known in its territory, and if it is, whether it has been infringed.recent recommendation ("Joint Recommendation"), 13 from the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO"),'4 significantly departs from these treaties and case law because it provides that if a trademark is well-known ...
Republic provides a crowdfunding platform for startups. It regularizes investing levels out the fundraising landscape for founders and investors alike and allows accredited and non-accredited investors to invest in early-stage ventures. It was formerly known as Republic Block. It was founded in 2016...
Large numbers of young people worldwide, especially in the Global South, wish to migrate but lack the capacity to do so, with potentially detrimental consequences for their well-being and mental health. Termed ‘involuntary immobility’, this phenomenon is numerically larger than migration, but rema...
According to the authors, among the Women of Recreation, Tourism & Hospitality (WORTH) members who were caregivers for orphaned children, one-third (33.4%) were able to start a business, and 41% of the caregivers were able to grow their businesses from one to two (or more) [50]. Litera...
[19,20,21,22,23]. These effects may have been particularly pronounced in South Africa, which in March 2020 instituted a stringent lockdown involving the banning of nonessential travel outside of the home, the closure of schools and businesses, and a prohibition on all public gatherings [24,...
Public call offices, as they were first known, emerged from the 1880s, as businesses allowed people to use their phones to make calls for a small fee. As Linge and Sutton note, these offices were in areas with high footfall, such as train stations or shops. To ensure privacy, telephone...
Bose products are known for their excellent sound quality, and the new Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II are no exception. They claim to offer the world's best active noise cancellation, and have a new CustomTune technology that auto-adjusts music to your ears' liking. They also ...
Bolt’s father, Wellesley—known to him as “Pops”—was a no-nonsense figure who ran a local coffee shop and wasn’t about to let his son coast through life. The relaxed vibes evaporated fast when Bolt’s string of subpar grades piled up. “The relaxed attitude didn’t last long, ...
Considering the stigma surrounding their work, they mostly work at night to avoid being noticed by known persons. Sophie recounted: We mostly work at night to avoid being seen by some of our neighbours. These neighbours make us feel as if we are not normal human beings just because of the...
It is well known that the same drug can have different effects in different indivi- duals due to their genomic background and living habits. Genetic information can be used to assign drug doses and reduce side ef- fects and is hence an important aspect of personalised medicine.26 Genetic ...