Japanese are stung on patents; lawyers alarmed by secret meeting rumors

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Japanese patent claims are very narrow compared to those in the US, and tend to offer very little protection in the US business world. In the case of Honeywell Inc v Minolta Camera Co, Minolta was found to have infringed Honeywell's patent, and experts predict that Japanese patents will continue to lose out in US infringement litigation. The inadequate protection afforded by Japanese patents is also evident in the negative balance of payments for the transfer of technology. In an attempt to cope with this problem, Japan in 1987 adopted a revised system allowing patent claims to be broader.

Economic aspects, Japan, International aspects, Corporations, Patents, Technology transfer, Corporations, Japanese

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Schools get more power over professors' patents; the suit involved licensing of MRI technology by the University of California

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A federal district court ruled in Kucharczyk v. Regents of the University of California that a public university's duty was to manage patents for the broad benefit of the public and that it could thus decide on the fees to be charged for licensing its technology. The plaintiffs were former university researchers who felt the fee the university charged for licensing the patent for a process invented by the researchers which was used in magnetic resonance imaging technology was too low. The researchers contended that this fee violated the university's patent policy and their labor contract.

United States, Patent licenses, Patent licensing, Labor contracts, Public universities and colleges

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BCCI suit: far-flung, massive; lawyers handle case of astounding dimensions

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More than 1.2 million plaintiffs around the world are suing the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) over lost deposits in the largest bank fraud case ever. The case is providing work for many lawyers who would normally never get involved in a huge international class-action suit. The leading plaintiff's attorney, William S. Lerach, expects the case to last several years and cost at least $1 million.

Management, Class actions (Civil procedure), Class action lawsuits, Practice, International banking, Bank of Credit and Commerce International S.A., Bank fraud, Lerach, William S.

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