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Latest JIPLP; trade mark classification - it's OHIM v UK

 [IPKat””IP news and fun for everyone] Frosty February might be almost over, and March virtually upon us, but the February issue of the Oxford University Press Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP) was determined not to be published until there was at least a prospect of warmer weather. Among the features published in this issue are

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Propaganda in action: The closure of the Hershey plant

 [ Paulitics] As Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman note in their “propaganda model”, what characterizes propaganda in the West is not so much that what gets covered are lies.  For the most part, journalists are honest people who want to do good in life and in their employment.  Rather, our experience with propaganda is centred around sins of omission.  Let’s explore with reference to the media’s coverage of the Hershey corporation’s closure of its Canadian flagship plan in Smiths Falls (just outside of Ottawa).

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Posted at 01:43 PM

February 27, 2007

Latest JIPLP; trade mark classification - it's OHIM v UK

 [IPKat””IP news and fun for everyone] Frosty February might be almost over, and March virtually upon us, but the February issue of the Oxford University Press Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP) was determined not to be published until there was at least a prospect of warmer weather. Among the features published in this issue are

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Posted at 01:47 PM

Propaganda in action: The closure of the Hershey plant

 [ Paulitics] As Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman note in their “propaganda model”, what characterizes propaganda in the West is not so much that what gets covered are lies.  For the most part, journalists are honest people who want to do good in life and in their employment.  Rather, our experience with propaganda is centred around sins of omission.  Let’s explore with reference to the media’s coverage of the Hershey corporation’s closure of its Canadian flagship plan in Smiths Falls (just outside of Ottawa).

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Posted at 01:43 PM

February 23, 2007

Louis Uchitelle on Life After NAFTA

[Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] NAFTA was mainly about transferring power from labor to capital. Economists love these type of 'free trade' agreements because (1) economists think capital is cooler than labor (capital can be technologified and, thus, has that cutting edge techie feel sooooo much more than labor) and/or (2) economists are in the service of capital.

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Posted at 02:49 PM

New Human Rights Fellowship and Another Student Story

[Harvard JD Admissions] Also, on the subject of human rights funding, Mipe Okunseinde spent the summer exploring new frontiers in law in South Africa: “Thanks to the Summer Public Interest Funding program, I was able to travel abroad to Cape Town, South Africa. I chose South Africa because not only is its Constitution widely recognized as one of the most progressive in world history but it is also very young and, as such, the law feels extremely fresh and alive.

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Posted at 02:46 PM

February 09, 2007

The World Isn't Flat! And other things Tom Friedman Got Wrong...

[ACT - Protecting Small Business Innovation] The study analyzes some leading theories of innovation policy, including those of Thomas Friedman, author of "The World is Flat" and of Richard Florida, author of "The Rise of the Creative Class."

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Posted at 05:56 AM

Productivity Growth and Foreign Trade balances in the EU and the U.S.

 [Atlantic Review - Analysis of Transatlantic Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy] In 2005, the foreign trade balance showed a surplus of EUR 158.2 billion. According to provisional results of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the current account of the balance of payments showed a surplus of EUR 100.9 billion in 2006, which included the balances of supplementary trade items (EUR –19.8 billion), services (EUR –24.4 billion), factor income (net) (EUR +9.8 billion) and current transfers (EUR –26.5 billion).

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Posted at 05:55 AM

February 07, 2007

A Race between Inflows and the Deficit

[Econbrowser] Analysts said the uncertain rate outlook and the broad decline in bond prices since early December may leave foreign investors thinking twice about jumping into the refunding.

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Posted at 05:54 AM

Handout: The International Trade Release

[Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] EST WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2007....U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES November 2006: http://bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2007/trad1106.pdf

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Posted at 05:53 AM

February 05, 2007

FLO decides not to raise fairtrade prices

[ James5] recognize the urgent need for a robust review of Fairtrade Coffee Minimum Prices and acknowledged the value of the data submitted by the CLAC. In view of the diversity of Fairtrade coffee-producing regions and coffee-consuming markets, a team at FLO will now obtain and study cost of production data for all coffee regions (including the study provided by the CLAC), seeking further data where necessary, and obtain information to allow a proper assessment of the market impact of different pricing options.

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Posted at 05:59 AM

5 Step Guide to US-Malaysian International Trade

 [Financial Talk for Global Investors from Investor Trip] The Import-Export Bank of the United States has information for US exporters and international traders. The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation provides resourceful information for Malaysian based exporters.

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Posted at 05:58 AM

February 03, 2007

The Oil-Addicted Ayatollahs

 [The Unknown Candidate] There may be only one thing dumber than getting addicted to consuming oil as a country ”” and that is getting addicted to selling it. Because getting addicted to selling oil can make your country really stupid, and if the price of oil suddenly drops, it can make your people really revolutionary.

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Posted at 05:55 AM

Lions, Tigers and Bears Wins Award

[Major Spoilers] Lions, Tigers and Bears Wins Award February 2nd, 2007--by Stephen Schleicher Lions, Tigers and Bears volume 1 by Mike Bullock and Jack Lawrence has...

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Posted at 05:54 AM