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ABC NewsProp 37: California Soil Scientist Says Label Up!Huffington PostSelective breeding of plants and animals has been occurring for centuries.
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A Belgian court found that a defendant's sales of bromeliad ornamental plants infringed the plant variety rights of the owner of a protected variety.
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A federal court in Los Angeles, CA blocked release of the film "Age of the Hobbits" in light of the pending US debut of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
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Yesterday a court found that the title of "Age of the Hobbits," a "mockbuster" direct-to-DVD film release, was likely to be confused with trademarks associated with J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." The court's ruling came just days before the December 16 U.S. release of the new film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
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An Illinois federal judge ruled that Elton John's 1985 song "Nikita" did not infringe the copyright in an earlier song about a doomed East-West love affair.
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On October 3, 2012, a provincial court in Argentina ordered Facebook to remove a page that allegedly invaded the privacy of a woman and defamed her business...
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A US court exonerated General Motors for using Albert Einstein's image in an advertisement, finding that Einstein's persona now belongs to the public domain. The court predicted that the maximum duration of a posthumous right of publicity under New Jersey law would not exceed 50 years. This article describes the court's reasoning and conclusions.
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A new law approved by the Nicaraguan congress regulates access to and sharing of benefits from the utilization of genetic resources. As explained in this article, the law also has significant implications for intellectual property rights over innovations relating to biological materials.
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FreshinfoNadorcott row rumbles onFreshinfoome time is likely to pass before the future of the Plant Breeders' Right (PBR) for the citrus cultivar Nadorcott in South Africa is settled. |
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A Chilean court ordered two agricultural firms to pay nearly US$4.4 million for infringing the plant variety rights in a plum variety known as "Constanza."
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A Colombian court held a law approving a 1991 plant variety protection treaty unconstitutional for lack of prior consultation with ethnic minority groups.
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Paraguayan legislators approved a law that will establish a National Intellectual Property Directorate--an agency that will promote & protect IP rights.
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US Court held that an online consumer complaint that allegedly "encouraged" users to post comments from another site didn't commit copyright infringement.
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@ICRISAT DG sings praises of genes mined from agrobiodiversity. But neglects to mention genebanks. Via Luigi Guarino
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An in-depth look at six criminal prosecutions brought in Spain for infringements of plant breeders' rights.
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ABC NewsProp 37: California Soil Scientist Says Label Up!Huffington PostSelective breeding of plants and animals has been occurring for centuries. |
