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Does Angelina Jolie Strengthen Myriad's Argument?
Whether for good or for bad, Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy announcement last week personifies Myriad's gene patenting case, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics. Depending on which background you hail from, there are a multitude of opinions regarding the gene patenting topic. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal published an article by Kevin Kimberlin, a co-founder of Myriad Genetics, Inc., that argues the benefits of gene patenting and in particular, Myriad's contribution to women and early detection of breast and ovarian cancers. Jolie's controversial decision adds a face (a very high profile face) to the fight that appears to benefit Myriad due to her discovery that she carries the BRAC1 mutation (doctors estimated she had an 87% risk of breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer). Interestingly, every comment but one negatively critiques the information provided and compares Myriad's patent to such things as paying a royalty for having a baby and a stallion sire fee.
This case is complicated - it's part health care issue, part patent system legality, part business decision, part scientific methodology, and part a lot more. As a ruling is expected within the next few weeks, it will be interesting to see which argument will win this round.
You can read the Wall Street Journal article and comments here.
You can read Angelina Jolie's article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=1&
-Tara Rix
The Harbor Consulting Team
As the quantity and value of patent filings, acquisition and litigation increases rapidly, there has been an big increase in the number of specialists offering services around the analysis of patents, including Ambercite. Both the clients and service providers use a number of terms in relation to these services, such as patent landscaping, mapping, searching or portfolio analytics/analysis - and sometimes inconsistently.
So what do these different terms mean, in our view?
1) Patent searching is exactly that, searching for patents that meet specific criteria and something that should be very familiar to most readers. Patent searches are often divided into novelty searches (has a given technology been disclosed in the patent literature?) and Freedom to Operate (FTO, can I make or sell a specific product or service?) searches, which aim to understand if a given technology will infringe valid patents
Patent searching is often by done by patent attorneys and examiners, inventors, and companies monitoring their competitor's activities. The outputs of patent searches are often lists of relevant or potentially relevant patents.
2) Portfolio assessment (or portfolio analytics) is the process of ranking patents in a portfolio in an objective manner. This can be of particular interest to IP managers or owners who want an independent opinion on the relative quality of their patents. Alternatively they might want an independent opinion on their competitors patents, and how these compare to their patents. Parties looking to acquire patent portfolios might also be interested in portfolio analytics.
The outputs of portfolio analytics tend to be table of patent numbers, with details of each patent given including indicators show the objective assessment of each patent listed.
3) Patent landscaping (also known as patent mapping, or patent technology mapping) generally refers to the process of analysing a group of patents in a specific area of technology. The purpose of patent landscaping is generally to identify key trends in the data, such as clusters of activity within this set of patents, dominant owners, dominant source of technology (such as leading countries), leading inventors, leading patent classes, age profiles etc.
Patent landscaping tends to have particular attraction to larger companies trying to understand their relative competitive position in their technologies, the activities of their competitors and to identify key patents to acquire, license or design around. Other clients can include researchers and universities.
The outputs of patent landscaping can be reports, graphs, and in some cases maps showing the leading aspects of the technology.
These different processes are compared in the table below, which also shows the Ambercite products developed for each of these processes (and which are further described in the link found here).
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- Re-organised General Interface for clearer view
- New Specialist Assignee Search Interface added
- New Data field Option
- Downloadable legal status timeline
- Quick search box with integrated Search history
- Updated Patent Copies interface
- Forward Citation Graphs and new citation and co-assignment
- Added Business information
- One click landscape map download
- Data rule upgrade
- Filter your search with the new IP Business Intelligence Filter
- Select what you want to see and add information with the 'Color By' Control
- Custom Filter your search choosing fields to be displayed in results list
- Keyword highlighting for non Latin languages
- German original language full text applications
Slide presentations from the two workshops by the USPTO and EPO, which were given on Thursday, May 2, after the PIUG Annual Conference, have been provided by the patent offices and are open to all interested parties to read and share:
AIA Workshop by the USPTO: "First Inventor to File Final Rules and Guidelines"
Members-only access to the PIUG 2013 Annual Conference Plenary and Business Meeting presentations is described elsewhere.
Tom Wolff,
PIUG Wikimaster, wikimaster @ piug.org
The two INPADOC files on STN, INPADOCDB and INPAFAMDB, offer a great variety of patent analysis options. While INPADOCDB provides an optimized environment for application-based patent statistics, the patent family database INPAFAMDB supports statistics looking at the number of inventions. This e-Seminar exemplifies techniques to perform statistical analysis in both databases and answers fundamental questions like "which parameters to choose for which patent analysis". Examples also illustrate how legal status information could help in statistical analysis. Typical questions are:
■ Which are the top companies in a certain technology area?
■How do the filing activities of the top companies compare in major patent countries?
■How can I determine the grant rate in major patent countries?
■How long does company A maintain patent protection in particular countries?
■How innovative is company A in comparison with company B over the last ten years?
■Who is opposing patents of company A and whose patents is company A opposing?
This intermediate session will be of interest to new and experienced STN searchers, providing a variety of tips and advice for effective patent analysis in the INPADOC files on STN.
Date: May 16, 2013
9:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4, New York)
02:00 pm, British Summer Time (GMT +1, London)
3:00 pm, Central European Summer Time (GMT +2, Berlin)
Date: May 23, 2013
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1:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (GMT -5, Chicago)
2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4, New York)
7:00 pm, British Summer Time (GMT +1, London)
8:00 pm, Central European Summer Time (GMT +2, Berlin)
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Jim Brown
FIZ Karlsruhe, Inc.
MaxVal is excited to announce the release of the improved Patent Family Tree Generator ("PFTG"). PFTG provides the user a visually appealing graphical output of the family relationships for any given patent. Given one patent number in a family, PFTG automatically identifies all the related applications and maps them along a timeline. This mapping also includes abandoned and unpublished applications that are identified from the priority details.
This enhanced version provides better visibility and clarity, even for large families (50 or more members). The print to PDF option is also now enabled with high resolution.
Patent Family Tree Generator ("PFTG")
PFTG extracts family details from various public sources such as USPTO, EPO, INPADOC, etc., and presents the information in a user friendly graphical format.
The intelligence built into the tool automatically color codes the records by country and type and also connects related patents based on priority details.
Each node is populated with bibliographic details extracted from the public domain. Clicking on the patent will display the bibliographic details along with the current legal status (INPADOC).
The inclusion of legal status and extended family information also retrieves additional links, e.g., for divisional applications, continuations, continuations in part or national publications of first filings of PCT (international) applications, where the priority links are often missing.
Patent Family Tree Generator ("PFTG") is an update driven by customer needs and feedback and is part of MaxVal's commitment to provide value added and cost-effective solutions using continuous process innovations. Patent Family Tree Generator ("PFTG") is available for immediate use at http://www.maxval.com/patent-tools-patent-family-tree.html.
Founded in 2005, MaxVal is the global leader in IP services and tools. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to serve the needs of all patent practitioners.
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In this Thomson Reuters and STN session we'll show you how to learn efficiently search for chemical structures in the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) on STN using STN Express. It will be both a refresher/update for experts, and a useful introduction for those who are less familiar with the capabilities of DWPI on STN. The session will cover two specific types of DWPI chemical structure searching:
■Standard STN structure searching using the Derwent Chemistry Resource (DCR)
■Chemical Fragmentation Code searching using text strategies generated by STN Express
Get practical tips and tricks for both forms of searching, along with some advice on how to combine DWPI results with answers found using CAS Registry and CAplus databases on STN. We will also show you how to further focus your result set by linking the structures to their role in the invention (for example method of producing the compound or component of a composition), their pharmaceutical/agrochemical activities, or the area of technology they are being used in.
Date: May 14, 2013
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3:00 pm, Central European Summer Time (GMT +2, Berlin)
Date: May 14, 2013
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1:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (GMT -5, Chicago)
2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4, New York)
7:00 pm, British Summer Time (GMT +1, London)
8:00 pm, Central European Summer Time (GMT +2, Berlin)
To register for this e-Seminar, please visit
Jim Brown
FIZ Karlsruhe, Inc.
I posed a question at the annual meeting plenary session regarding ePCT private services. PIUG officers asked me to post the question here. The question was whether ePCT private services will be updated to 'allow' an ePCT private services account associated with a legal entity, such as a corporation or law firm. WIPO should update ePCT private services for the following reasons.
ePCT private servcies is organized, and ePCT private service accounts are set up, and ePCT private service accounts are advertized by WIPO, to be real person accounts, individualized to a particular real person. ePCT is based upon a 'WIPO centric' viewpoint that is in tension with the real world requirements for law firms and businesses to employ procedures to review and ensure compliance with docketing procedures to safeguard rights to inventions of PCT application for which they are responsible. WIPO did not contemplate the use of ePCT private services by an organization responsible for many PCT applications and including many patent practitioners. ePCT private services is user specific.
I am a patent practitioner and I manage a small IP law firm. I (and my firm) are at the forefront of use of electronic resources for managing intellecutal property. One such resource is ePCT private services. ePCT private services currently provides for associattion (in ePCT) of PCT applications filed by an individual practitioner with an ePCT private services account created by that practitioner. ePCT private services allows the 'owner' of that account, to provide access to a PCT application associated with that account, to other accounts. The way that works is that the ePCT proviate services account holder first sends a 'handshake' request to other account holders username, and if the other account holder accepts, then the two accounts have an association in ePCT private services. Then, the ePCT private service account holder can grant, for any PCT application for which the ePCT private services account is the owner, various authorization levels, such as eOwner, or eViewer. This is on an application by application basis. Once the original eOwner of a PCT application provides for example eViewer status to another ePCT account, that other ePCT account can set notifications for actions occuring in that PCT application. And that PCT application will appear in a list of PCT applications in that other ePCT account.
ePCT private services therefor allow patent practitioners (agents or attorneys) that each file PCT applications to become ePCT owners of the PCT applications that they each respectively file, and then to assign eViewer rights to each other or to any ePCT account with which they have an established handshake. There are defects in that procedure from a multi person organization perspective.
First, the practitioner must assign eViewer rights to some other ePCT account (charged with docket control of an organization's PCT applications) for each PCT application. What happens if the practitioner fails to assign eViewer rights to the other ePCT account? Then that other ePCT account has no knowledge of PCT applications filed and therefore lacks a basis to conduct post filing docket review and cross check against the organizations local docketing system's list of requirements for PCT filings (for example client notificaction, formalities requirements, nationals stage entry reminders, invoicing, file content and organization, completion of Paris priroity certified document transmittal). Of course, the practitioner should have gone through an internal docketing process to create a docket record for a PCT application, pre filing, from which docketing actions are keyed. However, an organization's docket control would have no way to detect failure by the practitioner to create such a docket record.
Second, ePCT does not provide for efficient business practices when a non practitioner person charged with docket control of an organization leaves that organization. This is because ePCT private service accounts are tied to an individual. In an organization, that means an individual domain user account having username and password, domain email address tied to that domain user account, and a specific machine having the user's WIPO digital certificate installed. Normal organization practice requires the termination of the domain user account when the user leaves the organization, and does not provide for storing the users ePCT username and password. Consequently the ePCT private service account for that user is lost to the organization, when the user leaves the organization.
Third, ePCT does not provide for transmission of email notifications to a role based account at an organization. What I mean by this is a domain account having a domain email address used by the organization for a business role. An example is a role for docketing. A domain account docketing and a domain address email@example.com. Email notifications in ePCT can be sent to any ePCT user, but WIPO does not support of recommend creation of role based ePCT accounts. In response to a long chaing of emails between myself and WIPO officials discussing my concerns on this point, WIPO's Senior Business Analyst, PCT Business Development Division (name withheld due to privacy concerns) stated "
"For the reasons outlined previously, we do not support/recommend the creation of a "general" account that is not in the name of an individual. A possible way forward would be to have one of your docketing clerks set up an account in their own name with their own certificate and ensure that this person be automatically assigned access rights (even eViewer is sufficient) to all your firm's applications in order to monitor all the incoming notifications. He/she should ensure that all their Notifications preferences are ticked, see below."
There are two problems with that suggestion. I specified one problem in item "Third". The second problem is that a user's personal email account in an organization is the wrong place for receiving automated notifications triggering docketing requirements. Transmission of emails (ePCT notifications) to such an email address is unreliable due to the volume of other emails and the inability to track those other emails in a personal user's account.
On April 1, 2013, the USPTO published several rule changes to Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) in order to implement the changes found in the AIA Technical Corrections Act enacted on January 14, 2013. These rules took effect immediately although the USPTO will consider written comments received on or before May 31, 2013. Changes to 37 C.F.R. 1.702, 1.703, and 1.705 apply to any patent granted on or after January 14, 2013.
Among the changes to PTA in the new rules is a change to the start date for the 14-month clock for mailing a first office action or notice of allowance in international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Under the old rule this USPTO A delay began 14 months after the fulfillment of all of the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 371. The new rule changes the start date for the 14-month clock to the commencement of the national stage. This brings international applications in line with applications originally filed in the US and may increase patent term in patents where all of the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 371 were not initially met. While the AIA Technical Corrections Act similarly changed the 3-year B delay clock to begin at the commencement of the national stage, the USPTO already interpreted the clock to start at this point so no changes have been made.
Another change is the removal of the requirement that the USPTO notify applicants of patent term adjustment determinations at Notice of Allowance. Under the old rules patent term adjustment was calculated twice, once at notice of allowance and again at issuance. This led to a situation where applicants had to check patent term twice and potentially petition the USPTO's calculations twice since applicants could only petition errors found in the original PTA determination before the payment of the issue fee. Under the new rules the USPTO will provide an indication of the patent term adjustment with the issue notification, but the patent term adjustment indicated on the patent will be the official notification of the Office's patent term adjustment determination. This will reduce the cost and burden on the applicants by allowing them to calculate patent term adjustment once at issuance when all adjustments are known.
Applicants are still given two months from the issuance of the patent to petition the PTA determination. However, the new rules now allow this period to be extended by up to five additional months with the payment of extension of time fees.
One potentially negative change for applicants is to 37 C.F.R. 1.705(c) which provides the opportunity to request the reinstatement of PTA reduced by an applicant delay if in spite of all due care, the applicant was unable to reply within three months of the Office communication. The new rule now limits this request to before the issuance of the patent with no extension of time available. Applicants should note that much less time is available for this since the USPTO will not calculate PTA until issue notification.
MaxVal provides Patent Term Adjustment verification services. Click here to contact us about more information.
FIZ Karlsruhe and CAS invite you to the STN User Day 2013 in London!
STN User Day 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 10:15 – 15:30
- What's new on STN classic?
- Preview of Version One of new STN
- Tools and Techniques for handling large answer sets on STN
- Tips from the Helpdesk
- STN Current Awareness Update
76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT
Although this STN User Day is free of charge, pre-registration is mandatory:
We are looking forward to seeing you in London!
"Soaring into Orbit.Com with perfected Search and Analysis tools"
Join us for a refreshing look at the latest Orbit.Com developments with lunch offered at the conclusion of the session.
In the past two years, Orbit.Com has literally "taken off" with an expansion of our search, analysis and share tools.
With the ability now to analyze very large sets of patent results in seconds, Orbit.Com allows you to prepare reports containing a global perspective for strategic areas of technical development in your organization, with customized charts and accurate data. The workshop will include a fictional case study illustrating how Orbit.Com can provide a clear picture of the overall patent landscape, recent trends, close art, available art, freedom to practice, and who to watch and leverage when undertaking a new project.
We will also take a look at new enhancements that are available or coming soon.
Sunday, April 28th 10:00 AM - 12:00 Arbors Room
BizInt Solutions is offering a workshop at PIUG 2013 in Alexandria on Sunday morning, 8:30 - 10am, in the Terrace East room.
At this workshop, you'll learn how to use the BizInt Smart Charts product family - BizInt Smart Charts for Patents and BizInt Smart Charts Reference Rows, along with VantagePoint - BizInt Smart Charts Edition - to create accurate and useful multi-database reports.
The workshop is free and a continental breakfast will be provided.
For more information and registration, please go to: http://www.bizcharts.com/events/PIUG_2013_BizInt_workshop.php
We look forward to seeing you in Alexandria!
John Willmore & Bertha Adamson
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We will be pleased to see you in Arlington next week during the PIUG Annual Conference, and particularly during our Workshop on Thursday 2 May 9:00-10:00am.
This year we will present you our new 8th version which comes with the following main features:
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Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst celebrates its first year of publication with free article give-away
Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst, the bimonthly peer-reviewed title from Future Science Group, is celebrating its first year of publication. The journal has established itself as an authoritative resource for researchers engaged in patent-information analysis and legal specialists working in the IP field.
To mark the one-year milestone Future Science Group has made free-to-access two high-quality papers selected by the journal's Senior Editors.
"In just one year PPA has become essential reading for those interested in the patent literature", said Senior Editor Dr Lyn Jones (Pfizer,USA). "It uniquely balances high-quality review articles with a holistic coverage of key topics in the changing world of patent law, providing us with insightful perspectives from experts in their field. The breadth, and depth, of the articles continues to amaze me—there's something for everyone".
Patents are a rich source of technical information about the latest advances in the discovery and design of novel therapeutics and healthcare products. Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst is dedicated to publishing high-impact patent reviews covering the most significant recent developments in the patent literature of relevance to all areas of pharmaceutical and medical science. Each issue also features news updates, and regular editorials and opinions on hot topics in pharmaceutical IP law.
"Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst effectively fills a void in the chemical literature as a source of information for both scientists and IP practitioners. The journal does an excellent service to readers by providing updates on drug-discovery progress as well as patent issues and trends that can impact this highly competitive field", added Prof David Rotella (Montclair State University, USA).
The journal is supported by a multidisciplinary editorial board, comprising researchers and key opinion leaders from academia and industry, along with IP specialists.
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Meine L.A. Kings Stanley Cup stein kamen
Meine stein war durstig
Ich goss ein für meine stein
und eine für mich
Weil wir den Stanley Cup gewann
Go Kings!
Bonus point: The translations are right in front of your face. Can you find each one?
Surly and Scribe's Stanley Cup Champion L.A. Kings Hockey News
Our Kings, Who Hath Won the Stanley Cup, Hallowed Be Thy Game
Go Kings!
Bonus point: The translations are right in front of your face. Can you find each one?
Awesome! Yes, I found them.
Love it! That's awesome
Wunderbar! Das macht mich fröhlich.
Aber, wann werden wir noch spielen? Bettman saugt.
Verdammt Bettman!
I only had one year of German .. eons ago..so all this is me guessing.. with the fertile imagination going into overdrive .. will look up later..but I am pretty sure I have this one
translation down..
Verdammt that Ass
Bitte, sagen Sie mir. Woher kommt deine stein aus? Ich möchte einen kaufen.
(Fuckin' umlauts are a bitch on an American keyboard.)
Bradford Exchange. Limited edition. Sich beeilen
Du bist so ausgesighnet meine Freund! Du sprichst Deutsch auch? Wunderbar! Und, Geh, Konigen, Geh!
ausgesighnet? From…something? Need help on that word
He meant ausgezeichnet.
Der Becher kaufte ich aus dem dritten Deck bei Staples. Der, den du gekauft werden von den Sitzen auf dem Glas.
Du bist der Mann!
All this German, I wonder if Surly is getting nervous.
Bobby that is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Did you get it as a gift or did you have made? All the game dates really make it special..
Thanks for sharing! Awesome
It's a limited edition stein from Bradford Exchange
Das ist kein Stein, sondern ein Krug. GodDamn Americans…
Who knew how appropriate this verse would one day become….
Hear the children (that would be we, the NHL fans)
Don't turn around, uh-oh (as in don't pick up the soap in prison showers)
Der Kommissar's in town, uh-oh (Der Komissar means The Commissioner)
He's got the power
And you're so weak
And you're frustration
Will not let you speak
La, la, la, la, la, la
Don't turn around, uh-oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh-oh
And if he talks to you
Then you'll know why
The more you live
The faster you will die (because that prick Bettman is simply a cooler, a walking buzz-kill
Don't turn around, uh-oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh-oh
Don't turn around, uh-oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh-oh
Don't turn around, uh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh oh
Alles klar, Herr Komissar?
That had to be one of the maddest songs and videos of the 80s and that's why it's a classic.
Ich möchte Pussy an einem Samstag Abend essen.
And a fine Ale to compliment it.
I'm so fucking bored I find myself looking at the Phantoms at times to see how good ole TM is doing. His team is DFL right now and just lost a heartbreaker to the Monarchs.
Even if the season does get under way in January who wants a 50 game season? The winner of the cup that season will always be labeled the one who won it on a shortened season without all the trials of injuries, trades, etc. Not the same kinda respect as a full 82 reg season games plus playoffs.
Really fucking disappointed it's come down to this.
Finally took a sec to do Google Translate.. I wanted to know Exactly was was being said..
This was my favorite line of all of them
Weil wir den Stanley Cup gewann
I Sure Hope Santa see that this is on my Christmas list
Santa knows you want it…but have you been good for goodness sake enough to get it?
That is a loaded Question you know..
I will just say I always try my best ;0
Thanks for posting this Bobby. I put this up on facebook as a sort of 'look at this awesome stein' and wouldn't you know it, ended up receiving it for Christmas (thanks Mom!).


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In Handbook Notice 114 (November 2011) the FSA stated that, from 1 February 2012, all firms that calculate their regulatory capital under GENPRU had to notify it before issuing any capital instrument that they wished to include as regulatory capital, either at solo or group level.
The FSA has created a new web page on its website concerning Capital instruments: Pre-issuance notification.
The web page briefly sets out the circumstances in which the obligation arises and what firms need to tell the FSA. It also contains links to further guidance including FAQs and the notification form.
View Capital instruments: Pre-issuance notification, 16 January 2012
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) have published a final report on the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives data that should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories (TRs). The report addresses Recommendation 19 in the October 2010 report of the Financial Stability Board entitled Implementing OTC derivatives market reforms.
The report specifies minimum requirements for reporting data to a TR and for the reporting by a TR to regulators, as well as types of acceptable data formats. The report also discusses issues relating to authorities' and reporting entities' access to data, and disseminating selected OTC derivates data to the public while taking into account any confidentiality constraints. The report also addresses data aggregation mechanisms and tools needed to enable authorities to aggregate data in a manner that fulfils their regulatory mandates, including methods, rationale and possible tools to implement data aggregation such as legal entity identifiers. The report also makes recommendations in the following key areas: minimum data reporting requirements, access to data and development of a standard international product classification system.
View CPSS-IOSCO publishes final report on requirements for OTC derivatives data reporting and aggregation, 17 January 2012
TARGET2-Securities (T2S) is one of the most ambitious projects that the Eurosystem has embarked upon. The purpose of T2S is to provide harmonised delivery-versus payment (DvP) settlement in central bank money in a variety of currencies for almost all heavily traded securities circulating in Europe. It will therefore be a major step forward in creating a single market in securities, removing many of the Giovannini barriers to cross-border clearing and settlement, as well as acting as a catalyst for further harmonisation in post-trading services. It is intended that T2S will make cross-border settlement identical – in terms of cost, risk and technical processing – to domestic settlement. Owned by the Eurosystem, operated on a cost-recovery basis and designed for the benefit of the users, T2S aims to be a state-of-the-art securities settlement platform.
In November 2011, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) endorsed the T2S Framework Agreement and related schedules. The Framework Agreement is the core legal document governing the rights and obligations of the Eurosystem and the central securities depositories (CSDs) in relation to the development and operation of T2S.
The ECB has now published a management summary which summarises the structure and content of the Framework Agreement.
View The T2S Framework Agreement: A management summary, 17 January 2012
The Office of Fair Trading is currently responsible for regulating the consumer credit market. In December 2010, the Treasury and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a joint consultation looking at the future of this sector. In this paper the Government outlined a preference to transition consumer credit regulation to a FSMA-style regime by transferring responsibility to the proposed Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has now published a position paper in which it supports the proposal that responsibility for consumer credit regulation should be transferred to the FCA, initially under the Consumer Credit Act regime, but with an aim of reviewing whether transitioning to FSMA-style rules would be appropriate at a suitable time.
View The regulation of consumer credit - Consumer Panel position paper, 17 January 2012
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has published a recommendation on the macro-prudential mandate of national authorities.
The recommendation provides that Member States should designate a competent authority in national legislation to conduct macro-prudential policy. The ultimate objective of this authority is to safeguard the stability of the financial system.
The recommendation also provides that Member States should bestow on the macro-prudential authority the powers to conduct macro-prudential policy on its own initiative or as a follow-up to recommendations or warnings from the ESRB. The macro-prudential authority should also have the necessary independence to fulfil its tasks and should be able to issue public and/or confidential statements on systemic risk.
The ESRB calls on Member States to take the necessary action before 1 July 2013 and, by June 2012, to communicate their intentions with respect to implementation and to report on developments to date.
View ESRB publishes recommendation on the macro-prudential mandate of national authorities, 16 January 2012
View Recommendation of the European Systemic Risk Board on the macro-prudential mandate of national authorities, 16 January 2012
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has published a recommendation on US dollar-denominated funding of banks. The recommendation is addressed to national supervisory authorities of Member States.
The ESRB recommends that:
The ESRB calls on national authorities to report on the implementation of the recommendation by June 2012.
View ESRB publishes recommendation on funding of banks in US dollar, 16 January 2012
View Recommendation of the European Systemic Risk Board on US dollar denominated funding of credit institutions, 16 January 2012
The European Commission has published the January 2012 edition of its info-letter concerning financial conglomerates. The info-letter covers:
The info-letter also states that a conglomerates conference will be held in Brussels on 28 June 2012. This event is being organised back to back to the Joint Forum plenary meeting taking place in Amsterdam 26-27 June 2012.
View Info letter: Financial Conglomerates (issue 7), 16 January 2012
The Council of the European Union has published an opinion by the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the legislative proposals for the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID review).
Comments in the opinion include:
The working party states that the proposal does not comprise any substantive amendments other than those identified in the opinion.
View Opinion of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission - MiFID review proposal, 16 January 2012
From 1 July 2011, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) was given exclusive responsibility for the registration and supervision of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in the EU. So far 16 CRAs have been registered by ESMA.
ESMA has now published its first annual report on the application of article 21(5) of the EU Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies. The report:
View Annual Report on the application of the CRA Regulation, 12 January 2012
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a comment letter to both EFRAG and the IASB concerning IASB's exposure Investment Entities.
ESMA supports the proposed requirement for investment entities to measure investments in entities that it controls at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with IFRS 9 (Financial Instruments Classification and Measurement) rather than consolidating such investments. However, ESMA believes that the IASB should further deliberate on how to achieve that objective. In particular the IASB should:
ESMA also states that whilst it would not support an overly prescriptive requirement for the format of disclosures, it may be helpful to users of the information to include the proposed schedules (of investments and financial highlights) as a disclosure requirement. ESMA also calls on the IASB to clarify the impact of any amendment to IAS 28 (Investment in Associates).
View ESMA comment letter to EFRAG regarding IASB's ED Investment Entities, 16 January 2012
View ESMA comment letter to the IASB on its ED Investment Entities, 16 January 2012
The Court of the Bank of England (the Bank) has published its response to the recommendations made by the House of Commons' Treasury Committee (the Treasury Committee) and the Joint Committee on the draft Financial Services Bill on the Bank's accountability.
Key points in the response are:
The Treasury Committee has issued a short press release on the Bank's response. The Treasury Committee's chairman, Andrew Tyrie MP' stated:
"The Bank of England's response requires careful consideration. The Treasury Committee intends to produce a short report in time for consideration by the Chancellor before he publishes the Financial Services Bill at the end of the month. Whilst supporting some of the Committee's recommendations, on several key points the Court of the Bank of England falls short of what is needed. These points will be set out in the Committee's report."
View Response from the Court of the Bank of England on the recommendations made by the Treasury Committee and the Joint Committee on the draft Financial Services Bill on the accountability of the Bank of England, 17 January 2012
View Bank of England's proposals for reform fall short of what is needed, claims Treasury Committee Chairman, 17 January 2012
The House of Commons' Treasury Select Committee (the Committee) has published a report on the proposed new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to advise the Government in preparation for the drafting and publication of the Financial Services Bill (the Bill) in early 2012.
The report begins with an analysis of how the FCA fits into the proposed regulatory structure, followed by a consideration of its objectives. It then looks at the proposed lines of accountability for the FCA and makes suggestions for improvement. The report then outlines the FCA's place in the wider regulatory architecture, including how the FCA should coordinate with the PRA and the EU. Finally, the report looks at the proposed new powers of the FCA, such as early warning notices and product intervention.
Some of the key conclusions in the report are:
The report is accompanied by a press release which contains a summary of the background to the report, as well as comments from the chair of the Committee, Andrew Tyrie MP.
View Treasury Select Committee Report on the Financial Conduct Authority, 13 January 2012
View Treasury Select Committee Report on the Financial Conduct Authority: Volume 2: Additional Written Evidence, 13 January 2012
In July 2011 the FSA published Consultation Paper 11/14: Auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances. In this paper the FSA consulted on measures to complement the Treasury's implementation of a new regulatory regime applicable to platforms that will conduct auctions in emission allowances.
The FSA has now published Policy Statement 12/1: Auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances: Feedback to CP11/14 (PS12/1). In PS12/1 the FSA reports on the responses to its earlier consultation and sets out the changes it has made to the Handbook. The FSA's response to the earlier consultation is set out under three headings:
The new rules came into effect on 22 December 2011 and the FSA states that there will be a further consultation in the Spring in relation to bidding on an auction platform.
View Policy Statement 12/1: Auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances: Feedback to CP11/14, 12 January 2012
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is the principal enforcer of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (the Regulations). However, the FSA is a "qualifying body" under the Regulations, which means that it has powers to tackle unfair terms.
By agreement with the OFT, the FSA is responsible for considering the fairness (within the meaning of the Regulations) of standard terms in financial services contracts issued by FSA authorised firms or appointed representatives of firms that undertake any regulated activity. This means that the FSA is responsible for considering the fairness of terms in many types of financial services contracts, including those relating to mortgages, general insurance, pensions, investments and long term savings.
The FSA has now issued a notice of undertaking from the National House Building Council undertaking not to use a term in its NHBC Buildmark policy (an insurance policy which covers defects in the way a consumer's new home is built) which the FSA considers may be unfair.
View Notice of undertaking - National House Building Council, 17 January 2012
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has published its response to the questionnaire issued by Markus Ferber MEP on the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
The BBA's response to the questionnaire includes:
View BBA response to questionnaire on MiFID/MiFIR 2 by Markus Ferber MEP, 13 January 2012
The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has published its response to the questionnaire issued by Markus Ferber MEP on the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). CLLS comments include:
View CLLS response to Markus Ferber MEP's questionnaire on the European Commission's proposals for MiFID II/MiFIR, 16 January 2012
The FSA has found that two insurance firms, Direct Line and Churchill, have failed to prevent complaint files from being improperly altered before being submitted for review in breach of Principle 2. While the fine of £2,170,000 relates specifically to failings by Direct Line and Churchill, since the breach occurred the relevant business and liabilities of both firms have been transferred to UK Insurance Limited (UKI). UKI is therefore responsible for paying the fine. Prior to an internal file review exercise, management had told staff that they would face internal disciplinary investigation if they were found not to be operating to required standards. This increased the risk of alteration of files. Instructions to staff in relation to the collation of files for the FSA were not sufficiently clear. The files were not collated by individuals who had not worked on the files or checked for improper alterations by the risk department prior to being sent to the FSA. One staff member had forged signatures of colleagues on case assessment reports.
However, the alterations were minor and the breach did not result in any customer detriment or have a significant impact on the FSA's review. The FSA assessed this as a "level 3" breach and considered that a penalty of £3.1 million reflected this seriousness. No adjustment was made in relation to aggravating or mitigating factors or for deterrence. A 30 per cent settlement discount was applied.
View FSA imposes £2.17 million fine for failure by Direct Line and Churchill to conduct their businesses with due skill, care and diligence, 18 January 2012
View Final Notice - UK Insurance Limited, 18 January 2012
The French Securities regulator (the Autorité des Marchés Financiers or AMF) has commented on the European Commission's legislative proposals revising the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.
In essence, while the AMF agrees that the legislative proposals progress certain issues such as investor protection, regulation of over-the-counter trades and reinforcement of pre- and post- trade transparency requirements, two areas are of particular concern:
The extent to which the AMF's views will be taken into account when the legislative proposals are finalised remains to be seen.
For further information please contact Roberto Cristofolini or Anselme Mialon
As previously reported, the implementation of UCITS IV into French law and regulation has been a gradual process. Legislative and regulatory provisions were implemented into the French Monetary and Financial Code over the summer and the French Securities regulator (the Autorité des Marchés Financiers or AMF) incorporated the necessary changes into its Rulebook last October. However, a number of AMF Instructions needed to be revised in order to complete the implementation.
Existing AMF Instructions have been reclassified and two are of interest for UCITS:
The French Securities regulator (the Autorité des Marchés Financiers or AMF) has launched a consultation on suggested amendments to provisions contained in its Rulebook dealing with takeover bids.
Two proposed changes that are particularly noteworthy:
The deadline for responding to the consultation is 31 January 2012. Following a review of the consultation responses the AMF will implement the new provisions into its Rulebook.
On 4 January 2012, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published an updated guideline for shareholders in relation to the notification duty in relation to voting rights, share capital, control and share capital interests in issuers. The guideline was updated by the AFM as on 1 January 2012 the legislative proposal regarding the introduction of a notification requirement for certain cash-settled instruments came into force.
View AFM publishes guideline for shareholders, 4 January 2012
For further information please contact Floortje Nagelkerke
In December 2011, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) consulted on a policy rule (beleidsregel) concerning the disclosure obligation in relation to cash settled instruments. The policy rule came into force as of 1 January 2012 and includes a calculation method on the number of shares in an issuer to which the relevant financial instruments pertain and the circumstances pursuant to which a basket or an index falls under the disclosure obligation. The AFM also published a feedback statement to its earlier consultation on the policy rule.
View The policy rule (in Dutch), 30 December 2011
View The feedback statement (in Dutch), 23 December 2011
On 6 January 2012, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) announced that, given the impact of pension changes on macro-economic developments, DNB will permit pension funds which will need to curtail pension rights and benefits to a maximum of 7 per cent. In addition, due to the exceptional conditions of the financial markets DNB has decided to make a correction to the yield curve as at the end of 2011. Both these measures aim to reduce uncertainty concerning pensions. After this adjustment, the weighted average funding ratio of the pension funds as at 31 December 2011 comes out at an estimated 98 per cent. DNB believes that pursuant to these measures, approximately 125 pension funds will have to take corrective action. Without these measures this would be approximately 180 pension funds.
View Measures taken by DNB to reduce uncertainty about pensions, 6 January 2012
On 17 January 2012, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published on their website a course relating to the approval process of prospectuses by the AFM. This on-line course consists of video as well as briefing notes. This course deals with the requirements for issuers on publishing an approved prospectus and how to draft a prospectus.
View The on-line course (in Dutch), 17 January 2012
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has published the latest issue of its newsletter, Ombudsman News. This issue of Ombudsman News includes articles on:
The newsletter also contains an article from the chief ombudsman, Natalie Ceeney, on proposed new arrangements for charging financial businesses case fees.
View Ombudsman News - Issue 99, 17 January 2012
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Oak Trail golf course
Well I think that's what it's called!
Is it still at WDW? I heard a while ago they were getting rid of it and building a Four Seasons Resort (or that may well have been a dream )
If it is would it be suitable for my DS (he will be 11) to play on with his dad? He has played a few rounds on our local 9 hole course and his dad is desperate to play a round with him at WDW and I though this might be the best bet.
How far in advance can you book golf?
Thank you
Re: Oak Trail golf course
The only course they took away for the Four Seasons was Eagle Pines so far. Osprey Ridge is scheduled to shut down in 2010. IMHO this is a real shame as both of these were fine courses, plus they gave you a place to play when the annual tournament at Palm/Magnolia was in town.
Oak Trail is a walking only course co-located with Palm/Magnolia. It would be a fine course for your DS.Last edited by uscwest; 20-08-2008 at 02:19 AM.
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LAKE BUENAVISTA, Fla. Shane Victorino led off a game last week by hitting a double to right.
In a matter of minutes, he was back at home plate and the Phillies had an early 1-0 lead. After Victorinos double, he and Placido Polanco got together on a run-and-hit a cousin of the hit-and-run to produce the games first run.
With Victorinos speed, hell often score from second base on any hit. But with some added aggressiveness on the bases, he found his way home easily on a soft single from Polanco.
It was just the kind of run the Phillies will hope to produce early and often when the regular season begins this week. Without Ryan Howard and Chase Utley, a mostly-powerless lineup will fall back on its speed at the top of the order, along with a collective effort to put together smart at-bats.
Of course were going to have to do that, Victorino said. When you dont have Chase and Ryan to hit, collectively when those guys are healthy youre talking about 40, 50, 60 home runs. Its a different game. I think were definitely going to have to play a more small, dynamic game.
For Victorino, that could also mean giving himself the green light more often on the base paths.
Victorino was 19-for-22 in stolen base attempts last season. His success rate goes without saying; but in attempting to steal 22 times, Victorino tried to run about half as often as he had in his three previous seasons.
Victorino was 34-for-40 on the bases in 2010 and in 2008-2010 he was 95-for-120, an average of 40 attempts per season.
I think Shane sometimes is kind of leery of running, manager Charlie Manuel said before the Phillies final spring training game Sunday. I think that he needs to be a little bit more aggressive when we want him to run. If he gets thrown out (often), Ill tell him when to stop. But at the same time, we need to get him to run.
According to Manuel, Victorino should steal 40 bases. Victorino said hes not an advocate of running for the sake of running, but he agreed with his managers premise.
Attempting 22 times in a full season, that was the part that I look back on and theres no way I should only be attempting 22 times a year, Victorino said. Thats a part I need to work on and stay focused on and take advantage when it presents itself. I didnt take advantage sometimes.
Victorinos sixth full season as a major league starter could be his most interesting.
The 31-year-out center fielder is arguably the most versatile piece in the Phillies lineup and he is coming off his best year yet. Victorino hit .279 with a career-best .847 OPS (on-base plus slugging) and .491 slugging percentage.
Although his steals were down, Victorino tied Jose Reyes for the major-league lead with 16 triples while also hitting 17 home runs and 27 doubles. Victorino made his second All-Star team, too.
But is their room for growth?
I think he can be better. I think he can hit better, Manuel said. I think Victorino and (Jimmy) Rollins can both hit .300. Ive talked to (Victorino), Ive told him I expect him to hit .300 this year. I think he can definitely do that.
In 2012, Victorino will transition from a career year to a contract year. The three-year, $22 million deal he signed after the 2009 season expires in seven months.
This is a good time for him to shine, Manuel said. If youre ever going to shine, if you like the money and stuff like that, it seems like this would be the right time.
Victorino undoubtedly wants to return. Before leaving spring training without a new contract, he clarified the five-year deal comment he made earlier this spring.
I said that, I didnt say thats what I want, Victorino said. I would want a 10-year deal. Who doesnt want that? Basically my point was that I want something thats fair, thats going to work for both sides. I want to stay here, I want to play here, but you let the game dictate that Thats my whole thing is going out there and focusing on the game and letting my play do the talking. More than anything, thats what Im focused on. If I can go out there and have the year I know I can have and stay healthy, the book will write itself.
In a sports world where agents put together Yellow Pages-sized binders to sell their clients, Victorino could pad that book with stats. He could adhere to his managers marching orders, hit .300 and steal 40 bases. And maybe he can make a run at the 20-home run plateau for the first time in his career, too.
But as he prepares to help fuel an offense missing two MVP-caliber talents, Victorino realizes its more important to have smart, team-first at-bats than to fill out his own stat sheet.
Like Chuck says, stay in your lane, Victorino said. Just because you hit one home run doesnt make you a home run hitter. I think collectively we just need to play small ball or concentrate on that a little more. When you do those little things, it elevates that other aspects of your game.
Steal a base, score a run. Bunt a guy over get him to third, let the next guy drive him in. Those are all things that have to come into play. If you take care of what you take care of and do those small things, thats going to present itself on a bigger level, too.


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The High Strength Plastic Grip-Lock 2.0 inch Long Double Socket Arm has a socket at either end to allow a 1 inch diameter ball accessories to be connected.
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View Product Label SmartDark & Handsome helps bring out a deep, dark shine in black, bay and brown coats. This unique formula provides a rich blend of Omega 3 fatty acids from Fish Oil, Flax Seed and Chia Seed combined with Paprika and Nutmeg. SmartDark & Handsome is not just for the boys – it's great for mares, too. (We just couldn't resist the name!) Note for Competitive Riders: This product contains Paprika, which may contain trace amounts of Capsaicin. Have a horse of a different color? We recommend SmartShine Ultra.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
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Understanding that student life can be hectic, Chartwells Dining Service at Saint Xavier University offers a great variety of dining options. Chartwells is committed to serving everyone's needs on campus through menu diversity. Our emphasis on menu diversity allows you to sample international cuisine or grab a quick sandwich between classes. Enjoy some regional specialties as well as traditional down-home favorites.
There is no perfect taste, no individual palate. This is why we offer brands such as Starbucks and Subway, along with a variety of our own proprietary brands, such as AuBon Pain. The SXU Diner menus are constructed around our "Profiles In Good Taste" concepts, featuring a combination of freshly prepared, made-to-order entrees, salads and sandwiches developed by our campus executive chef.
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The letters o (oscar) and m (mike) of the military phonetic alphabet which when used together indicates that a unit is "On the Move" or sometimes, "On Mission." Headquarters ordered us to relocate our fighting positions AGAIN today, so we are fucking Oscar Mike. Goddamnit.
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Infinity Ward's new favorite fetish word. Implemented in everyday or formal use, in any circumstance, at any time, wherever IW thinks it sounds awesome and also rad. Used similarly to shalom or aloha- can mean "hello," "goodbye," "peace," and "please find a tent, marshmallows, two Model 1887 shotguns, and an M16 and camp for entire matches at a time." Baseplate: Task Force Fire Team Bravo Six Marines, this is baseplate. The convoy is oscar mike. Repeat, the convoy is oscar mike.
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A word used by badass people like Sgt. Foley (voice by the even more badass Keith frickin' David) that means "On the Move" "Bravo Two here, we are Oscar Mike"
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In the Military phonetic alphabet Oscar Mike means "On the Move"