Brussels, 6 November 2007
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
It is truly a pleasure for me to be here today among entrepreneurs – the innovators, the risk takers, the creators of employment, growth and wealth - the people who drive the European economy.
The single market is an ambitious project for ambitious people and there is no group […]

Bangkok, Thailand, November 17, 2007 –(PR.com)– Senior Southeast Asian officials agreed Wednesday with recommendations for regional cooperation to better handle the increasing number of patents filed in the region and thereby encourage greater research, innovation and investment.
“A regional approach can increase efficiency of patent administration and the attractiveness to invest in Southeast Asia,” said Dr. […]

By Kim Yoo-chul
Staff ReporterLG.Philips LCD (LPL), the world’s second-largest manufacturer of flat-panel screens, said Wednesday that it has agreed with Chunghwa Pictures Tubes (CPT) to settle a patent-infringement lawsuit and cross-license mutually-patented technologies worth over $100 million.“We have signed a formal agreement with the Taiwan-based thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) manufacturer to settle the […]

By William New
The World Trade Organization has launched an investigation into allegations that China is unfairly limiting the flow of copyrighted material from the United States into the country. Meanwhile, the WTO issued the periodic review of Thailand’s policies including a discussion of intellectual property rights.
US concerns in the new dispute are that China provides […]

MANILA - Dr. Manuel Desantes, vice president of the European Patent Office (EPO), will arrive in Manila for the 4th Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Conference (HIPOC) 2007 November 13 -14, 2007 at the Peninsula Manila.
This is the first time that the country will host the annual international conference through the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines […]