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...deplorable state of international law in the U.S.” According to Sands, members of the Bush administration have divided international treaties that the U.S. had helped to create into ¨good and bad.” The World Trade Organization and other monetary and patent agreements are “good.” The Kyoto Protocol, the International Criminal Court and certain war conventions are “bad”— deemed “threats to American sovereignty” by organizations like the New American Century. “For these...
...Speaking of courtrooms, RIM has been in the news quite a bit lately over a nasty patent dispute. Some predict doom for the company, and others assume some sort of financial settlement will occur. All I know is this: with such momentum and such sound product design, RIM will probably be hawking BlackBerrys, in one form or another, for years and years to come...
...sudden about-face? Roche probably had no choice. Most countries, including the U.S., have in their laws a provision that permits their governments to overturn patents in exceptional circumstances. "If Roche plays hardball," says Redpath, "governments could just say, 'we're going to overturn the patent. This is a national emergency.'" Such moves would not be unprecedented. After anthrax mailings following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks stoked biosecurity concerns, the Canadian and the U.S. government told the German drug firm Bayer that if it did not ramp up production and sell its anti-infective Cipro at a reasonable cost, they...
...will do so probably within three months, regardless of whether the Swiss drug firm grants it a license. Roche says it is willing to talk to Cipla, but hasn't heard from the Bombay-based firm yet. It's probably in Cipla's interests to avoid a costly patent fight, and the company has suggested it's interested in working out a deal with the Swiss giant. Roche, however, can probably pick its partners on this...
...period portraits. The Windsor influence didn't show up elsewhere, but the pared-down styles did. At Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld sent out crisp white eyelet skirts and polka-dot blouses as a backdrop to Silvia Venturini Fendi's standout handbags - now in funky combinations of straw, plastic, canvas and patent leather. At Bottega Veneta, designer Tomas Maier paired sterling silver?ornamented velvet handbags with simple dresses in dusty shades of khaki and stone.And Miuccia Prada made a strong case for the new simplicity with her plain-Jane, drop-waisted dresses in a palette of chalk, gray and blush pink...