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Daily Archives: July 6, 2007

Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation

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Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation: A free resource from MIHR and PIPRA. [thanks to Warren Leary]

  • From Pipra’s Blog: “Lita Nelsen, head of technology transfer for MIT and one of the editors of the two volume reference book, describes it as “the How-To manual for using the tool of IP.” It is geared, she says, toward two distinct audiences. One is “research institutions and technology transfer operations in developing countries that are building the capabilities of understanding and of actually practicing technology transfer.” The other is “first world institutions, to make sure that they consider the needs of developing countries when they license important IP in medicines, vaccines, and foods, and do it right.”

    • Consumer Reports Reviews Fee-Based Credit Report Services

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    ‘Free’ Credit Report Sites: Worth the Real Costs? Review of 24 Sites Shows Potential for Consumer Confusion, Unnecessary Services (35 pages, PDF): “This report examines Web sites that offer consumers paid access to their credit reports in combination with credit scores, credit monitoring, and/or identity theft insurance. These sites are alternatives to annualcreditreport.com, created as… Continue Reading

    European Commission Opens Inquiry into Google/DoubleClick Merger

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    Follow up to the Google DoubleClick Merger In the News, from EPIC: The European Commission Directorate on Competition will review Google’s $3.1 billion merger with internet advertising company DoubleClick. The news comes a few days after European consumer group BEUC sent a letter (pdf) urging Commission to investigate the merger. The Article 29 Data Protection… Continue Reading

    German Parliament Passes New Copyright Act

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    “On Thursday [July 5, 2007], a majority of the members of the Bundestag from the governing grand coalition and the FDP voted in favor of the government’s controversial proposal (PDF file) for a second version of the country’s Copyright Act for the Information Society, which includes the amendments proposed by the parliament’s legal committee. [via… Continue Reading

    Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Domestic Surveillance Program

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    Follow up to previous postings on domestic surveillance programs, news today that 6th Circuit found none of the plaintiff’s had standing against the NSA with regard to the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP). See the ACLU press release: “In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed a legal challenge to the Bush… Continue Reading

    Data and Statistics on Older Americans on New Website from CDC

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    Related to July 5, 2007 posting, Report Mapping the Growth of Older America, a “new Aging Data and Statistics Website brings together information sources from across CDC.” “Issues related to aging Americans are increasingly important and will continue to be a factor in our nation’s health. CDC’s new Aging Data and Statistics Web page brings… Continue Reading

    Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 and DC-10-30F Airplanes

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    “The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 and DC-10-30F airplanes. This AD requires installing Teflon sleeving around the fuel pump wire harness inside the conduit in the aft supplemental fuel tank. This AD results from fuel system reviews conducted by the manufacturer. We are issuing this AD to… Continue Reading