LEVIS, QUEBEC, Mar 13, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) —- DEQ Systems Corp. announced today that the Philippines Bureau of Patents has granted a patent for DEQ’s invention entitled “Method and system for controlling and managing bets in a gaming environment”.  This patent covers a method and system for playing live casino games remotely. For example, […]

Agence France-Presse      First Posted 21:54:00 02/28/2008
 
MANILA, Philippines — A trade group in the Philippines said Thursday it has asked the US Trade Representative to retain the country on its piracy watchlist amid rampant violations concerning intellectual property.
The Intellectual Property Coalition, the federation of Philippine trade associations that oversees piracy issues, said violations of intellectual property […]

By Erwin Oliva INQUIRER.net    First Posted 20:44:00 02/23/2008
MANILA, Philippines — The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has unveiled a website that hopes to promote cyber ethics, safety and wellness as part of a regional campaign.
The website, dubbed B4USurf targets educators, parents and the youth ages 10 to 18 years old.
BSA is an industry organization that has […]

Monday February 18, 2008
A government forcing any company to give up its property, intellectual or otherwise, for whatever reason, is not good. It undermines the basis of our economic system when a politician can say, ‘’We want your product, but we can’t afford it, so we will just copy it.’’ When governments start doing that, […]

The Cabinet will review the compulsory licensing (CL) approvals for key cancer drugs by the previous military-appointed government, but not immediately, said Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap. 
He indicated that the government will likely reverse the decision to break the foreign patents, and would move instead to increase funding and make drugs available to patients are […]

Washington - A US-based industry group demanded the government focus more closely on intellectual property violations in Thailand. But the big surprise was the group’s new Big Three of world IP scofflaws: Russia, China - and Canada.
Eric Smith, president of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, urged that Thailand be placed on the “priority watch list” […]

Updated: 28 Jan 2008
Intermec Technologies Corp., a leading company in automated data capture technologies, has announced that Honeywell, Inc. has become a Rapid Start licensee under Intermec’s Radio-frequency identification (RFID) patents following its acquisition of Hand Held Products, Inc.
Honeywell is a Fortune 500 multinational company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and […]

Timothy ChuiMonday, January 28, 2008
International counterfeit syndicates are moving away from entertainment and luxury goods to everyday consumer items. Experts are warning that the entry into counterfeit consumables can pose a health risk to consumers. Intellectual Property Department director Stephen Shelby said counterfeiters are now targeting food and wines for the American and European markets.
At […]

(25-01-2008)
HCM CITY — Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and ten ASEAN member-countries have gathered in HCM City for a three-day workshop to promote IP training and research in universities.

“In the context of the knowledge-based economy, the role of IP in development is more and more important,” said Nguyen Van Bay, head of […]

The chief of the Intellectual Property Department said on Saturday she feels Thailand has “sufficiently suppressed” street piracy and hopes Washington will upgrade Thailand off the intellectual property priority watch list this year. 
Puangrat Aswapisit, director-general, said her department is preparing information to submit to Washington on Thailand’s suppression of piracy during 2007.
 
It is expected that […]