In February, I spoke at the World Pharma Licensing Congress in London. The following article is based on my talk. Challenges Facing the Pharmaceutical Industry The pharmaceutical industry today faces a variety of challenges: thanks to the Internet, more knowledgeable and more demanding consumers a longer and more costly time-to-market more stringent regulations increased competition…
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Unidown Part 3: Google Slammed, Plaintiff Wins 100,000 NIS in “Right to be Forgotten”
In September 2014, Google won a case in what seemed to be the Tel-Aviv District Court’s rejection of the European “right to be forgotten,” which requires search engines to comply with requests to remove inaccurate information about people. However, late this June, the Court found both Google and a website owner liable for inaction which…
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Tel-Aviv District Court Orders ISPs to Block Access to Music Download Site Unidown.co.il
In a recent decision, the Tel-Aviv District Court found that music download site Unidown.co.il enabled and encouraged copyright infringement. The Court ordered Israeli ISPs to block access to the site (NMC United Entertainment Ltd. v. Bloomberg Inc. 33227-11-13). Unidown allows users to download music directly from YouTube. YouTube is licensed to stream copyrighted media and…
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(Flawed) Study Concludes Patent Licensing Doesn’t Contribute to Innovation
As discussed in Gene Quinn’s excellent IP Watchdog blog, a recent study by professors at the Hastings school of Law and Stanford Law School concluded that patent licensing doesn’t actually lead to new innovation. However, as Quinn discusses, the study is seriously flawed. The working paper by professors Robin Feldman and Mark Lemley is entitled…
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