Astana’s largest trading partner is the Eurozone and it really needs trade to pick up again. Sourced through Scoop.it from: thediplomat.com

To date, 116 representatives of foreign media outlets from 28 countries and 308 international observers have been accredited for Kazakhstan’s parliamentary election to be held March 20. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.trend.az

There is no separatist rebellion in northern regions, but ethnic Russians, who make up more than a fifth of country’s population, feeling increasingly insecure Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.voanews.com

With less than two weeks until the launch of ExoMars 2016, preparations are proceeding well and the spacecraft composite has now been encapsulated within the launcher fairing at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Sourced through Scoop.it from: phys.org

Patent law reform continued yesterday, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc. and Stryker… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.lexology.com

The Senate Small Business Committee hearing focused on recent changes to the U.S. patent system and their effects on small businesses and patent owners. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

Many ignore the patent policy wars, thinking that no one will believe patent critics or that someone else will defeat them. That’s a serious mistake. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

Patents, including utility and design patents, are a key IP Right that Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies should focus on during product development. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

Fortunes have reversed again in the long, long, long-running patent litigation between Apple and Samsung. The Federal… – Intellectual Property Law Sourced through Scoop.it from: blogs.findlaw.com

Thanks to services like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, we’re inching ever so closer to a world where won’t necessarily need to always have our wallets handy in order to pay for goods or services. Sourced through Scoop.it from: bgr.com