Thomson Reuters completes MarkMonitor acquisition with US regulatory clearance - September 5, 2012
The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has officially completed the acquisition of MarkMonitor following regulatory clearance in the US. MarkMonitor, an online brand protection technology, is projected to strengthen the broad portfolio of IP solutions from Thomson Reuters, resulting in a… Read More
OCLC and Europeana agree on approach for member libraries to contribute metadata to Europeana.eu portal - September 5, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, and Europeana, the provider of Europe's digital library, have worked together on an approach that will enable OCLC member institutions to contribute metadata derived from OCLC's WorldCat database to the Europeana.eu portal in a manner that is consistent with OCLC's WorldCat… Read More
PLoS launches PLOS Global Participation Initiative to encourage submissions from researchers worldwide - September 5, 2012
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced the launch of the PLOS Global Participation Initiative, which aims to encourage submissions from researchers around the world who may previously have been prevented or limited in their ability to publish in open-access journals. With this initiative,… Read More
Education companies settle copyright and trademark infringement claims against textbook distributors - September 5, 2012
Four leading education companies - Cengage Learning, Inc., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Pearson Education, Inc. and McGraw-Hill Education – have announced that they have settled five unconnected matters involving copyright and trademark infringement claims against companies relating to the sale of counterfeit textbooks. The five… Read More
Springer concludes API Challenge 2.0, announces winners - September 5, 2012
STM publisher Springer recently concluded its API Challenge 2.0, and announced the winners of the competition. The challenge asked programmers to create new and original non-commercial applications that use Springer's metadata and content APIs. The goal is to offer users new and novel ways of finding,… Read More
IOP Publishing appoints Brett Rubinstein to head Business Development and Sales for EMEA - September 5, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the appointment of Brett Rubinstein as the new Head of Business Development and Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rubinstein will take up his new role at the Bristol office of IOP… Read More
