James Tumbridge, intellectual property lawyer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman, considers the implications of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) for Europe and whether it will help or hinder the UK’s electronics sector. The Unified ...
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The US Department of Agriculture has announced new procedures that would enable the agency to quickly detect and remove unsafe ground beef from grocery outlets and suppliers. In addition to detecting and removing the contaminated ground ...
ATLANTA - Zep Inc., located in Atlanta, GA, has agreed to pay $905,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. As part ...
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today unveiled a new graphic that will be available to appear on insect repellent product labels. The graphic will show consumers how many hours a product will repel mosquitoes ...
From GE Healthcare carbon dioxide detectors with potentially incorrect values to Medtronic’s recall of a cerebrospinal fluid draining and monitoring device, July saw plenty of news when it came to serious medical device errors. And ...
Innovations will surge in the protective coatings industry by 2020, giving rise to a range of improved biocompatible and durable coatings that enable implant devices for use in orthopedic, orthodontic and cardiac applications. The ...
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When changes to China's environmental law saw the light of day last year the resulting din was so loud it was felt even in the National People's Congress. China's oldest non-governmental organization focused on the environment, Friends of ...
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BOSTON – Seven companies in New England that store and distribute oil have all created or updated spill prevention plans and come into compliance with federal oil pollution prevention laws, thereby ensuring that the local environment ...
The desire to create packaging that is more beneficial for the environment is certainly not a new trend. For years, designers and manufacturers have worked hard to produce packaging that is easy to recycle and wastes as little material as ...
Two Internet resellers of UPC barcodes used by retailers for price scanning and inventory purposes, have settled charges that they violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by inviting competitors to join in a collusive scheme to raise the ...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of OCTG from India, Korea, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, ...
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The NY cotton futures market was down 394 points for the week from Monday's 72.06 open to Friday's settle at 68.12. Without a doubt the USDA WASDE report was bearish and the market took a quick dive once the report was released. They ...
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One week ahead of its annual Board meeting, the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (ABWS) announced it will extend compensation benefits to workers from two months' to up to four months'wages for workers displaced as a result of factory ...
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Volkswagen has initiated a voluntary safety recall of its 2015 Golf GTI and Golf vehicles due to malfunction of the front stabilizer rod in some of the vehicles. The recall will affect 2,001 Golf GTI and Golf vehicles sold across the ...
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