http://www.gml-law.com Trademarks | Copyrights | Internet | Licensing Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:30:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tonight CNBC will premiere its show Crime Inc.:  Counterfeit Goods tonight, July 14 at 9 PM.  From the CNBC web site: Fake handbags, watches, shoes and perfumes. The business of Counterfeit Goods is the largest underground industry in the world. Hundreds of billions of dollars are generated ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=453 Tonight CNBC will premiere its show Crime Inc.:  Counterfeit Goods tonight, July 14 at 9 PM.  From the CNBC web site: Fake handbags, watches, shoes and perfumes. The business of Counterfeit Goods is the largest underground industry in the world. Hundreds of billions of dollars are generated ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=452 The new home of the Law Offices of G. Mathew Lombard, P.C. Blog may be found at: Lombard & Geliebter Blog Please also visit: Lombard & Geliebter, LLP http://www.gml-law.com/?p=447 The New York Times writes about the so-called "outsourcing" of drug clinical trials. The Times relies on an article appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine.  Specifically, the researchers suggest "an ethical quagmire when drugs intended for wealthy nations are tested on people in developing countries. The authors suggest that ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=444 The pharmaceutical industry has agreed, as of 1 January 2009, to a voluntary moratorium on the distribution of free s0-called branded goodies to physicians. These include Post-It pads, pens, tongue depressors, etc. with drug names. The code was drafted by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, an industry group in Washington. ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=441 On 11 December 2008, it seems, The Coca-Cola Co. opposed Pepsico's various applications for PUREVIA and PURE VIA based on its pending application for TRUVIA.   Coca-Cola's TRUVIA application covers natural sweeteners in Class 30.  Pepsico's PUREVIA applications covers breakfast cereals, vitamin enhanced water and soft drinks, and natural sweeteners.   This should be ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=438 Sheriff?  Mail?  Letters rogatory?  How about by Facebook? In an apparent first in Australia and, likely the world, a judge has approved a plan to serve a default judgment on a non-appearing defendant via the social networking website, Facebook.   The court okayed the Facebook approach after all other efforts failed, according to attorney ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=435 The firm wishes to extend its heartfelt congratulations to its client, Galderma, which recently obtained FDA approval for its new acne treatment EPIDUO. EPIDUO is adapalene/benzoyl peroxide.  It is supplied as a gel and is intended to treat acne when comedones, papules, and pustules are present. The FDA approved EPIDUO on December 8, 2008. Again, congratulations ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=432 In trying to find some information about an Examining Attorney, I stumbled across a new (to me) site.  It is http://www.usptoexaminers.com.   According to USPTO Examiners, its mission is: USPTO Examiners is a website designed for professionals to anonymously review, rank, and learn about a patent examiner or a trademark examining ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=429 When Out of the Closet (California), a non-profit HIV/AIDS company, learned about Out of the Closet (Alaska), Gov. Palin's favorite second-hand clothing shop, the California non-profit promptly demanded that Alaskan store change its name. Ms. Arvold, owner of the Alaskan store, has agreed to change the name of her store by ... http://www.gml-law.com/?p=427