by the WTO that sets down minimum standards for many forms of intellectual property (IP) regulation as applied to nationals of WTO Members. It was negotiated at the end of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1994. The TRIPS agreement introduced intellectual property law into the international trading system for the first time and
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Student’s Name University Affiliation Health would be described in various ways in the current world. Different sections of the society may define health in different aspects; some are of the thought that healthy living is basically the absence of illness or ailment. This group of people therefore has come up with a set way of practice which is referred to as Biomedical model of health. This Model focuses solely on
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After studying this lesson, you will be able to : explain the term accounting concept; explain the meaning and significance of various accounting concepts : Business Entity, Money Measurement, Going Concern, Accounting Period, Cost Concept, Duality Aspect concept, Realisation Concept, Accrual Concept and Matching Concept. 2.1 MEANING AND BUSINESS ENTITY CONCEPT Let us take an example. In India there is a basic rule to be followed by everyone that one should walk or drive on his/her left hand side of
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interpreted at many different levels. Some assume it to be a matter of exchanging from one problem to another and some assume that it is reaching towards the success from one level to another. However, the individual’s progress can be easily illustrated by their efforts made in attaining the success from one level to another. Similarly, the progress of a student can be estimated in the same way on the basis of different aspects as well. Therefore, the different aspects to consider the student’s progress
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