Brain Drain; Comptrollers' Opinions; To A Greater Extent Than On Barclays Blog

1 European Union legislates on admission of aliens to European inquiry projects

has spotted Council Directive 2005/71 of 12 Oct 2005 on a specific physical care for for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research. Recitals v together with half dozen of this Directive read equally follows:

"(5) This Directive is intended to contribute to achieving these goals past times fostering the admission together with mobility for inquiry purposes of third-country nationals for stays of to a greater extent than than 3 months, inwards society to brand the Community to a greater extent than attractive to researchers from roughly the footing together with to boost its seat equally an international pump for research.

(6) Implementation of this Directive should non encourage a encephalon drain from emerging or developing countries. Back-up measures to back upward researchers’ reintegration into their countries of source too equally the motion of researchers should live on taken inwards partnership amongst the countries of source amongst a take in to establishing a comprehensive migration policy".

knows how hard it tin transportation away live on for researchers inwards many developing countries who, 1 time they've been educated together with gain inquiry sense inwards the developed world, expire hugely frustrated at the lack of investment together with inquiry chance inwards their ain dwelling countries. That's why they'd rather displace to Europe, Nihon or the the United States of America together with make personal fulfilment rather than expire dorsum together with discovery they've swiftly been left behind past times advances inwards their areas of expertise that they tin transportation away scarcely monitor, permit lonely participate in. To the extent that it looks towards a "comprehensive migration policy", the Directive volition nevertheless live on facilitating the encephalon drain it maintains it wishes to avoid. Merpel adds, I'm certain that whatever migration policy that is selective volition brand certain that the best researchers from developing countries are those most probable to live on kept past times the Europeans.

Brains here; drains here
Brain drain from Europe to the the United States of America here and here



2 Comptrollers' Opinions

has spotted the offset 2 requests to the UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland Comptroller of Patents for non-binding Opinions equally to whether a detail human activity infringes a patent (one additionally asks whether the patent is valid). They were filed on nineteen together with xx Oct respectively together with the deadline for receipt of comments - which volition live on made world on the Patent Office website - is xxx November.

The offset applicant is patent means Marks & Clerk, asking - presumably on behalf of a customer - inwards relation to a Novo-Nordisk patent (EP1351732, Automatic injection device amongst reset feature); the 2nd is Jeremy Lenighan (asking inwards regard to infringement together with validity concerning his ain patent EP0801532, Improvement relating to bathroom together with shower combinations).

proposes to proceed an oculus on developments relating to Comptrollers' Opinions together with volition study dorsum when he can.



3 "Now there's an afterthought"

On Wed 2 Nov the IPKat posted an item on a spat betwixt Barclays Bank together with accountants Cooper Parry over the “Now there’s a thought” strapline. One of the Kat's friends, on conditions of extreme anonymity, adds:

"Your comments re Cooper Parry v Barclays were spot on only it has been my sense that problems similar this are rarely downwardly to "innocence" then much equally arrogance. In Cooper Parry's illustration they are major players inwards the East Midlands [of England] amongst a really prominent advertising crusade together with were really good known to the banking firm inwards that region. You are faced amongst 2 scenarios - did the banking firm know only determine to "take a punt" or were the searches non comprehensive inwards the offset place, inwards which illustration I wouldn't similar to live on the bank's advisors when the dust settles.

Big wealthy companies are inwards a seat to "take a punt". The chances are that their size volition pose off whatever potential arguments over IP rights. When a accused is wracking upward costs at Clifford Chance rates whatever claimant is going to live on worried most the repercussions of losing.

Also if it's a large promotional crusade cross undertakings inwards damages could exit a smaller companionship opened upward to a claim for many millions, it's non a query of beingness able to afford such undertakings, it's whether or non giving such an task would live on a responsible human activity when you lot use X hundred people together with losing would pose them all out of a job.

The Court seems to concur the seat that if you lot are certain your illustration is strong you lot should non fearfulness giving a cross-undertaking - the logic of which I tin transportation away encounter together with I completely empathize that the accused must live on protected. However, no affair how strong your illustration the repercussions are something that conduct hold to live on seriously considered past times whatever responsible claimant together with are probable to pose off fifty-fifty those amongst the strongest of cases.

With it straight off costing over £1,000 to final result a claim class inwards such actions, the larger wealthy companies are sitting pretty. They tin transportation away afford to ready on anyone who infringes their rights together with to a peachy extent ignore anyone who's rights they (whether innocently done or not) infringe. As amongst then much else inwards life, it all comes downwardly to money!".

Duly noted - together with good said!