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Russian Intellectual Property Violations Must Be Addressed at G-8 Summit
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Watson today released a letter sent to President Bush requesting that he address Russia’s weak enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) at the upcoming Group of 8 Summit. The letter also urged the President to withhold his support for Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WT0) until the nation takes appropriate steps to improve its IPR enforcement.
Representatives Tom Lantos (D-CA-12), Ranking Member of the House International Relations Committee, and Darrell Issa (R-CA-49) also signed the letter.
“The cost of Russian piracy in 2005 to the United States’ creative and patent community was over $1.7 billion, with losses topping $6.8 billion over the last five years,” wrote Congresswoman Watson. “We anticipate these costs would far outweigh the benefits of the liberalized trade that would come with Russia’s accession [to the WTO].” Read more at house.gov
A specimen is somthing used in patent tradmark office.
A specimen is a real-world example of how the mark is actually used on the goods or in the offer of services. Labels, tags, or containers for the goods are considered to be acceptable specimens of use for a trademark. For a service mark, specimens may be advertising such as magazine advertisements or brochures. Actual specimens, rather than facsimiles, are preferred.
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A manner in which an invention can be made, used, practiced or expressed.
Copyright owner
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The copyright owner is not necessarily the author or creator of the work. While in most cases, the creator/author is automatically the one with all exclusive rights to his/her work, the author can give up all rights and transfer the piece to another perso
Joint work
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Two authors working on one piece with the intend that their contributions will be inseparable create joint work and are considered co-owners of the copyrighted piece.
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