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Could co-operation help pull pharma back from the cliff edge?
AstraZeneca has announced that it is to shed over 7,000 jobs worldwide; this is in addition to over 20,000 jobs that it has already cut since 2007. And the UK-based company is not expecting a reversal in fortunes any time soon. According to an official statement the outlook is gloomy: ...
Helen Sloan, Globe Business Publishing Ltd | 03 Feb 2012
When it comes to the Facebook IPO it's all about intangibles and IAs
There will be an awful lot written about the Facebook IPO over the coming weeks and months by people a lot more qualified than me to be making comments. However, it would be wrong not to point out one very obvious aspect of the planned float: the extent to which the success of the ...
Joff Wild, IAM Magazine | 02 Feb 2012
From smartphone wars through Chinese culture to hiring top IP talent - IAM 52 is now out
The latest issue of IAM is now available to subscribers online. Our cover story, written Australian patent attorney Mark Summerfield, who is also the author of the Patentology blog, takes a detailed look at the smartphone patent wars. With cases being fought around the world and different ...
Joff Wild, IAM Magazine | 02 Feb 2012
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A round-up of IP-related quotes, observations and opinions from the recent past ...
Market Court rules on piracy of PS3 games
In a case brought by Sony against three defendants, the Market Court has held that as the PS Jailbreak chipset was considered to violate the Copyright Act, and was thus illegal, the marketing of the product was held to violate the Marketing Practices Act, in particular the act’s prohibition on marketing that creates the impression that a product can be legally sold when it cannot.
Enter stage left: a new breed of IP management consultants
Doing more with less is a challenge facing many in-house IP functions. Thankfully there is help at hand, writes Adam Jaffe of Thomson Reuters
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