In August, 2016 Whatsapp announced it was changing its privacy policy to allow sharing of its data with its parent company Facebook. In 2014 Facebook had purchased Whatsapp for $19 billion dollars and it was only a matter of time before Whatsapp shared its data with Facebook. The ostensible reason for the changed privacy [...]
In a recent Time Magazine cover story, Brian Walsh highlights the growing risk of killer germs and superbugs such as bird flu H7N9 Ebola, Zika and MERS, across an increasingly interconnected and densely populated planet. He reports that “the number of new diseases per decade has increased nearly fourfold over the past 60 years, [...]
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Madrid – The International Trademark System The Madrid System is a convenient and cost-effective solution for registering and managing trademarks worldwide. File a single application and pay one set of fees to apply for protection in up to 114 countries. Modify, renew or expand your global trademark portfolio through one centralized system. Whether you [...]
Unethical consideration of living subjects Claudia Seitz, pointed out that while regulatory data protection would in theory allow generic companies to conduct its own clinical studies during the data exclusivity period, the declaration of replication of clinical trials with human subjects unethical, and animal law prohibited animal studies that did not lead to new [...]
Arbitrability, the question of whether the subject matter of a dispute may be resolved through arbitration, arose in relation to arbitration of certain IP disputes. As IP rights, such as patents, are granted by national authorities, it was argued that disputes regarding such rights should be resolved by a public body within the national [...]
