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Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc. has won its third patent for a cancer treatment in nine months. The Rockville-based company said the Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for RX-0183 and related compounds, small molecules that inhibit the proteins that signal cancer cells to grow. Based on the preclinical data, RX-0183 demonstrates potent anti-cancer activity for treating multiple cancers..

A bilateral agreement on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cooperation between India and Singapore will be signed soon, Kamal Nath, India's union minister of commerce and industry said. During his bilateral meeting with Lim Hng Kiang, minister for trade and industry of Singapore, Nath said there was 'considerable progress' was made over the ASEAN-India free trade agreement at the last meeting ..

The owners of an invention promotion operation that charged up to $12,000 to evaluate and promote consumers' inventions agreed today to pay $10 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers across the country. The defendants -- Davison Design and Development and Manufacturer's Support Services -- enticed consumers with false claims about t..

The tussle between Bisleri and Mount Everest, a Tata Group firm, over the use of the brand ‘Himalayan’ has intensified. Bisleri International has moved a rectification application in the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in Chennai, seeking to cancel Mount Everest’s mineral water trademark Himalayan. Bisleri is relying on the Geographical Indications Act, which prohibits any private par..

A woman who posted a home video on YouTube of her 13-month-old son dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" squared off Friday against entertainment giant Universal Music Corp. in a federal court case that tests copyright law. The issue in Stephanie Lenz's lawsuit against Universal is whether the owner of the rights to a creative work that's being used without permission can order the Web host to r..

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), a specialised agency of UN, has said that the best solution to stop the software piracy in India, which has reportedly led to a loss of about two billion dollars in revenue last year, is public-private coordination. Software piracy is a huge problem in India. As a result of which many global computer giants are facing the heat worldwide. The..

A New York federal judge ruled Monday in a lawsuit brought by Tiffany that the online auction site, eBay, is not required to police its site for counterfeited goods. "The law does not impose liability for contributory trademark infringement on eBay for its refusal to take such preemptive steps in light of eBay’s 'reasonable anticipation' or generalized knowledge that counterfeit goods might be ..

TriCipher, the strong authentication company, won its newest key patent: the first automated multi-factor authentication tool for remote users -- eliminating the costly burden of smart cards and tokens. This is the 19th patent for TriCipher, whose secure log-in solutions let companies quickly and securely vet the identity of any would-be user, anywhere. The patent, U.S. number 7,386,720, was..

PEL Associates, based at the Marine Sciences Technical Center at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, has been awarded a broad U.S. patent for Smart Coating Systems technology, the company announced this week. The coating systems involve layers of material that, after being heated up by an electrical or microwave current, can be peeled off like a piece of skin, said company president, o..

The World Intellectual Organisation (WIPO) on Tuesday called on India to become a signatory to the two internet treaties which will provide for global protection of the rights of copyright holders, performers and producers of phonograms. The WIPO Copyrights Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, collectively termed as Internet Treaties, were negotiated in 1996 under the auspic..

Brain League is organizing a seminar on "Intellectual Property for the Manufacturing Industry" on 25th July, 2008 from 9.00 A.M. to 5.30 P.M. at Le Meridien, Bangalore. The seminar will focus on certain basic and advanced issues relating to intellectual property protection and management for the manufacturing sector. Seminar sessions will cover topics such as Using IP for business advantage, Pr..

Wednesday, Wyeth and Impax Laboratories Inc. have announced that all conditions of a settlement of the U.S. patent infringement litigation pertaining to Impax's proposed generic capsule formulation of Wyeth's EFFEXOR XR antidepressant have been approved by the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The Court entered a consent judgment resulting in termination of the litigation ..

Apple has filed a lawsuit against Psystar, claiming the Florida-based company violated its copyright and software licensing agreements. Psystar began selling a Mac clone in April despite the fact that Apple’s Mac OS X licensing agreement forbids companies other than Apple to do so. Apple’s End User Licensing Agreement does not allow Mac OS X to be installed on a computer other than an Apple-bra..

The Australian hospital laboratory used to test New Zealand women for genetic susceptibility to an aggressive form of breast and ovarian cancer will continue the tests despite a patent row, the Auckland District Health Board says. The tests, which detect mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, are performed at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. But the clinic and seven other Austr..

In an unprecedented move, Linux vendor Red Hat has published the legal details of a patent-infringement settlement it made last month with Firestar and DataTern. On a company blog, Red Hat Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Rob Tiller said the company made the settlement document public to answer customer questions and prevent customers from being threatened by litigation in the futu..