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		<title>IP4inno training: free online sessions</title>
		<link>http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/ip4inno-training-free-online-sessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general IP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission project IP4inno is offering a series of free Virtual Classroom Lessons (VCLs) during February and March. These virtual sessions are tasters for training that will take place later in the  year.  More materials are available on their &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/ip4inno-training-free-online-sessions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2718&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Request for input; Demarcation and Food Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague from Moi University, Josam Musambayi contacted me recently with an outline for a paper he is writing on demarcation.  Whilst demarcation of land is not a topic we would normally cover on this blog, the issue may be &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/request-for-input-demarcation-and-food-security/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2705&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Piracy legislation: Wikipedia to go on strike over SOPA</title>
		<link>http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/online-piracy-legislation-wikipedia-to-go-on-strike-over-sopa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The discussion of the US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been causing plenty of noise online.  Wikipedia is planning a strike this week &#8211; for 24 hours they are going to pull the plug on their site.  This will &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/online-piracy-legislation-wikipedia-to-go-on-strike-over-sopa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2699&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>High profile push for Open Access: George Monbiot – The Lairds of Learning</title>
		<link>http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/high-profile-push-for-open-access-george-monbiot-the-lairds-of-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[the "opens"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open access]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; harsh words from George Monboit (a writer for the Guardian).  Good to see such a high-profile piece pushing Open Access.  Of course as we know the devil is in the detail &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/high-profile-push-for-open-access-george-monbiot-the-lairds-of-learning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2692&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intangible, invisible and of rapidily growing importance &#8211; IP</title>
		<link>http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/intangible-invisible-and-of-rapidily-growing-importance-ip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general IP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I caught up with an episode of a BBC podcast &#8220;Peter Day&#8217;s World of Business&#8221; that was all about intellectual property. As you would expect the issue of copyright in the digital economy was discussed at length &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/intangible-invisible-and-of-rapidily-growing-importance-ip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2682&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Info and presentations from Open Access Africa 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month BioMed Central ran an event to coincide with Open Access Week.  In true open access style they have now made all the presentations available: &#8220;Open Access Africa 2011, hosted by BioMed Central in conjunction with Computer Aid International, &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/info-and-presentations-from-open-access-africa-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2676&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Maple Agriculture Protection and Law Enforcement Act</title>
		<link>http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/the-maple-agriculture-protection-and-law-enforcement-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Englanders both enjoy and take great pride in their maple syrup.  In response to the appearance of “fake” syrup claiming to originate in Vermont, local senators have sponsored the proposed Maple Agriculture Protection and Law Enforcement, or MAPLE, Act. &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/the-maple-agriculture-protection-and-law-enforcement-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2671&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing legal barriers in sharing of research data</title>
		<link>http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/addressing-legal-barriers-in-sharing-of-research-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a press release of interest from &#8220;Knowledge Exchange&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;a co-operative effort that supports the use and development of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) infrastructure for higher education and research.&#8221; PRESS RELEASE. 4 October 2011.  &#8220;Addressing legal &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/addressing-legal-barriers-in-sharing-of-research-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2665&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bacardi and its yeast, a tale of exiled IP?</title>
		<link>http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/bacardi-and-its-yeast-a-tale-of-exiled-ip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general IP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often an IP story comes along that reads more like a film script, but here&#8217;s one!  It&#8217;s the tale of how a yeast strain, one of Bacardi&#8217;s biggest assets for its rum production, left the country during Cuba&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/bacardi-and-its-yeast-a-tale-of-exiled-ip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2660&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Myriad (gene patent) case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been movement on an important gene patent case that we have followed in the past, the &#8220;Myriad&#8221; case. For more information take your pick from a range of posts on the subject on Patent Docs PatentlyO summarised, &#8220;Guest &#8230; <a href="http://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/update-on-the-myriad-gene-patent-case/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=casipblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4049556&amp;post=2653&amp;subd=casipblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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