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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") issued a ruling today in the patent litigation between Research In Motion Limited ("RIM") and NTP, Inc. ("NTP"). The Federal Circuit denied RIM's petition to rehear the three-judge panel decision that was issued in this case on August 2, 2005.

The Lawyer.com has won 'Business Website of the Year' in the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2005.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the United Kingdom's financial services and markets regulator.

Two of the three bloggers charged under the Sedition Act for remarks made on the Internet received jail sentences.

In a landmark decision said to be the first by any superior court anywhere, the High Court of Australia ruled that mod chips to circumvent regional access codes in Sony Playstations is not a circumvention device as the regional access code is not a Technological Protection Measure.

The Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore, Mohamad S. Hidayat, has said that Singaporean business people still complain about legal uncertainty in Indonesia, particularly on Batam.

The draft guideline on the Treatment of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) sets out how the CCS views the interface between the Competition Act 2004 (Act) and IPRs, and indicates some of the factors and circumstances that the CCS may consider when assessing agreements and conduct which concern IPRs.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) had earlier informed employers that with effect from 3 Oct 2005, administrative fees will be introduced for application, issuance, renewal and re-instatement of Work Permits. To encourage more businesses to transact online, MOM is pleased to inform you that we will waive administrative fees for all Work Permit issuance and renewal transactions using the Work Permit Online (WPOL) facility. The administrative fee of $20 per issuance or renewal will be charged for transactions submitted manually.

Indonesia and Singapore will not sign a long-awaited extradition treaty soon because the two countries still have to settle a number of problems especially the differences in the two countries` legal systems.

Lord Woolf retired as Lord Chief Justice on 30 September 2005. The 72-year-old judge is being replaced by current Master of the Rolls, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, on 1st October 2005.

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