December 2006 Archives

Here today, gone to Rio. Be back in 2007.

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In November over 2m pirated CDs and DVDs were impounded from the streets of São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest market for illegal wares. The Association for the Defence of Intellectual Property estimates that the country’s annual trade in fake goods is worth $198m. Under pressure from international manufacturers, São Paulo’s mayor, Gilberto Kassab, has toughened the penalties for pirating. From October 30th sellers of illegal goods may lose their trade licences for up to ten years. In the past, they would merely lose their merchandise, so they could restock within days.

STUART, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: ESPH), the Stuart, Florida-based company that creates engineered and patented Clean Tech solutions that address pressing global environmental and humanitarian issues, today announced it closed on a $5 million private capital raise with institutional and accredited investors.

Proceeds of the placement will be used to support expansion of the Company's subsidiaries, for working capital and to repay debt. Ecosphere has announced plans to build additional coating removal robots to deliver to various customers located around the world. In addition, the Company’s Tactical Water Filtration Truck is being marketed for use in military applications, homeland security, disaster recovery, and developing countries.

First Annual IEEE Spectrum Survey Evaluated Over a Thousand Organizations Within 15 Industry Categories for the Most Influential Patent Portfolios

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced that it has been recognized by IEEE Spectrum magazine’s first annual patent survey as having one of the top 10 most powerful patent portfolios in the semiconductor industry for 2006. The IEEE Spectrum is the flagship publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest professional technology association.

In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. The holder of this legal entitlement is generally entitled to exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property. However, the use of the term and the concepts it is said to embody are the subject of some controversy (see below).

First Conviction in the Country for Foreign Economic Espionage

SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL - Law News Network - United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Fei Ye and Ming Zhong pleaded guilty today to two counts each of economic espionage.