To support Singapore’s vision to become a Global Intellectual Property (IP) hub in Asia, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) recently announced its investment of 65 million Singapore dollars to ramp up IP manpower and capabilities in Singapore in 2013. A new comprehensive framework known as the IP Competency Framework (IPCF) would be the key to build the capability of IP professionals in Singapore.
Today Tod Cohen, eBay Inc. Vice President of Global Government Relations and Deputy General Counsel, spoke at the Contested Spaces Conference in London, England. Hosted by eBay and King’s College of London, the Contest Spaces Conference was designed to bring together key figures from the worlds of political campaigning, business, technology policymaking and academia to examine the Internet’s impact on electoral politics, society, commerce and government. Explaining eBay’s role in sponsoring the event, Tod said:
This week eBay was one of many Fortune 500 companies to endorse a Climate Declaration by BICEP, the Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy coalition. BICEP is urging Federal legislators to take action on climate change, asserting that a bold response to the climate challenge is one of the greatest economic opportunities of the 21st Century. Along with companies like Starbucks, Intel and Levi Strauss, eBay is urging the U.S.
The new ePaymentsCode will take full effect this week, formally taking over from its predecessor, the Electronic Funds Transfer Code (EFT Code), following an 18-month transition period. The ePaymentsCode is an important tool in the regulation of electronic payment products in Australia and provides a best practice consumer protection regime for electronic payments.
Did you know that the highest skyscraper in the world is in Dubaï? That the richest man on earth is Mexican? That the biggest plane is manufactured in Russia? That Macao is now the #1 gaming place before Las Vegas? That the average age in Canada is 40, when it is 26 in India? That in 2020, 61% of the world's wealth will come from emerging markets?
The European Commission has published the result of a questionnaire asking micro, small and medium-sized businesses for input on what they view as the most burdensome legislation in Europe. We encouraged eBay sellers to contribute their views, and we are confident many sellers did.
Prior to the Retail Leaders Forum, producer Nigel Freitas spoke to Jeff Clementz, Vice President and Managing Director of PayPal for Australia and New Zeland, about how eBay Inc. can facilitate and enable commerce for Australian retailers. He says that eBay and PayPal invest in technology and platforms to help local retailers leverage omni-channel retail and better access consumers. He discusses how eBay has evolved from an auction house to where nearly 80% of items on eBay.com.au are at a fixed price.
The OECD has set up the International Business Dialogue 2013 to identify the most urgent and pervasive obstacles to international trade and investment and feed that information into various policymaking processes, such as