Corporate & Securities Law

Intellectual Property And Access Can Co-Exist, US Rightsholders Say
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC - There is a growing backlash against intellectual property rights and international rules aimed at protecting innovation and ideas in certain parts of the globe, several pharmaceutical and other innovator companies said Wednesday...

New Thai Minister May Review Compulsory Licences On Cancer Drugs
By Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK - Thailand?s new Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsup said on Friday he might review the imposition of compulsory licences on three cancer treatment drugs by the previous government...

EU Threatens Taiwan With WTO Case Over Law On Compulsory Licences
By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS - The European Union has demanded that Taiwan change its intellectual property law within two months following a probe into how the East Asian island overruled patents on recordable CDs (CD-Rs)...

Compulsory Licensing Discussed at CES
Eric Bangeman. Debating Copyright Reform: Time for Compulsory Licenses? ArsTechnica. Jan. 21, 2008. Ars reports on a copyright panel convened at the Consumer Electronics Show entitled Washington, Intellectual Property and Your Living Room, which was moderated by Ars editor Kenneth Fisher...

US IP Industry Group Pushes Green Patents; Adopts Resolution On Compulsory Licences
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch BOSTON - More companies have joined a global effort to improve the environment by pledging "green" patents for use in the public domain...

Thailand Avoids Compulsory Licence On Cancer Drug; 3 More Drugs Undecided
By Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK - The Thai government has decided not to use its right to a compulsory licence on a Novartis cancer treatment drug after the company agreed to provide for free its patented drugs for cancer patients under a major government-sponsored health insurance programme...

Nanotechnology Law
Intellectual property laws

Compellent, Storage Engine, et. al.
$10.5 million settlement reached in intellectual property dispute.

General Electric Co. and SABIC Innovative Plastics
$3 million settlement reached in intellectual property dispute.

Access Roads
Developer Bob Honts agrees to $250,000 property development settlement.

Lawsuit Filed Against Legacy Health Care Facilities for Nursing Home Abuse
Legacy Health Care Facilities Face Class Action Over Allegations of Abuse

Pittsburgh Health Care Facilities
Facing Wages Class Actions

Golden Gate National Recreation Area
allegedly failed to provide adequate facilities for the disabled.