Festive Season Patents

December 5, 2011
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Festive Season decorations and activities bring about interesting patents every year.

Patents for  festive season inventions could include anything from Christmas trees, tree decorations, table decorations, wall decorations, outdoor decorations, decorative lights, games, gifts, cards and even cooking methods, recipes or utensils.

Here are a few examples of well known Festive Season inventions.

Christmas Pudding Recipe

Christmas Crackers

Christmas Tree Decorations

Christmas Lights

The Christmas Tree

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Pfizer – Lipitor Patent expires

November 30, 2011
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Image source: cnn.com

Pfizer‘s patent for it’s popular cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor will expire on 30 November 2011, paving the way for more affordable generic versions.

Generic drugs have the same active ingredient as original drugs, but tend to be significantly less expensive.

More than 17 million people have been using Pfiser’s cholesterol-lowering drug, Lipitor, also know as Atorvastatin.

Atorvastatin is a member of the drug class known as statins, used for lowering blood cholesterol.

It also stabilizes plaque and prevents strokes through anti-inflammatory mechanisms.

The patent for Lipitor / Atorvastatin was scheduled to expire in June 2011, but Pfizer made arrangement with Ranbaxy Laboratories to delay the generic launch in the U.S. until November 2011.

The primary uses of Lipitor / Atorvastatin is for the treatment of dyslipidemia and the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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Jimmy Choo

November 22, 2011
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Jimmy Choo was born in Malaysia to a family of shoemakers. He made his first shoe when he was 11 years old.

He graduated from Cordwainers Technical College, England in 1983.

In 1996, he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd / J. Choo Limited with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon.

Jimmy Choo Ltd is a British high fashion house specializing in luxury shoes, bags, leather products and accessories.

The company owns more than 400 design patents and has been the target of counterfeit imports in the UK, US and Australia.

Jimmy Choo Ltd  has also had several cases for copyright and trademark infringement regarding the company name, logo and slogan.

In 2006 the company took action against Marks & Spencer for selling a copy of the Jimmy Choo Cosmo silk satin evening bag. The case was settled for an undisclosed amount of money.

In  2008 the company threatened to sue a New Zealand website, Kookychoo.com, for trademark infringement. Kookychoo sells toys,  jewellery and bean bags.

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South African Book Development Council

November 21, 2011
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

The SABDC (South African Book Development Council) was launched on 17 June 2007 in Cape Town.

The SABDC is the representative body of the South African Book Sector.

SABDC members include all key stakeholders in the book value chain.

The SABDC vision is to provide strategic leadership in the South African Book Sector.

The SABDC mission is to provide a viable, sustainable book sector, promote the power of reading and writing and to ensure the book sector is part of national policies & priorities.

South African Book Development Council

Website:
www.sabookcouncil.co.za

Physical address:
Tijger Park III
2nd Floor
Room 202
Willie van Schoor Drive
BELLVILLE
7530

Tel:
021 914 8626/7

Email:
admin@sabookcouncil.co.za

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IPA Congress | International Publishers Association

November 21, 2011
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

29th Congress of the International Publishers Association (IPA)

Date:
12 – 14 June 2012

Theme:
Publishing for a New Era

Program:
The IPA Congress program will consist of sessions covering topics such as Publishing, Public Policy, E-Books, New Media Strategies, International Trade Issues, Publishing Across Borders and Digital Migration in Educational Publishing, all presented by leaders in their fi eld.

Venue:
Cape Town International Convention Centre
Convention Square
1 Lower Long Street

Phone:
+27 21 410 5000

E-mail:
info@ctconvention.co.za

Website:
www.capetownconvention.com

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