Saturday, June 03, 2006

Small steps

China has taken another step in protecting intellectual property. A Beijing court overruled China's patent review board and decided that Pfizer does have a valid patent on Viagra. Recently, the government required computer companies to ship the operating system with the computer, thus making it more difficult for some pirates. In December a judge ruled in favor of Starbuck's in a dispute over the name.

All good signs.

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