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Public Policy - November, 2003

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• Australia Copyright Holders To Seek Parliamentary Inquiry on “Lax” Enforcement
• E.U. Fails To Agree on Community Patents as Translation Requirements Cause Rift
• U.K. Judge Warns Courts To Restrain Patent Litigation Costs
• European Lawmakers Tone Down Controversial IP Legislation
• E.U. Court: Sounds May Be Trademarked
• E.U. Delays Vote on Software Patents
• U.K. Entrepreneurs Form Patent Reform Lobby Group
• Vietnam to Resume Trademark Registrations by Year-End
• E.U. Nears Agreement on Community Patent Reform
• U.S.-E.U. Wine Trade Talks Break Down Over Geographic Designations
• Lawmakers Agree to Ban on Patents for Human Organisms
• Seizures of Counterfeits Rise Sharply in E.U.
• New Zealand SMBs Seek Government Aid In Foreign IP Litigation
• South Africa Hears First Software Piracy Trial
• U.K. Seen As Setting Example for Australian Patent Reform
• Australia to Release Recommendation on Business Method Patents in December
• Singapore, European Union Sign IP Agreement
• U.S. Industry Groups Disappointed With FTAA Draft
• India Accounts For 60% of World's Counterfeits, Study Finds
• India Defends TRIPS Compliance, Rejects U.S. Calls for IPR Overhaul
• Intellectual Property Concerns Continue to Stall U.S.-Taiwan Trade Talks
• E.U. Parliament Delays Vote On IP Bill Amid Growing Controversy
• USPTO Stepping Up Work on Database of Native American Insignia
• Patient Group Blasts Provision to Ban Embryo Patents
• U.K. Seizures of Pirated DVDs Rise Fourfold
• U.S. Funding Bill Would Ban Embryo Patents
• USTR To Press China on IPR During Visit This Week
• In Test of DMCA, Judge Rules For Universal Aftermarket Products
• Generics Group Warns Medicare Bill Would Undermine Declaratory Judgment Provision
• Brazil Gets Record Discount on Bristol Anti-HIV Drug
• Japan, China, Korea Patent Offices To Expand Information Sharing
• South Asian Health Ministers Meet to Discuss Impact of Product Patent Regime
• House Republicans Request Floor Vote on Patent Fees
• India's First Drug EMR Could Set Off Litigation Wave, Industry Warns
• China Expands Copyright Law With Four New Provisions
• USPTO Reopens Eola Investigation
• Senate Bill Would Toughen Penalties for Online Piracy
• WIPO To Redraft Rome Convention On Broadcast Copyrights
• WHO Launches Campaign Against Drug Counterfeiting in Asia
• China Drafts Plan to Revamp IP Legislation
• World's Top Patent Offices to Launch Shared Network to Speed Up Processing
• Canada Introduces Bill to Sell Cheap Drugs to Developing Countries
• Scientists Say FCC Plan Won't Stop Piracy
• European Companies Fail to Exploit Patent Information, Survey Finds
• FDA Approval Expected to Set Off Legal Battle
• Japanese Life-Science Patent Filings Soar
• FCC Approves Digital Anti-Piracy Measure
• Vietnam to Resume Trademark Registrations
• New Zealand Bill Threatens Patent Practitioners
• Branded Drug Makers Criticize E.U. Deal on Data Protection, Generics
• China to Publish IP Court Documents Online
• Korea Cabinet OKs Bills to Expand Penalties for Industrial Espionage, Cybersquatting
• WIPO Hails U.S. Accession to Madrid Protocol
• IIPI Names Phelps, Rivette, Granowitz to Board
• China, EU Agree to Step Up IPR Talks
• Putin Urges Cabinet, Duma to Step Up Anti-Piracy Action
• China Mulls Expanded IPR for IT, Biotech
• European Telcos, ISPs Object to E.U. IP Bill
• Indian Drug Companies Urge Government to Stop Evergreening Tactics