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Author: Jorge L. Contreras Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1785362496 Category : Patent laws and legislation Languages : en Pages : 360
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Patent holders are increasingly making voluntary, public commitments to limit the enforcement and other exploitation of their patents. The best-known form of patent pledge is the so-called FRAND commitment, in which a patent holder commits to license patents to manufacturers of standardized products on terms that are “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory.” Patent pledges have also been appearing in fields well beyond technical standard-setting, including open source software, green technology and the biosciences. This book explores the motivations, legal characteristics and policy goals of these increasingly popular private ordering tools.
Author: Alexandra Robbins Publisher: Hachette Books ISBN: 1401304052 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 466
Book Description
Alexandra Robbins wanted to find out if the stereotypes about sorority girls were actually true, so she spent a year with a group of girls in a typical sorority. The sordid behavior of sorority girls exceeded her worst expectations -- drugs, psychological abuse, extreme promiscuity, racism, violence, and rampant eating disorders are just a few of the problems. But even more surprising was the fact that these abuses were inflicted and endured by intelligent, successful, and attractive women. Why is the desire to belong to a sorority so powerful that women are willing to engage in this type of behavior -- especially when the women involved are supposed to be considered 'sisters'? What definition of sisterhood do many women embrace? Pledged combines a sharp-eyed narrative with extensive reporting and the fly-on-the-wall voyeurism of reality shows to provide the answer.
Author: T. M. Chris Publisher: TC Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 73
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Pledging a fraternity is always a little nerve-wracking, but Blake’s racing pulse comes from more than a fear of rejection. He’s got one eye on Vadim, Delta Iota Kappa’s muscle-bound Chief Punishment Officer, and the other on that paddle. Pledging D.I.K. is going to be a whole lot more challenging, and exciting, than he ever anticipated. Vadim’s been waiting three years for a little brother all his own, for someone to torment and humiliate, to initiate into all the pleasure, and all the pain, of belonging to their intimate fraternity for two. This novella (approximately 20,000 words) features lots of spanking, a little humiliation, and a happy ending.
Author: Donna Fletcher Publisher: Donna Fletcher ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 376
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After being away, unwillingly, for five years Royden MacKinnon returns home a far different man. Royden doesn’t know what he’ll find. He knows his brother Arran is still alive, but what about his father, his sister, Raven, and most of all what about the woman he loves… Oria. The attack that had ripped his family apart, seen his land confiscated, and the woman he’s loved since he’s been young lost to him, came on the day he and Oria were to wed. He and Arran had been forced to serve a mercenary group until recently when he was released and his clan and land returned to him. But why now? And what price was the cost of his freedom? Oria is shocked to see the man she loves from as long as she can remember standing in front of her. She had hoped and prayed for this day and it was finally here. But many things had happened in Royden’s absence, things he needed to know and things she couldn’t share with him, since honor bound her to promises she’d made. Unfortunately, time and events change people, sometimes for the better, sometimes not so much. Royden and Oria aren’t who they once were. Will their love transcend all else and survive? And will the evil that once tore them apart threaten them again? Author note… there is a Prequel, Highland Oath, to this book. It introduces all the characters, and details what led to the Clan MacKinnon being separated. You don’t have to read it to read this one, but you might find it interesting. Highland Promise Trilogy Highland Oath A Prequel Book one, Pledged To A Highlander Book two, Entrusted To A Highlander Book three, Highlander Oath Of The Beast
Author: Matthew Hoff Publisher: Winged Hussar Publishing ISBN: 1950423786 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 828
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A history and analysis of the rising that covers the principal players, the strategy and execution of the plan. This new history shows the Uprising from initiation to its aftermath. The uprising came during the tough times of World War I and was viewed by some as heroic and by others as treachery.
Author: Mr.Manmohan Singh Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1463923953 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 26
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Large banks and dealers use and reuse collateral pledged by nonbanks, which helps lubricate the global financial system. The supply of collateral arises from specific investment strategies in the asset management complex, with the primary providers being hedge funds, pension funds, insurers, official sector accounts, money markets and others. Post-Lehman, there has been a significant decline in the source collateral for the large dealers that specialize in intermediating pledgeable collateral. Since collateral can be reused, the overall effect (i.e., reduced ?source' of collateral times the velocity of collateral) may have been a $4-5 trillion reduction in collateral. This decline in financial lubrication likely has impact on the conduct of global monetary policy. And recent regulations aimed at financial stability, focusing on building equity and reducing leverage at large banks/dealers, may also reduce financial lubrication in the nonbank/bank nexus.
Author: Mr.Manmohan Singh Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: 1498315852 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 21
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In global financial centers, short-term market rates are effectively determined in the pledged collateral market, where banks and other financial institutions exchange collateral (such as bonds and equities) for money. Furthermore, the use of long-dated securities as collateral for short tenors—or example, in securities-lending and repo markets, and prime brokerage funding—impacts the risk premia (or moneyness) along the yield curve. In this paper, we deploy a methodology to show that transactions using long dated collateral also affect short-term market rates. Our results suggest that the unwind of central bank balance sheets will likely strengthen the monetary policy transmission, as dealer balance-sheet space is now relatively less constrained, with a rebound in collateral reuse.
Author: Vella Day Publisher: Erotic Reads Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1018
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For the first time, bestselling author, Vella Day, is offering all 3 books in her Pledged To Protect series at a large discount. If you are a fan of fast-paced romantic suspense where you will be kept guessing who is after these women, these stories are for you. Oh, yeah, did I mention the bodyguard is hot with a capital H? These are three standalone books and can be read in any order. Book 1: PANIC AND PASSION The only thing that separates life from death is trust. Book 2: DANGER AND DESIRE Second chances are great until a killer comes between them. Book 3: TERROR OR TEMPTATION Trust or run? The wrong decision will be deadly.
Author: Jorge L. Contreras
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Author: Conant, J. E., & Company, Lowell, Mass
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