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Intellectual Property

Intellectual Cleansing: Part 1

Key Technology Exercises Option to Acquire Headquarters Property

UN intellectual property agency welcomes US ratification of key trademark pact

Patent play Making money from intellectual property

Ciprico Completes Sale of Intellectual Property to Dot Hill

e-IP, LLC, Better Known as www.TechTransferOnline.com, Acquires Intellectual Property Listing Business From BirchBob International, S.A.

Senate passes intellectual property bill

Mauritius offers escape from property slump

New UN intellectual property chief cites challenges of booming patents

How this Country Can Harness Intellectual Property, By Wipo

Lacson accused of 'intellectual dishonesty, blabbering'

Insurance Services

Trustco latest to join banks seeking revenue bump through insurance sales

Germany insures savings amid bank rescue talks

TOPWRAP 4-Germany insures savings amid bank rescue talks

AIG to keep core insurance, sell assets to pay US loan

Insurer American International Group plans sale of business units to repay debt

AIG to sell off business units but retain US property and casualty, foreign insurance ops

Insurance Company Earnings Plunge 53%

AIG to keep core insurance, sell assets to pay US loan

AIG to sell off business units; retains US property and casualty, foreign insurance businesses

Insurers dive on Reid's 'bankrupt' quote

You can extend FDIC insurance past first $100,000

Patents

Patent Watch

'GSIS always transparent' The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has always been transparent in its policies and investments, thus Mr. Dan Mariano's October 1, 2008 piece admonishing the GSIS to "come clean" was rather off the mark. Nonetheless, I wish to thank Mr. Mariano for his interest in the issue, which the GSIS wishes to clarify in the face of patent disinformation being sown by some groups against the GSIS Global Investment Program (GIP). On Mr. Mariano's question about the "remaining $400 in the $1-billion GSIS GIP," the GSIS is presently in the process of selecting new fund managers to handle the said funds. Rest assured that the same stringent requirements put in place in selecting ING Investment Management and Credit Agricole to handle $300 million each under the GSIS GIP are being used in selecting the new managers for the $400 million. Among these requirements is that only fund managers with a minimum of $100 billion assets under management (AUM) need apply to the GSIS. It is noteworthy that ING, which has a solid presence in our country since 1990, has around $503 billion in AUM; while Credit Agricole, rated "M2" by Fitch, has an AUM of approximately $725 billion. On Citibank N.A. being tapped as global custodian of the GSIS GIP, it should be pointed out that Citibank is limited to its role as a custodian of the funds. As it is not a fund manager of the GSIS GIP, Citibank NA cannot invest the same. The GSIS sees something sinister in concerted efforts to sow suspicion on the GSIS GIP, when the GSIS has done what all the other local banks had done following news on Lehman and AIG. This was to express categorically that GSIS has no investments in either US firms, while having minimal exposure in the troubled US market. Some local banks admitted having investments in Lehman and AIG, but will the GSIS admit the same when that is simply untrue? I ask this because the question on whether or not GSIS invested in Lehman or AIG had been repeated countless times already. As to Mr. Mariano's comment that the European market is also feeling the effects of the US downturn, I can only say that that's the nature of market globalization. The US sneezes and the world catches a cold. Risks are inherent in investing, but that's not a reason to stop investing in the Philippines or abroad. But I'd like to reiterate that the GSIS has taken all measures to safeguard its investments. Atty. Estrella Elamparo Chief legal counsel GSIS ___ Natrovox is not Pharex's but Natrapharm's We would like to thank The Manila Times for writing our story, "Generic drugs found selling more than branded ones" on September 27, 2008. Getting published in your reputable newspaper gives us, local generics manufacturers, a veritably effective platform to amplify our cause. However, we would also like to point out that Natrovox, the phenomenal generic hitmaker of co-amoxiclav, is a product of Natrapharm and not Pharex. We apologize for the possible mix-up in the data that we gave to your reporter. Again, our heartfelt gratitude for giving us the opportunity to tell our story. MARILOU BUENSUCESO President Philippine Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry (PCPI) Presidents Tower, Timog Avenue, Quezon City ___ Statement of Foreign Ministry of Iran on International Day of Qods Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its congratulations to all Muslims of the world on the International Day of Qods. The Muslim world is marking the 30th anniversary of the declaration of this holy Day by the late Imam Khomeni (P.U.H) at a time when the oppressed Palestinian people and the Holy Qods as the symbol of solidarity and the core of the unity of the Muslim world are still under the occupation of the Zionist occupiers. Sixty years after the organized occupation of Palestine, this land is still witness to the terrorist and racist attacks by the Zionist regime, killing defenseless people particularly women and children, imposing a long siege on the occupied Palestinian regions specially the Gaza strip, blocking the flow of food, medicine and fuel into these regions, expanding Jewish settlements, demolishing the economic infrastructures of Palestine and Judaizing the Holy Qods. Over all these years, the Zionist usurping regime has resorted to racist and expansionist measures to change the fabric and demography of the Holy Qods and its extensive, illegal and provocative excavations have exposed a constant threat to the historical and religious monuments of this city, particularly Al-aqsa Mosque. Given the dangers emanating from the presence of the illegitimate, fabricated Zionist regime in the Middle East, Islamic Republic of Iran has always stressed the need for the protection of the Islamic identity of the Holy Qods and Palestine as well as the unity and cohesion of the Muslim Ummah, believing that only the strong will of the regional Muslim nations backed with their belief in the victory of the Resistance which has scored brilliant achievements for Palestine and the Muslim Ummah can curb the acquisitive ambitions of the regime usurping the Holy Qods. The International Day of Qods demonstrates grassroots support of independent, free-minded peoples of the world for the Intifadas of the oppressed valiant people of Palestine against the Zionist occupiers. Relying on such broad-based support, the Palestinian people are raising their outcry for the full removal of occupation from the historical land of Palestine, liberation of the Holy Qods and freedom of all Palestinians, particularly the elected representatives of this nation in the legislative Assembly of Palestine held prisoners by the Zionist regime and the return of all Palestinian refugees to their ancestral lands. They also call on all other free-minded peoples of the world to support the Palestinian resistance and struggle against the state terrorism and the racist policies of the regime occupying the Holy Qods. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Iran invites all Muslim and free-minded nations of the world to celebrate the International Day of Qods more gloriously than ever in different parts of the world to show their full solidarity with the Palestinian people and their support for the Holy Qods and calls on the whole Palestinian nation, particularly all Jihadi and political groups to preserve their unity around the loafty goals of the Palestinian revolution and avoid any divisions amongst their ranks which benefit only the Zionist, occupying regime. [Editor's note: The above was received by The Manila Times on October 1 from the Iranian Embassy. The opinions expressed, especially about the intifada and the jihadi, are those of the Islamic Republic of Iran's foreign ministry and not of The Manila Times. The International Day of Qods (or Quds) is an annual event opposing Israel's control of Jerusalem (Al-Quds in Arabic). It is held every last Friday of Ramadan. Jerusalem Day is not an Islamic religious holiday but a political event, and thus observance is not obligatory in Islam. Qods Day in 2008 was on Friday, September 26. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, then Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini -referred to as "the late Imam Khomeni (P.U.H)" above—declared the holy observance in August of that year. "P.U.H" means "peace be upon him."]

Kangaroo Media Inc. reacts to patent complaint

Omaha man loses patent lawsuit against Nike

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Qualcomm seeks patent for mobile altitude measuring device

Amgen anemia drug patents upheld in Roche dispute

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Wi-LAN's signs up 100th company for V-chip patents

Mortgages

Posted on Mon, Oct. 06, 2008 share email print comment Bank of America settles lawsuit over bad mortgages

Bank of America settles lawsuit over bad mortgages

Bank of America settles lawsuit over bad mortgages -

Copyrights / Trademarks

RapidShare ordered to remove copyrighted content

Apple wins in copyright court.

Posted on Thu, Oct. 02, 2008 share email print comment Copyright board leaves royalty rate unchanged

UK Economy

Another meltdown Monday as London shares crash again

Britain mulls buying shares to recapitalise banks: reports

The Ł2trillion question

Ireland looks at UK banks

Irish fin min: looking at UK banks in guarantee plan

Global markets weekahead: Financial crisis and economic woe

Slow economy may hurt 2010 Olympics ticket sales, tourism spinoff

Concern over the economy permeates university business classrooms

Politically, economy working for Dems

Credit crunch: A sickness in the heart of Britain

Relentless tide of awful news means Bank of England has no time to lose

Global Trading

Asian, European markets sink as they reopen after U.S. bailout

Nikkei hits 4-Â˝ year closing low as gloom spreads

Posted on Mon, Oct. 06, 2008 share email print comment Oil falls below $92 as financial turmoil spreads

German bank rescued, South Korea reassures lenders

Oil falls below $92 as financial turmoil spreads

HK index drops on global economy worries

Asian markets fall on financial turmoil fears

Oil falls below $92 as financial turmoil spreads

Asian stocks slide as Europe's financial crisis deepens

Oil falls below $92 as financial turmoil spreads

Asian markets plunge on fears crisis is spreading

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