Duncan Bucknell's Global IP Scorecards(tm)

Nintendo Company Ltd

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:17:00 -0500

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events relevant to the Nintendo Company around the globe. You find out more about Nintendo at their website, or on Wikipedia.

The Coca Cola Company

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:12:00 -0500

This scorecard tracks global intellectual property events relevant to the Coca Cola Company. You can read more about them at the wikipedia entry.

Lexapro / Cipralex - (Escitalopram)

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:54:00 -0500

Escitalopram is the S enantiomer of Citalopram - a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor used to treat depression and anxiety.

Document Security Systems v European Central Bank

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:01:00 -0500

Document Security Systems has taken on the European Central Bank in a patent dispute which highlights jurisdictional differences in infringement and added subject matter across Europe.

This scorecard tracks the dispute and its implications for European patent harmonisation and jurisprudence.

Perindopril (Coversyl)

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:57:00 -0500

Perindopril is a long-acting ACE (angiotension converting enzyme) inhibitor marked by Servier.

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events relevant to Perindoprili around the world.

Shape or 3 Dimensional Trade Marks

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:36:00 -0500

Shape / 3D trade marks are controversial and an area of great interest but uncertainty to brand owners around the world.

This scorecard tracks the developments in shape / 3D trade marks across the globe.

Acacia Technologies Group

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:36:00 -0500

Here's a blurb from Acacia's website:

"Acacia Research's subisidiaries are in the business of acquiring, developing, licensing and enforcing patents. We help patent holders protect their patented inventions from unauthorized use and generate revenue from licensing and, if necessary, enforcing their patents. Our clients are primarily individual inventors and small companies with limited resources to deal with unauthorized users but include some large companies wanting to generate revenues from their patented technologies."

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events relating to Acacia around the globe.

Time Warner

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:02:00 -0500

Time Warner is the world's largest media and entertainment corporation, headquartered in the USA, with major operations in film, television, publishing, Internet service and telecommunications. Its subsidiaries include AOL, New Line Cinema, Time Inc., Time Warner Cable, HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Cartoon Network, CNN, and DC Comics.

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events involving Time Warner around the globe.

Wal-Mart

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:57:00 -0500

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. runs a chain of discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2007 Fortune Global 500.

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events relevant to Wal-Mart.

Plavix (Clopidogrel)

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:19:00 -0500

Plavix (Clopidogrel) is one of the world's biggest selling drugs. It is marketed by Bristol Myers Squibb and is a potent antiplatelet agent used for coronary arterial disease and other vascular diseases.

Monsanto

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:57:00 -0500

Monsanto is a multinational agricultural biotechnology company. This scorecard tracks IP events involving Monsanto around the globe.

Fujitsu

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:00:00 -0500

Fujitsu is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, computers, telecommunications and services and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events involving Fujitsu around the globe.

IBM

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:00:00 -0500

IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events involving IBM around the Globe.

Samsung

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:35:00 -0500

Samsung is South Korea's largest conglomerate and one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world leading several major global industries. It is composed of numerous multinational businesses, all united under the prestige Samsung brand, one of the most valued global brands, including Samsung Electronics, the world's largest electronics company,Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world's biggest shipbuilders and Samsung Engineering & Construction, a major global construction company.

This scorecard tracks intellectual property events involving Samsung around the globe.

Apple

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:21:00 -0500

Apple is an American multinational corporation which focuses on consumer electronics, software and entertainment. This scorecard tracks intellectual property events involving Apple around the world.

Colour trade marks

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:11:00 -0500

This scorecard tracks the registrability and fate of colour trade marks (color trademarks) around the world.

LG Group

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:43:00 -0500

LG Group is a South Korean conglomerate which produces electronics, mobile phones, and petrochemical products and operates subsidiaries like LG Electronicsoperating in over 80 countries. This scorecard tracks intellectual property events involving LG around the globe.

Appellate Courts

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:37:00 -0500

This scorecard tracks intellectual property decisions of the final appellate courts around the world. It is designed to track major changes in the law as they move across the globe and to highlight differences in the approach taken in each country.

Rambus

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:52:00 -0500

Rambus is a provider of high-speed interface technology, most notably their Rambus Dynamic RAM memory technology, which was intended to replace SDRAM and challenge DDR SDRAM as the standard memory used in computers.

Microsoft

duncan@duncanbucknell.com (Duncan Bucknell) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:21:00 -0500

Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. These products have prominent positions in the desktop computer market, with market share estimates as high as 90% or more as of 2003 for Microsoft Office and 2006 for Microsoft Windows. One of Bill Gates' key visions is "to get a workstation running our software onto every desk and eventually in every home".