The Consensus Capital Property model involves securing properties, changing use and converting to residential development before leasing to UK housing associations for up to 20 years on full repair and insurance leases.
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The winning applicant will be responsible for designing, constructing, owning and managing the property as part of the housing department's model for developing city-owned property.
Under this "old" model of intellectual property (IP), biotech firms raced to file a "fortress" of patents around newly discovered genes, closing off avenues of research for their competitors.
Away from the fashion, the presence of young British model Dudley O'Shaughnessy -- hot property following his appearance in a Rihanna music video, and named "male model of the year" at the event's awards -- caused the biggest stir.
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Despite these concerns, American authorities are considering whether aspects of the European model might help reduce property fraud.
Qualcomm is the very model of an intellectual-property company.
Singapore provides a persuasive model for a strong system of intellectual property rights.
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The press release states that GSK has fundamentally changed its business model to become more open to sharing intellectual property and knowledge.
The proposal was not accepted but one year later, a governmental experts meeting, organized with the assistance of UNESCO and WIPO in Tunis, started working on the draft of a model law referring to the protection of intellectual property rights applicable to such cultural manifestations.
They are a mixed bunch, ranging from model EU citizens such as Estonia (recently smitten by a property bust, but all set to gain permission this year to join the euro) to Romania and Bulgaria, which have become bywords in Brussels for corruption and organised crime respectively.
An example of a prohibitionist model is the recording industry shutting down file-sharing to reign in intellectual property.
The model is Cabrini Green, which sits near some of the city's most valuable property.
The directors and their private equity backers have been criticised for using a business model, known as sale and leaseback, which allowed the company to expand rapidly in times of high property prices, but left the organisation unable to pay its rent bill in recent years.
"The successful resolution of this case is a critical step in our overall strategy of enforcing and monetizing our intellectual property, including Basic Haptics, and we're pleased to achieve a settlement that is consistent with our business model, which is largely based on per unit running royalties, " said Immersion CEO Victor Viegas.
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