PTC FORUM: The Online Journal of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Research Foundation

Part Two: Digests of Articles

(To see the Digest, click on the highlighted number in square brackets. The date in round brackets is the date on which the digest was posted on the Web. All digests before 12 September 2001 were posted before the revision of the site.

[20103] INTERNATIONAL / GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS / WTO (30 NOV 03)

[20102] USA / COPYRIGHT / PUBLIC DOMAIN (20 OCT 03)

[20101] BRAZIL - FTAA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / TRIPs (22 OCT 03)

[20100] USA / TRADE SECRETS / RECAPTURE (5 OCT 03)

[20099] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / PUBLIC DOMAIN (25 SEP 03)

[20098] CHINA / TRADE MARKS / REGISTRATION (4 SEP 03)

[20097] USA / COPYRIGHT / FAIR USE - PARODIES (26 AUG 03)

[20096] JAPAN / PATENTS / EMPLOYEES' INVENTIONS (15 AUG 03)

[20095] USA / PATENTS / LICENCE TRANSFER THROUGH MERGER (19 JUL 03)

[20094] EUROPE / PATENTS / EUROPEAN LAW (10 JUL 03)

[20093] USA / PATENTS / PATENT MISUSE (25 JUN 03)

[20092] ENGLAND - EUROPE / TRADE MARKS / TRADE MARK USE (11 JUN 03)

[20091] USA / COPYRIGHT / FAIR USE (29 MAY 03)

[20090] USA / COPYRIGHT - PATENTS) CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS (12 MAY 03)

[20089] EGYPT / PATENTS / TRIPS (28 APR 03)

[20088] EUROPE / COPYRIGHT / DURATION (2 APR 03)

[20087] USA - INTERNATIONAL / PATENTS / BIOLOGY - TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (9 MAR 03)

[20086] USA / TRADE MARKS / DOMAIN NAMES (27 FEB 03)

[20085] USA / COPYRIGHT / EXTENSION (14 FEB 03)

[20084] CANADA / COPYRIGHT / DATABASES (31 JAN 03)

[20083] THAILAND / COPYRIGHT / INTERNET (24 JAN 03)

[20082] USA / COPYRIGHT - PATENTS / SOFTWARE (18 JAN 03)

[20081] ENGLAND / PATENTS / LITIGATION (10 JAN 03)

[20080] AUSTRALIA - INTERNATIONAL / PATENTS / BIOTECHNOLOGY (20 DEC 02)

[20079] NIGERIA / COPYRIGHT / FOLKLORE (9 DEC 02)

[20078] PAKISTAN / COPYRIGHT / COMPILATIONS (29 NOV 02)

[20077] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / VALUATION (30 0CT 02)

[20076] UK / COPYRIGHT / HUMAN RIGHTS (21 OCT 02)

[20075] SINGAPORE / TRADE MARKS / OWNERSHIP - CONFUSION (30 SEP 02)

[20074] USA / COPYRIGHT / LAW REFORM (4 SEP 02)

[20073] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (28 AUG 02)

[20072] INTERNATIONAL / TRADE MARKS - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / PROPERTY (21 AUG 02)

[20071] EUROPE - GERMANY / COPYRIGHT - DATABASES / ESSENTIAL FACILITIES - ANTITRUST (9 AUG 02)

[20070] JAPAN / PATENTS / DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENTS (2 AUG 02)

[20069] INTERNATIONAL / TRADE SECRETS / PROTECTION POLICY (17 JUL 02)

[20068] CHINA / TRADE MARKS - COPYRIGHT / WTO - TRIPS (11 JUL 02)

[20067] CHINA / COPYRIGHT / WTO - TRIPS (3 JUL 02)

[20066] CHINA / PATENTS / PRIORITY (28 JUN 02)

[20065] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / SECURITY INTERESTS (28 MAY 02)

[20064] USA / TRADE MARKS / SONG TITLES (6 MAY 02)

[20063] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/ TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (30 APR 02)

[20062] INTERNATIONAL - USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / VALUATION (22 APR 02)

[20061] INTERNATIONAL / PATENTS / EXAMINATION (28 MAR 02)

[20060] RUSSIA / TRADE MARKS - GEOGRAPHICAL INDIC / REGISTRATION (25 MAR 02)

[20059] INDIA / COPYRIGHT / PIRACY (8 MAR 02)

[20058] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / ANTI-TRUST (7 MAR 02)

[20057] EUROPE / TRADE MARKS / RISK OF CONFUSION (19 FEB 02)

[20056] SOUTH AFRICA - USA / PATENTS / COMPULSORY LICENSING (11 FEB 02)

[20055] CHINA / COPYRIGHT / HYPERLINKS (2 FEB 02)

[20054] INTERNATIONAL / GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS / TRIPS (28 JAN 02)

[20053] CANADA / COPYRIGHT / PUBLIC DOMAIN (21 JAN 02)

[20052] USA / COPYRIGHT / DAMAGES (14 JAN 02)

[20051] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / TRIPS (7 JAN 02)

[20050] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / ANTI-TRUST (5 DEC 01)

[20049] EUROPE - USA / COPYRIGHT - SUI GENERIS / DATABASES (28 NOV 01)

[20048] INTERNATIONAL / PATENTS / HARMONISATION (24 OCT 01)

[20047] USA / PATENTS / BIOTECHNOLOGY (15 OCT 01)

[20046] EUROPE - GERMANY / COPYRIGHT - TRADE MARKS / INTERNET (12 SEP 01)

[20045] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / TRIPS

[20044] JAPAN / DESIGNS / DISTINCTIVENESS

[20043] USA – UK / COPYRIGHT / FIXATION

[20042] UNITED STATES / TRADE SECRETS / COMMERCIAL ASSETS

[20041] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / BASIC PRINCIPLES

[20040] CHINA / PATENTS / ANALYSIS OF FILINGS

[20039] USA / COPYRIGHT / DIGITAL AUDIO TRANSMISSION RIGHT

[20038] USA / PATENTS / BUSINESS METHOD PATENTS

[20037] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

[20036] JAPAN / PATENTS / PATENT ENFORCEMENT

[20035] USA / COPYRIGHT / REVERSE ENGINEERING OF SOFTWARE

[20034] USA-JAPAN / PATENTS / PATENT FLOODING

[20033] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / SURVIVAL OF SYSTEM

[20032] EUROPE / PATENTS / COMMUNITY PATENT

[20031] INTERNATIONAL / COPYRIGHT / ONLINE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION

[20030] USA / TRADE MARKS / DILUTION

[20029] EUROPE / TRADE MARKS / PROCEDURE

[20028] CHINA / TRADE MARKS / COMPARATIVE ADVERTISING

[20027] USA / PATENTS / INVENTORSHIP

[20026] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / GLOBAL LAW-MAKING

[20025] FRANCE / PATENTS / RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

[20024] CANADA / PATENTS / ACADEMIC RESEARCH

[20023] CHINA / PATENTS / TECHNOLOGY DISCLOSURE

[20022] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/ INTEROPERABILITY

[20021] INTERNATIONAL / TRADE MARKS / WELL-KNOWN MARKS

[20020] USA / COPYRIGHT / DIGITAL DELIVERY (1)

[20019] USA / COPYRIGHT / DIGITAL DELIVERY (2)

[20018] INTERNATIONAL / TRADEMARKS / WELL-KNOWN MARKS

[20017] USA / COPYRIGHT / PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

[20016] AUSTRALIA / TRADEMARKS / SHAPE

[20015] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / "TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE"

[20014] USA - UK - CANADA - NZ / TRADEMARKS / DOMAIN NAMES

[20013] JAPAN / PATENTS / DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENTS

[20012] USA / PATENTS / SOFTWARE

[20011] INTERNATIONAL / TRADE MARKS / DOMAIN NAMES

[20010] USA / COPYRIGHT / MUSIC ON THE INTERNET

[20009] USA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / ANTI-TRUST

[20008] USA / PATENTS / "HUMAN PATENTS"

[20007] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / CYBERSPACE

[20006] INTERNATIONAL / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / COURSE BOOK

[20005] AFRICA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / ARIPO-OAPI

[20004] INTERNATIONAL / TRADE MARKS / CO-EXISTENCE IN CYBERSPACE

[20003] USA / PATENTS / INTERPRETATION OF CLAIMS

[20002] USA / PATENTS / EMPLOYEES' INVENTIONS

[20001] CHINA / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / WTO-TRIPS