http://kalley.blogactiv.eu Promoting and Protecting Creations of the Mind Sat, 30 May 2009 06:22:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On June 1st, UN climate change negotiators will sit down in Bonn, Germany for the first official round of UNFCCC negotiations.  The players have held several meetings leading up to the official negotiations - and commentators, NGOs and industry groups have all been watching the choreographed dance between the EU ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2009/05/30/will-the-chinese-trip-up-climate-talks-by-insisting-on-changes-in-intellectual-property-protections/ As negotiations at the UN Framework Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) draw to a close in Poznan, Poland and EU leaders kick off meetings in Brussels, all eyes and podcast feeds are assessing what, if any, progress can be made towards a new climate deal.  Let’s face it, what were already ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/12/11/green-tech-innovation-could-be-a-win-win-win-solution/ Housing slump, financial crisis, economic recession, business confidence falling....there is no shortage of headlines telling us that, to put it politely, we are facing deteriorating economic circumstances.  The impact will likely be felt from the corporate boardroom to developing world aid programs and everything in between.   If companies cut back R&D ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/27/how-can-we-avoid-an-intellectual-slump/ The EU is famous for launching new, and usually well-funded, projects aimed at making Europe the most ‘competitive economy in world by 2010’ – more commonly known as the “Lisbon Strategy 2000” or the “Re-launched Lisbon Strategy 2005”.  On September 15, another piece of this jigsaw puzzle was officially launched ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/09/17/official-opening-of-european-institute-for-technology-%e2%80%93-european-savior-or-just-more-talk/ Knowledge economy…knowledge worker…knowledge creation…knowledge society….Are these mere buzz words or do they represent a changing society?  This was the topic of a gathering of European researchers and academics in Munich this week to discuss a European strategy for handling ‘knowledge’ in an knowledge-based economy.  While a theoretical or philosophical discussion ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/09/05/what-is-a-%e2%80%98knowledge-society%e2%80%99/ As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, it is increasingly evident that innovative solutions to the challenges facing the global economy and society are needed in order to propel growth in today’s knowledge-based economies.  This was underscored on Monday when French Prime Minister François Fillon ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/08/20/women-and-innovation-%e2%80%93-an-answer-to-the-european-economic-malaise/ France, and to be more specific, French courts, appear to be rapidly setting the agenda for EU policy on counterfeiting liability with the second decision in three weeks finding eBay liable for sales of counterfeit products via their Internet-based auction site.  During this same time, the French Culture Minister presented ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/07/03/france-vs-ebay-%e2%80%93-an-eu-ip-vision/ The French are only days away from taking the helm of the EU Presidency and they seem more than ready to make protection of intellectual property a banner issue.  And why shouldn’t they?  France (to the French at least) is the culture capital of the world.  On top of that, ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/06/14/french-forge-ahead-on-intellectual-property-protection%e2%80%a6will-the-eu-follow-their-lead/ Obama, Clinton, McCain...Blair, Merkel, Rasmussen, Juncker...no doubt about it, 2009 will be a year of political change, new faces, new offices, and new policies on both sides of the Atlantic.  European policymakers continue to talk about reviving the so-called 'Lisbon Agenda' and an array of new proposals and grant programs to kick start ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/05/26/a-question-to-the-american-presidential-hopefuls/ On Thursday, May 7, the European Patent Organization concluded its annual European Patent Forum.  This year the focus was on ‘Inventing a Cleaner Future’.  Climate change experts did a laudable job in setting the stage for a discussion on whether the current IP system---namely patents---was up to the task of ... http://kalley.blogactiv.eu/2008/05/21/do-we-need-new-policies-to-promote-new-discoveries/