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Public officials will be subject to a special employment system, it was announced yesterday. One had to pass the Higher Civil Service Examination to become a grade-5 official in the past, but those employed via special employment exemptions now outnumber those from the examination. Last year, 244 administrative officials were appointed through the examination, while 395 were appointed through special employment procedures. The Civil Service Commission said, There is high demand for special employment from highly specialized departments, including the Korea Intellectual Property Office, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, adding, Special employment is used to boost candidates with specialties that those appointed from open employment lack.
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Ali Aref, 20, of Sana'a watched a group of people crowding around someone in a souq in Sana'a. He hurried to see what was going on. In the midst of the crowd, he found two vendors selling a lot of cheap CDs, and shouting slogans to attract people. There were a lot of music CDs and movies there, so Aref decided to buy some of the goodies. He asked the vendor for any good movies. The vendor then looked at him and whispered in his ear that if he wants some good pornographic films, he had them. The boy was happy to hear that. He took five films and went home in hurry. He switched on his computer and began to play the first film. But he was disappointed, because there was nothing on the CDs except cartoons. He was upset. He took the CDs and went immediately to the vendor, but he found nobody was there.
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TeLisa T. Owens , an attorney at Sommers Schwartz, PC, Southfield, received the Wolverine Bar Association Member of the Year service award. Banking Comerica Bank, Detroit, promoted Pamela D. Nolen to vice president and trade services specialist of international trade services. Education Andrew Grove , an intellectual property lawyer for Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, Troy, has been appointed as an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Legal Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC, Southfield, hired Mark Kowalsky as a partner in the firm's Litigation and Securities Practice Groups. Hertz Schram PC, Bloomfield Hills, hired Gerald P. Cavellier as a partner in its domestic relations/family law practice group.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-08-01 19:45 GMT: Federal agents go after gaming pirates
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal customs agents Wednesday raided more than 30 businesses and homes in 16 states, looking for devices that allow pirated video games to play on Wiis, PlayStation 2s and Xboxes. The alleged sale and distribution of illegal modification chips and copyright circumvention devices for the popular consoles and others included 32 search warrants in 16 states, said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE declined to release the names of those targeted but said they are allegedly responsible for importing, installing, selling and distributing foreign-made devices smuggled into the U.S. Illegal chips and other devices used on gaming consoles violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Sales of counterfeit or illegally obtained games costs the industry about $3 billion a year globally, not including Internet piracy, estimates the Entertainment Software Association trade group.
Toyota appoints new vice president
Toyota Motor Sales USA has appointed Chris Reynolds as vice president, business law, in its legal services group. In this role, Mr Reynolds will oversee the groups responsible for advertising compliance, antitrust, business litigation, business transactions and contacts, dealer relations, intellectual property, privacy and strategic initiatives. He will report to TMS senior vice president, general counsel and chief environmental officer Dian Ogilvie. .
US judge overturns $1.5 bn ruling against Microsoft
SEATTLE: A US judge, on Monday, threw out a record $1.5 billion verdict against Microsoft Corp, ruling the world's largest software company had not infringed audio technology patents held by France's Alcatel-Lucent.
Microsoft said that the reversal was a victory for other technology companies who could have been at risk to patent infringement charges if Alcatel would have won.
A federal jury in San Diego ruled in February that Microsoft had violated two patents related to MP3 audio files and handed Alcatel-Lucent the largest-ever damages award in a US patent case.
MP3 is the standard digital music format, which allows audio to be compressed so that it can be easily played on computers, mobile phones or digital music players.
The court heard a post-trial motion on July 25 and 26 when Microsoft asked for the verdict to be reversed, a new trial or dramatic reduction in damages.
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Indian IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is one of the first Indian tech companies to enter Latin America and looks to make acquisitions in the region to build on the operations it has in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay. .
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