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Trademark output in China more than triples that of the United States NORTH QUINCY, Mass., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson CompuMark, a Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business and global leader in trademark searching and brand protection solutions, released its 2012 State of Trademarks report today. It tracks published trademark activity and identifies trends across the world's largest collection of trademark databases from186 countries and registrars...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in a case that could determine whether or not human DNA can be patented, which could have a tremendous impact on genetic research, one way or the other. According to Reuters reporter Sharon Begley, “The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted patents on at least 4,000 human genes to companies, universities and others that have discovered and decoded them.” Those...

Meeting will bring together key stakeholders to discuss promise of translational research and help speed discoveries from laboratory to clinic PHILADELPHIA, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced it will host--in collaboration with the Pistoia Alliance and the tranSMART Foundation--a tranSMART Community meeting April 10, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has recently been accused of hacking into a number of American, Canadian and UK networks. Today, Reuters reported that the PLA may be getting some help in the way of research from faculty members at a top Chinese University. According to Reuters, freely accessible online papers show that faculty members of Shanghai Jiaotong University have been working with the PLA to publish technical...

Metrics Mania will determine which American university within the esteemed college basketball championships will wear the research crown PHILADELPHIA, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the launch of Metrics Mania, the first competition of its kind to measure the research impact of American universities participating...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Trying to lose weight by watching what you eat? Don’t get distracted by television, playing games or reading, says a new study, as this type of multi-tasking can lead to overeating. According to a new research review published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, ‘distracted eaters’ tend to consume more food in a sitting than ‘attentive eaters,’ and those same distracted eaters are more likely to consume more food...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online European Union (EU) nations have failed to agree on proposals that would have banned three pesticides reportedly linked to the decline of the global bee population. According to the BBC, a recent report from the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has concluded the substances in question posed a “high acute risk” to the pollinating insects. The EU’s executive body, the European Commission, had been seeking a two-year...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The hacktivist group Anonymous has been busy this year, reportedly hacking the computers of the US Federal Reserve, the US State Department Careers Website and even fast-food restaurant Burger King’s official Twitter account. Exactly how the group was able to access all those organizations’ computers remains a point of debate. However, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released information today that indicates a hack...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an outbreak of Salmonella infections from 2008 to 2011 was caused by small, aquatic pet frogs. "This was the first Salmonella outbreak associated with aquatic frogs, and in this case the frogs are often marketed as good pets for kids," lead author Shauna Mettee Zarecki, a public health advisor with the CDC in Atlanta, told Reuters. The researchers...

University selects Thomson Reuters Cortellis for Competitive Intelligence to ensure access to best quality drug development data PHILADELPHIA, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that the University of Auckland (UoA), New Zealand, selected Thomson Reuters Cortellis(®) for Competitive Intelligence to grow the...