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Intellectual Property Resources News
January - February 2003
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Friday, 28
February
2003
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ICANN - Domain
Name Registry Reports Available
ICANN agreements with operators
and sponsors of generic top-level domains (.aero, .biz, .com, .coop,
.info, .museum, .name, .net, and .org), provides for ICANN to receive
monthly reports covering registration activity, registrar volumes,
technical performance, and growth trends. Fifty of the reports have
now been posted on the ICANN web site, and are available
here.
| ICANN Website |
Posted by
Philippe Rodhain.
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STN - PCTFULL
on STN - Clipped Images Now Available
 STN has announced
that their PCTFULL database (fulltext of PCT Patent Applications from
1978 to date) has been enhanced with clipped images, mostly from the
front page. The database now comprise 726,000 records with 425,000
images. Additionally, the search and display field 'Field
Availability' (/FA) has been reintroduced and enhanced.
For further information see the PCTFULL database
Summary Sheet.
| STN Website
|
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - United Kingdom -
Marks & Clerks
"Marks & Clerk is the largest firm of patent
and trade mark attorneys in the UK, with offices throughout the UK,
Europe, Asia and North America. Voted the No. 1 firm of UK patent
attorneys for the last 6 years by Managing Intellectual Property
magazine, Marks & Clerk's 50 partners and 300 staff offer an
unrivalled depth of knowledge and expertise in the field of
intellectual property including designs, trade marks, copyrights and
patents. Marks & Clerk provide a high quality specialist service that
is complimentary to other advisers, and indeed, are experienced in
working closely with other professional advisors on many issues."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Thursday, 27
February
2003
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Questel.Orbit and anacubisT Form Strategic Partnership
 Questel.Orbit
has announced a strategic partnership with anacubis(tm), a provider of
visual data search and analysis software. Questel.Orbit,
Inc will integrate the anacubis(tm) Viewer into its QPAT and QWEB
services. "The integration will enable
end-user patent searchers to retrieve, analyze and generate reports
with extensive, reliable patent data. This translates to quicker
turn-around, higher productivity and better information sharing
throughout and between organizations".
Read the full Questel.Orbit Press Release
here.
| Questel.Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Domain Names - .uk
Name Space
 During
the second half of 2003 the operational procedures for the renewal of
.uk domain name registrations will change. Where the domain name is
not actively renewed by its expiry date, both the registrant and the
domain name registration agent will be sent one final reminder; if
there is still no renewal request, the domain name will be suspended
for 60 days (during which time it can be reactivated if required)
before being cancelled. This new procedure was agreed following
consultation with Nominet members and is designed to clarify the
position for both registrants and tag holders. It will also streamline
the administration for Nominet itself.
| Nominet Website |
Posted by Philippe
Rodhain.
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STN International Launches New Biosequence Database
STN International,
has announced the launch of the
PCTGEN database, an new source of nucleotide and amino acid
sequence information. Containing sequence and patent application
information submitted electronically to the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO), PCTGEN includes both the nucleotide and
peptide sequences themselves, as well as associated bibliographic data
- as provided by patent applicants. More specifically, records include
the following fields: accession number, title, document type, molecule
type, patent assignee, patent and application information, organism
species, sequence, sequence length, and feature table.
"PCTGEN is updated
weekly, with new sequence information entering the database shortly
after publication by WIPO. As such, the database provides a very high
degree of currency. Users can also conduct current awareness alerts (SDIs),
as well as sequence homology alerts, on a weekly basis".
| STN Website
|
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Australia - Molins &
Co.
"Molins & Co. is a full service Australian
and USA patent and trademark firm in Sydney."
IP Firms - USA -
California - Jackson & Co., LLP
"Jackson & Co., LLP is a full service law
firm specializing in intellectual property law. Located in the San
Francisco Bay Area, the firm focuses on the procurement and
enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets as well
as related licensing for corporations and
high tech start-ups in the Sillicon Valley, nationwide, and worldwide
with a strong emphasis in the Pacific Rim. The firm's practice
encompasses technical areas including electronics, computer systems,
data networks, database management, semiconductor devices, computer
software, and medical devices."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Wednesday, 26
February
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Vietnam - Ageless
Intellectual Property Attorneys & Consultants
"Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights, Design, IP rights, Litigation, Licensing"
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Tuesday, 25
February
2003
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Domain Names: The .tm
Reopened For Registration
The ccTLD for Turkmenistan, .tm,
relaunched last week after several years of inactivity. Registration
is now open on the established “first come first served” principle
with a minimum registration period of ten (10) years.
A .tm domain name refers to the country of Turkmenistan, but is also
being promoted as having as connection with a trade mark as the
letters tm are commonly recognised as the abbreviation for "trade
mark". In a similar vein, the .tv domain names refer to the country of
TUVALU but have been marketed as having a connection with television.
For more information on the .tm namespace click
here.
| .TM Website |
Posted by Philippe
Rodhain.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Vietnam - Winco
"Vietnam International Trademarks, Patents &
Copyrights Agent is one of the leading consulting law firms in Vietnam
specializing in the protection and enforcement of intellectual
property rights. We provide legal advices regarding the protection of
inventions, utility solutions, industrial designs, trademarks, service
marks, appellations of origin, copyrights and related matters. Our
Consultants also assist clients and investors to matierialize
investment opportunities, to develop and implement their projects in
Vietnam. WINCO has 11 Partners, 5 Professors, Ph.D. and a total of 65
professional staff including 35 Lawyers, Patent & Trademark Attorneys
and Consultants with their scientific, engineering backgrounds and
extensive legal experience."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday, 24
February
2003
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WIPO
- Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties
Intellectual Property Laws and
Treaties and Lois et traités de propriété intellectuelle are the
oldest periodicals of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
and represent an important source of documentation on intellectual
property legislation, recent and past. Their publication (under
different names) dates back to 1885 for industrial property
legislation and to 1888 for copyright and related rights legislation.
The latest 1/2003 edition is now available
here.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Conferences
11 March 2003 - Recent Developments in Trade Mark Law at the
European Court of Justice - Melbourne, AU (IPRIA)
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
Friday, 21
February
2003
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Intellectual Property Employment
Opportunity - Sydney, Australia
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick have two
employment opportunities available in their Sydney, Australia Office.
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick a the leading firm of Australian and
New Zealand Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys who are associated with IP
Organisers Pty Ltd and IP Menu. Click
here for the display ad.
Patent Attorney
You will have an honours degree or higher degree in
mechanical/electronic engineering and you will need up to 5 years post
admission experience in the patent profession. You will be involved in
all matters relating to intellectual property including the drafting
and prosecution of patent applications and advising across the full
spectrum of portfolio management. The successful applicant will be a
team player with a high degree of responsibility and initiative and
possess in-depth knowledge of Australian, European and US patent law
and competence in the licensing of IP in a commercial environment.
Trainee Patent Attorney
You will be degree qualified in mechanical/electronic
engineering at honours level. Experience working in industry and
handling intellectual property matters will be an advantage but is not
essential. The successful applicant will display strong interpersonal,
verbal and written communication skills. You will work with
supervision and we provide access to training and development in a
friendly and professional environment. You will be required to
undertake study and sit examinations to gain the relevant
qualifications.
Send applications by 7 March 2003 to:
Email: claudia.ginn@pof.com.au
Fax: +61 3 9614 6876
Mail: Claudia Ginn
Human Resources Manager
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick
PO Box 343 Collins St West
VIC 8007
Australia
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick is
one of Australia’s largest and most progressive firms of Patent &
Trade Mark Attorneys. Established in 1888, we employ more than 100
people in offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
Thursday, 20
February
2003
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The Case of The Disappearing Domain Space
Yesterday, with no notice, the .uk.co
domain was disappeared off the face of the Internet. This has left
over 8,000 individuals and businesses (apparently including Amazon and
Priceline) with no Web presence or email.
"The only proof of its existence is a posting
on www.uk.co from the top-level domain .co owner - the University of
the Andes in Bogota, Colombia - saying that the registrar for the .uk.co
domains Net Registrar had failed to agree terms of a new arrangement
and so it was "no longer entitled to operate uk.co sub-domains".
Therefore, "Net Registrar is not entitled to permit you to use the
uk.co domain names that you had registered with them".
To find out more about this domain name disaster, click
here.
| UK.CO Website |
Posted by Philippe
Rodhain
Wednesday, 19
February
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - United Kingdom -
IP Wales
"A business support initiative helping
small/medium enterprises in Wales to grow their business through the
use of Intellectual Capital. Recognised by the World Intellectual
Property organisation as an example of good practice, IP Wales has the
tasks of making firms aware of their IP assets and financially
assisting them to protect and commercially exploit their IP assets."
IP Firms - United Kingdom -
flynn-IP
IP Firms - Ireland - flynn-IP
"A newly formed (2003) Intellectual Property
(IP) practice, flynn-IP looks towards the specific needs of individual
inventors and small to medium sized enterprises, with a long-term view
to obtaining the maximum benefit from IP rights. Direct representation
before the United Kingdom Patent Office, the Irish Patent Office, the
European Patent Office (EPO) and the Community Trademark Office (OHIM)
is available for direct clients and professional associates. Further
services including: Invention development; Brand creation; Assessment
& valuation of IP; and infringement & validity options, are available
primarily for direct clients."
IP Firms - Jordan - Petra for Law
& Intellectual Property
"We are providing legal services in aspects
related to the litigation, alternative dispute resolution (ADR),
online dispute resolution (ODR), commercial law & international
finance & trade law. intellectual property, computer law,
telecommunication law, company and investment law, law of contracts,
banking law, taxation law, insurance law and family law. We further
conduct academic methodological research, both on the quantitative and
qualitative levels. The services of the firm are retained by various,
highly regarded organizations and establishments, locally and
internationally. Also, our firm has an established cooperative
relationships and affiliations with distinguished law firms and
private consultation firms worldwide."
IP Firms - Hong Kong - K.K. Lau
& Co.
Posted by
Rodney Cruise & Matthew
Downing.
Tuesday, 18
February
2003
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WIPO - China - Industry and
Private Sector Forum on Intellectual Property and the Knowledge
Economy
The World Intellectual Property
Organization has announced that the Government of the People's
Republic of China will host the WIPO Summit and Industry and Private
Sector Forum on Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Economy in
Beijing from 24 to 26 April 2003.
"Participants will include the Chinese
leadership, heads of state, senior government officials and leading
international chief executive officers. The Summit and the Forum -
which will take place in parallel and joint sessions - are designed to
provide an occasion for high-level reflection on the growing
importance of intellectual property and its protection in the global
knowledge economy".
The program of events outlining the 3-day Summit and Forum are now
available on the WIPO
website.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday, 17
February
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Conferences
18 February 2003 - Intellectual Property and the Development of
SMEs - Hong Kong (Hong Kong Goverment)
27 March 2003 - Intellectual Property Rights in the Sixth
Framework Programme - Brussels, Belgium (IPR-Helpdesk)
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Cyprus - Andreas
Neocleous & Co
"Andreas Neocleous & Co, Advocates and Legal
Consultants, Cyprus, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Main practice areas are Admiralty and Shipping, Banking and Finance,
Corporate and Commercial, E-Business, Intellectual Property, Real
Estate, Litigation and Arbitration, Tax Law and International Tax
planning, and European Union Law. The firm was established in 1965 by
its Managing Partner Andreas Neocleous. It has grown steadily and is
now one of the largest in Cyprus. Its head office is based in Limassol,
which is the commercial centre of Cyprus and home to many
International companies."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Friday, 14
February
2003
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Canada - CIPO To Cease Paper Publication of CPOR
The Canadian Intellectual Property
Office announced on 12 February that they will no longer distribute
paper copies of the Canadian Patent Office Record (CPOR). This will
become effective from 1 April 2003. The CPOR will continue to be
available on the CIPO Web site at Canadian Patent Office Record (CPOR)
(updated weekly) andon CD-ROM.
Further information is available from the CIPO website
here.
|
CIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 13
February
2003
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Questel-Orbit - New PlusPat
Enhancements
Questel-Orbit
have released a number of enhancements to their international patents
file, PlusPat. The enhancements include:
1. Application and Priority Dates now available in the Family
Displays
The PlusPat family displays now include the application and
priority dates as well as all associated applications and priority
numbers for an extensive family. The new family displays also include
all the ECLA and US Patent Classifications codes for all the members
as well.
2. Assignee and Inventor Information from the Corresponding
National Files
Assignee names and information has also been added from the
national files (US (Grant and Application), EP, PCT, and JAPIO) to the
corresponding PlusPat records and is displayed in the PA0 field. This
greatly enhances both search and display because of the standardized
assignees used in the DOCDb portion of PlusPat, as well as some of the
transliterated names in the Japanese records.
Inventor names have also been added from selected records in
JAPIO, correcting the transliterated non-Japanese inventor spellings.
This new data is searchable in the PA and IN fields
respectively.
3. Filing Details for US Patents/Applications
Filing details for US patents and applications are now displayable
in the regular PlusPat display formats, allowing you to easily find
related patents and applications. The Filing
Details are not yet available in the PlusPat family displays, but will
be added later this year.
4. Kind Code descriptions added to the STGS display format
Patent publication kind codes descriptions have been added to the
STGS and MSTG display formats in PlusPat, allowing you to see the kind
code descriptions.
To find out more visit the
Questel-Orbit
Website.
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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OHIM - Community Design
FAQ
 OHIM have
just published a Frequently Asked Questions page on the Community
design. Some of the questions covered include:
- What is a design?
- What is a product?
- Why a Community design?
- Why protect your designs?
- What is the difference in the scope of
protection of a registered Community design (RCD) and an unregistered
Community design (UCD)?
- What are the differences between a
registered and an unregistered Community design?
- What are the representation requirements
before OHIM for RCD applications?
- When will an agent (or Professional
representative) be necessary?
- Who is entitled to represent a third party
before the Office?
- Can trade mark attorneys or legal
practitioners also act as design attorneys?
There are dozens more questions and answers and this should provide a
perfect website for anyone wanting to find out more about the
Community Design. The full FAQ can be found
here.
| OHIM Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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MicroPatent Releases New Aureka
Functionality for Improved IP Analysis information
MicroPatent have just announced an
enhancement to its Aureka IP management platform - "ThemeScape with
Colorized Content Review". The new functionality allows users to
compare and contrast technology portfolios, providing increased
productivity and insight related to due diligence projects,
competitive intelligence studies, R&D stage gate reviews, and
IP-related licensing analysis.
"The Internet-based Aureka product includes
various visualization tools, one of which is text mining via
MicroPatent’s proprietary ThemeScape software. This tool analyzes the
text of documents, identifies key themes, and uses machine algorithms
to categorize subject matter and plot it on a topographical map. The
result is a high-level perspective showing how one set of records
compares to another, as well as areas of technological concentration.
Aureka’s industry-leading analytical and visualization capabilities
allow users to make informed business decisions related to their
intellectual property".
To find out more about MicroPatent and Aureka, visit the
MicroPatent website.
| MicroPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Conferences
20 February 2003 - Legal Update Breakfast on Copyright -
Melbourne, AU (LIV)
10 - 11 June 2003 - PATMG Patent Jamboree
- London, GB (Thomson Current Patents)
11 March 2003 - Intellectual Property Master Class - Sydney, AU
(IPSANZ/Key Media)
26 March 2003 - Intellectual Property Master Class - Melbourne,
AU (IPSANZ/Key Media)
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
Wednesday, 12
February
2003
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Delphion - Free Web Seminar
Delphion are hosting a free web
seminar called "Advanced Search Techniques." The aim of the seminar is
to teach how to use Delphion's Query Language to better broaden and
narrow your searches, and achieve better ranked results.
Topics will include:
- Overview of Delphion's Query Language
- Field Abbreviations
- Boolean, Proximity, and Thesaurus operators
- Wildcards and Stemming
The free web seminar is being held on Wednesday, 19 February 2003 at
US Pacific: 9 am (US Mountain: 10 am - US Central: 11 am - US Eastern:
12 pm - Greenwich Mean Time: 5 pm)
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Australia - New Commissioner
of Patents & Registrar of Designs
 IP Australia
has announced the search for the new Commissioner of Patents and
Registrar of Designs is over. Taking over the position from 17
February 2003 will be Mrs Fatima Beattie.
She is currently the Program Manager, Quality Assurance and Compliance
at the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary
Chemicals. She has previously held positions as Director, Industry
with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and as Director,
Policy Support - Quality Assurance with the Defence Acquisition
Organisation. She has worked as a chemical engineer in private
enterprise and in Defence. Mrs Beattie's academic qualifications
include Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from RMIT,
Master of Science from Cranfield Institute of Technology (UK) and she
is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firm - Russia - Tria Robit
Agency
"Web Forum on Intellectual Property Rights
and Information Law in Russian"
IP Firms - Turkey - Hukuki
Net - Turkish Law Library
"Turkish Law Resources and legal research.
Legal forums, articles, programs, news, books, law contests and
cases."
IP Firms - Japan - Omori &Yaguchi
"Japanese patent attorney with offices in
Tokyo and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offering services for patent,
design, trademark and copyright matters."
IP Firms - USA
- Pennsylvania - Omori &Yaguchi
"Japanese patent attorney with offices in
Tokyo and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offering services for patent,
design, trademark and copyright matters."
IP Firms - Cameroon - Ngu
and Co Law Firm
"Established in 1994, NGU & CO LAW FIRM is
principally engaged in the general practice of Cameroon Law. It should
be noted that Cameroon is a bilingual and bijural country. English and
French are the official Languages; civil law is of French origin and
common Law of English origin, as modified by National legislation. NGU
& CO LAW FIRM has grown to become one of Cameroon’s leading bilingual
and bijural Law Firms. It is notorious for its expertise in Commercial
and Intellectual Property law. The Firm has a broadly based practice
with a very high reputation for offering a full range of quality legal
services. The client base is Cameroonian, European, Asian and
American. Most of the Firm’s clients are foreign investors who take
advantages of the Firm’s very high degree of specialisation in
Cameroon’s Investment Law. The Firm also has a very high international
reputation in Intellectual Property Law and currently works in close
collaboration with some of the leading international Intellectual
Property Law Firms and networks. The Firm currently has 5 lawyers and
5 wage earners including legal support staff."
Posted by
Rodney Cruise & Matthew
Downing.
Tuesday, 11
February
2003
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IP-Discover - Patent Search and Download Software
Update
  IP
Discover have released a new version of their patent search and
download software
"Use IP-Discover to explore and research the
worlds public patent databases. Simple to use for the novice, but
powerful enough for the professional searcher.
Now you can Download, Convert, Merge, Organize, Browse and Print
patent documents with one easy to use Windows application, from Win95
to WinXP.
IP-Discover integrates well with Word and Excel, allowing for easy
document handling and report generation. It handles and displays all
the current patent document formats, and allows for the use of third
party document viewers.
We invite you to browse the description and screen shots, to better
understand how you can use IP-Discover to simplify and illuminate your
relationship with patent documents".
| IP-Discover
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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UK - CIPA Comments on Proposed UK Patents Amendment Bill
 The
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA) is the professional and
examining body for patent agents (also known as patent attorneys) in
the United Kingdom. CIPA has submitted to the Patent Office its
Comments on the Consultation Paper on a proposed Patents Act
(Amendment) Bill. The comments by CIPA are now available from their
website
here. The original UK Patent Office consultation document issued
in November 2002 is available
here.
| CIPA Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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USPTO - New USPTO Museum Exhibit Opens to Celebrate the Centennial of
Aviation
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will open its new exhibition on 12 February
2003 centering on the theme “Invention Takes Flight”.
"No invention has inspired more awe than the
flying machine. Throughout the century since Orville and Wilbur
Wright’s first successful flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, inventors have
built new, better and faster flying machines, reaching loftier and
loftier heights. “Invention Takes Flight” examines not only the role
aviation and aerospace inventions have played in sparking the
imagination of the entire world, but also in creating whole new
industries that provide jobs for millions of Americans. The museum
exhibit highlights a 100-year timeline featuring significant patents
and trademarks and accompanying artifacts that have earned a place in
aviation history".
The exhibition will be held at the Patent and Trademark Museum at 2121
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, USA.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday, 10
February
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
6 - 7 March 2003 - Seminar on the Madrid
System of the International Registration of Marks - Geneva,
Switzerland (WIPO)
14 March 2003 - Why Patents are Crucial
to your R & D Success - Paris, France (Derwent)
18 March 2003 - Why Patents are Crucial
to your R & D Success - North Carolina, USA (Derwent)
20 March 2003 - Why Patents are Crucial
to your R & D Success - California, USA (Derwent)
25 March 2003 - Why Patents are Crucial
to your R & D Success - Cambridge, UK (Derwent)
IP Conferences
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
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South Korea Joins Madrid Protocol
The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) has announced the accession by the Republic of
Korea to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the
International Registration of Marks. The Madrid Protocol, which enters
into force for the Republic of Korea on April 10, 2003, is an
international trademark registration system that facilitates the
protection of a trademark in multiple countries. The accession of the
Republic of Korea to the Protocol brings the number of participating
countries to 57.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday, 07
February
2003
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Dialog - Finland and Sweden Trademarks
Dialog have announced that they
have added images to the TRADEMARKSCAN® files from Finland (File 679),
and Sweden (File 675).
 TRADEMARKSCAN
File 675 (Sweden) contains valid applications and registrations since
1885, plus unpublished applications and inactive unpublished and
published trademarks since 1987. More than 77,000 trademarks,
representing one-third of the file, now have associated images.
 TRADEMARKSCAN
File 679 (Finland) contains valid applications and registrations
published since 1891, plus inactive, unpublished and published
trademarks since 1995. About 36,000 trademarks now have associated
images, out of the file's total of approximately 120,000 trademarks.
Dialog have also announced that all European trademark databases, as
well as the International Register database of trademark information
published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, are now
updated on a weekly schedule.
| Dialog Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Conferences
03 March 2003 Legal status of Japanese
patents and utility models Vienna, Austria [EPO]
03 March 2003 INPADOC Datenbanken -
Einführung Vienna, Austria [EPO]
04 March 2003 INPADOC Datenbanken Vienna,
Austria [EPO]
18 March 2003 Introduction to patent
information from Japan Vienna, Austria [EPO]
25 March 2003 ESPACE® CD-ROMs and Mimosa
Software Vienna [EPO]
26 March 2003 IP information on the
internet Vienna, Austria [EPO]
26 March 2003 Japanese patent information
on the internet Vienna, Austria [EPO]
27 March 2003 esp@cenet® - ein Suchdienst
stellt sich vor Vienna, Austria [EPO]
27 March 2003 Introduction to the INPADOC
databases Vienna, Austria [EPO]
28 March 2003 INPADOC databases Vienna,
Austria [EPO]
15 April 2003 Utilisation d'esp@cenet®
Vienna, Austria [EPO]
15 April 2003 Les bases de données
INPADOC - introduction Vienna, Austria [EPO]
16 April 2003 Les bases de données
INPADOC Vienna, Austria [EPO]
06 May 2003 Legal status of Japanese
patents and utility models Vienna, Austria [EPO]
07 May 2003 Using esp@cenet® Vienna,
Austria [EPO]
07 May 2003 Searching in esp@cenet®
Vienna, Austria [EPO]
02 June 2003 Using esp@cenet® Vienna,
Austria [EPO]
03 June 2003 Searching in esp@cenet®
Vienna, Austria [EPO]
03 June 2003 Introduction to the INPADOC
databases Vienna, Austria [EPO]
04 June 2003 INPADOC databases Vienna,
Austria [EPO]
12 June 2003 Introduction to patent
information from Japan Vienna, Austria [EPO]
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
Thursday, 06
February
2003
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WIPO -
Electronic Forum for Proposals for Change to the PCT E-Filing Standard
WIPO have just posted some new
"proposals for change" to the PCT e-filing standard from the Japanese
Patent office, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Trilateral Office
and the International Bureau. The files are:
PCT/EF/PFC 02/003 Transmission (Annex F, section 5) - proposal by the
Japan Patent Office
PCT/EF/PFC 02/009 "Electronic Packaging" (Annex F, sections 5 and 7) -
proposal by the Korean Intellectual Property Office
PCT/EF/PFC 02/010 "Modifications of XML DTDs for the E-PCT Standard"
(Annex F, Appendix I) - proposal by the European Patent Office, the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office
PCT/EF/PFC 02/012 "New XML DTDs for the E-PCT Standard" (Annex F,
Appendix I) - proposal by the International Bureau
PCT/EF/PFC 02/013 "Paragraph Numbering" (Annex F, section 3.1.1.1.1)
proposal by the International - Bureau
Further information is available from the WIPO website
here.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday, 05
February
2003
-
TouchGraph
Google Browser
I have discovered an interesting
addition to resources for data mining on the web. A new java applet
called TouchGraph Google Browser by TouchGraph LLC provides a
graphical display or map or URLs and their interlinking. It is hard to
explain without actually using it. I have included a image capture
below however I recommend that you visit the site and try it. For
example, type in www.ipmenu.com and see the resultant map.
There is also a applet called "TouchGraph PubMed Browser". This
browser interface allows a user to search PubMed in a new and
interesting way. Click
here for
more information.
| TouchGraph
Google Browser Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Conferences
26 March 2003 - Understanding the
Community Design Law - Antwerp, Belgium (OHIM/MARQUES)
28 March 2003 - Understanding the
Community Design Law - Utrecht, Holland (OHIM/MARQUES)
9 - 14 April 2003 - International Fair
for Inventions and New Technology - Genf, Switzerland
19 - 20 May 2003 - PATINFO - Illemau,
Germany
21 - 23 May 2003 - PATLIB 2003 - Liege,
Belgium (EPO)
3 - 5 June 2003 - ComInfo Patent
Information Fair - Frankfurt, Germany
16 - 18 October 2003 - INNOVATION
International Fair for Inventions - Gdansk, Poland
19 - 22 October 2003 - INFONORTICS -
Nimes, France (INFONORTICS)
30 October - 3 November 2003 - IENA
International Fair for Inventions - Nurnberg, Germany (IENA)
4 - 6 December 2003 - ONLINE Database and
Information - London, Great Britain
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
Tuesday, 04
February
2003
-
USA -
Revisions to the 21st Century Strategic Plan
IP Menu notes that revisions to the
USPTO's 21st Century Strategic Plan have been posted on the USPTO
website (Click
Here).
"Based upon the valuable and insightful
feedback we have received from our constituency groups and others, the
21st Century Strategic Plan has been modified as follows:
- An administrative alternative to deferred examination has been
included that achieves most of the benefits of the original
legislative proposal for deferral of examination. As a result,
legislation will no longer be necessary.
- USPTO will contract with private sector commercial search
organizations in lieu of the previously proposed requirement for
applicant-commissioned search reports.
- USPTO will accelerate the analysis of the necessary changes to
patent laws and rules affecting restriction practice and will
recommend a new practice before the end of the 108th Congress.
- Withdrawing the requirement for mandatory Information Disclosure
Statements, USPTO will continue to rely on voluntary submissions.
- USPTO will demonstrate the plan’s concepts through elaborate testing
and evaluation methods, most notably in the areas of outsourcing,
quality enhancements and e-Government.
- While the long-term patent pendency goal remains 18 months, this
goal will not be achieved in the near future because of the higher
priority placed on quality and patent e-Government initiatives.
However, USPTO will produce, on average, a first Office action for
first-filed U.S. non-provisional applications at the time of 18-month
publication. In addition, a patent search report for other patent
applications will be issued in the same time frame.
- USPTO has modified the fee restructuring proposal as follows:
- Substituted the original proposal with a linear fee system to ensure
that fees charged for excessive claims and pages of complex
specifications are proportional to the increased processing costs.
- Established a single patent filing, search and examination fee with
provision for partial refund.
- Eliminated surcharges for filing continuations and patentably
indistinct claims.
- Eliminated requirement for payment of separate fee to trigger
examination.
- Eliminated authority for Director to reduce examination fee amounts
for micro-entities.
- Replaced authority for Trademark fee adjustments in excess of
Consumer Price Index (CPI) with establishment of three filing fee
amounts".
A full copy of the revised plan is available in PDF
here.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - India -
Nair's Worldwide IPR.COM
"Nair's worldwide ipr.com, intellectual property Law Web Server
world wide patents,trade marks, Attorneys, Agents, IPRconsultants"
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday, 03
February
2003
-
Trademarks - INTA Madrid Protocol
Website
Whilst the Madrid Protocol has
been around a long time, the US will soon join. This has prompted INTA
to set up the INTA (International Trademark Association) Madrid
Protocol website.
"U.S. practitioners will soon be able to file
one trademark application with the United States Patent & Trademark
Office (USPTO) and have their marks protected in any country that has
adopted the Madrid Protocol. Also, all member countries of the Madrid
Protocol will be able to extend their international registration to
the United States without filing a trademark application directly with
the USPTO".
To find out more, visit INTA's Madrid website
here.
| INTA Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Hong Kong - Trade Marks Training
The Hong Kong Intellectual
Property Department (HKIPD) is running workshops to help practitioners
understand and maximise the use of the new online trade mark search
system which was formally launched in Hong Kong on 30 January 2003.
The workshop focuses on the effective use of the new online search
system.
Details of the workshop:
Date 10 February 2003
Time 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue Function Room (Room 2501)
Intellectual Property Department
25th Floor, Wu Chung House
213 Queen's Road East
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Language: Medium of language Cantonese
Admission is free and places will be reserved on a
first-come-first-served basis. For more information click
here.
| HKIPD Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Australia - IP Australia
Launch New Website
 Late
last week IP Australia (the Australia Patent Office) without much
fanfare, launched their new website. The new streamlined website has
better navigation and provides easier access to the large number of
online resources IP Australia offer.
- Improved navigation and useability through through the multi-tiered
navigation menus;
- A mailing list service to help keep users up to date with news from
IP Australia, including official notices, job openings and hearing
decisions;
- An improved search engine to help users find what they need quickly;
and
- A new look and feel, providing users with a cleaner, more intuitive
interface.
To find our more, visit the new IP Australia website here.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP
Organisations -
National Intellectual Property
Organization - NIPO
"NIPO is the umbrella organization for
Intellectual Property (IP) laws and related matters in India for
promoting and developing IP and to interact with other organizations
in India and abroad, which are active in this field. NIPO’s mission is
to work as a specialized forum for the development, promotion, and
protection of intellectual property. NIPO would help in introducing
prudent IP management practices within corporations and promote an IP
culture while protecting India's interests in the transition to
uniform IP laws".
Posted by
Rodney Cruise.
Friday, 31
January
2003
-
Questel-Orbit - New Versions of
Imagination (Version 3.1) Now Available
 David
Dickens, the Director of Patent Business has announced the release of
version 3.1 of their Imagination software. It includes a number of
significant improvements, including secure HTTPS session, as well as
incorporating enhancements made to the Questel-Orbit service: Patents
and Trademark databases, SDI Alerts, as well a new service, Domain
Names.
ACCESS: The Questel-Orbit Internet
connection method affords the speed of an Internet connection with the
security of encrypted search sessions, thanks to a HTTPS (secure
Internet session) using standard SSL between your PC and Questel
Orbit's server. All the aspects of your session, logon and password,
strategies and displays are encrypted, which makes Imagination the
most secure method available to carry out your research. Moreover,
Imagination's Questel-Orbit Internet connection method is now
compatible with all proxy servers.
PATENTS: The Patents service now includes two new databases.
1. PCTFULL contains the full-text of PCT published applications, as
well as bibliographic information. Using the Questel Orbit Interface
Parameter, PCTFULL is found under "Search by subject, on one or
several databases", "Search by number on one or more databases" and in
"Full-text search".
2. DWPIMC, contains descriptors of Derwent classifications, and is
available under "Classifications".
TRADEMARKS: Searching by "Exact Mark" was improved to be more
precise. From now on, if you search the exact mark COKE COLA, you will
find COKE COLA and Coke, but you will not retrieve marks such as
Coca-Cola VANILLA or Coke LIGHT.
ALERTS: The recent improvements relating to SDIs (alert
services) have been integrated into Imagination 3.1. The SDI option is
accessible from the Results panel. Select "Management of search
strategies" then "Automatic". After selecting "Save", the new SDI
assistant window opens, displaying the new functions and features
available for SDIs on Questel-Orbit.
DOMAIN NAMES: Searching Domain Names is now available using
Imagination 3.1. Use the Questel-Orbit Internet connection method and
select this new service.
If you are a Questel-Orbit Customer, then the software is free! To
find out more visit the Questel-Orbit website
here.
| Questel-Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Hong Kong - Trade Mark Database
Now Available
You may recall back in early
December 2002 we reported the trial of the new Hong Kong trade marks
database. Well, the HK Intellectual Property Department has just
announced that the trial is over and full access is now available
(from 30 January 2003). The new on-line
system contains all registered trade marks and trade mark applications
in force on the Hong Kong Register of Trade Marks.
"The new system is part of the e-Government
initiative to promote e-business in the community," the
Director of Intellectual Property, Mr Stephen Selby, said today.
"This service marks the roll-out of a series of e-commerce
initiatives. When the project is completed in 2004, the public will be
able to search our databases of Hong Kong trade marks, patents and
registered designs on-line; file trade mark, patent and design
applications through the Internet and check for statutory
advertisements for new applications for registration of intellectual
property rights on the World Wide Web. These developments will help
businesses in Hong Kong and strengthen Hong Kong's position as an
international centre for intellectual property transactions,"
he added.
For more information visit the HKIPD
Trade Mark Database.
| HKIPD Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Delphion -
Assignee Searches Now Simplified with Corporate Tree
Delphion have announced and
enhancement to their service called "Corporate Tree".
"Corporate Tree helps end Assignee name
confusion caused by mergers and acquisitions and the many different
ways an Assignee's name can be shown on patent documents".
Original Assignee
The Original Assignee feature in Corporate Tree helps you find US
patent records for your targeted Assignee -- even when those records
are filed under different variations of the Assignee's name. This
means you don't need to perform separate searches for each variation
of the name.
Hierarchy
The Hierarchy feature in Corporate Tree shows you how an Assignee
name fits into a corporate hierarchy that takes into account mergers
and acquisitions. And then lets you search for US patents by selecting
Assignee names from within that corporate hierarchy display. This
means you can find applications and patents filed by companies that no
longer exist and whose patents have been reassigned.
Corporate Tree is only available for US patents. You can find out more
from Delphion
here.
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
PIUG 2003 Annual
Conference - Update from Lucy Akers
 The latest update
from PIUG Chair, Lucy Akers on the upcoming 2003 PIUG Annual
Conference:
"Please
remember to register for the PIUG 2003 annual meeting on or before
Feb. 1 to get the lower conference registration rate. In order to
qualify for the early registration rate of USD$195, you must be a PIUG
member and your meeting registration form and payment must be
postmarked or received on or before Feb. 1. The conference fee will
increase to USD$350 after Feb. 1.
The following workshop fees will also increase after Feb. 1:
May 3, Tony Trippe, "Patinformatics: Patent Analysis for Fun and
Profit" - includes lunch
May 3, Magister Ltd., Stephen Adams, "Introduction to worldwide patent
information"
May 9, Magister Ltd.,"Value-Added Patent Searching"
PIUG appreciates the generous donation which will be provided by these
workshop hosts to help fund future events! You must register
separately for nearly all of the workshops.
When making your hotel room reservations at the Holiday Inn (+1 312
836 5000), please be sure to mention PIUG!!
Thanks to our new Gold sponsor, OmniViz
We also have a few more very exciting speakers!!
- Dr. Heinz-Gerd Kneip from BASF Aktiengesellschaft; his presentation
title will be announced soon
- Richard Kurt, "Data Visualisation - Experiences and Lessons Learned
at 3M"
- Dr. David Martin, CEO, M-CAM, "Detecting Quality IP to Protect
Present and Future Value: Beyond Boolean"
- Peter Steele, Thomson Current Patents, “Patent Analysis for
Competitive Intelligence - Merging Facts with Opinions”
- ClearForest - the speaker name and presentation title will be
announced soon.
Saturday, May 3 to Friday, May 9, 2003
Holiday Inn Chicago - Mart Plaza
350 N. Orleans St., Chicago, IL 60654, United States
Tel: +1 312 8365000, Fax: +1 312 2229508
http://www.chicago.martplaza.holiday-inn.com
| PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - USA - Virginia
- Just Patents, LLC
"Solo patent practice specializing in patent
application preparation and prosecution, and patent license
negotiations. Our president, Stephen E. Clark of Norfolk, is
Virginia's longest practicing registered patent practitioner."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Thursday, 30
January
2003
-
Denmark - Danish Patent and Trademark Office - Introduction of IPscore®
2.0
Erik Bjoern Nielsen from the
Danish Patent and Trademark Office has just told me about version 2.0
of their IPscore software. IPscore® 2.0 is a "new and significantly
improved" evaluation tool for a general evaluation of patents and
development projects in technology-based companies.
"IPscore® 2.0 has been developed on the basis
of experience from the basic model IPscore® which was introduced in
January 2001. IPscore® 2.0 is the result of a development cooperation
between the Danish Patent and Trademark Office, professor Jan
Mouritsen, the Copenhagen Business School and a number of large,
development-oriented Danish companies".
"What is IPscore® ? IPscore® is a practical tool used by all companies
to evaluate and manage patents strategically. In addition, experience
based on tests and further development of the IPscore® shows that the
IPscore® concept may be used for the evaluation of concrete
development projects from the idea arises till the termination of the
patent"
| Danish Patent & Trademark Office
Website |
IPscore Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- TM
Alert - New Software "Helps Businesses Protect Valuable Corporate
Trademarks"
IP Tools, LLC of Blue Bell,
Pennsylvania has announced the introduction of its newest product “TM
Alert”.
"TM Alert is a patent pending downloadable
desktop tool which enables users to automatically monitor the U.S.
Trademark registry for the publication and registration of trademarks
and service marks. TMAlert can monitor for publishing, cancelled or
registering marks. TMAlert does a job for which most law firms charge
hundreds of dollars. The system can be set to automatically update,
and can track according to trademark product class, competitor name or
keyword. The tool also includes a customized reporting tool. The tool
which is priced at $99.97 is being introduced at $69.97. Users can
“test drive” the product before buying".
"TMAlert was co-developed by IPTools’ CEO and founder, Scott J.
Fields, a Philadelphia-based intellectual property lawyer and Softnik
Technologies of Chennai India. Softnik is the developer of a number of
well known and popular desktop internet-related monitoring and
marketing applications including “Good Key Words” and “Domain Name
Analyzer”".
| TM Alert Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
INPADOC News - PCT Non Entry For Russia
The Russian Patent Office has
started to supply INPADOC with data on PCT non-entries into the
national phase. The current data coverage is August 2000 through
October 2002. The PRS date indicated in the records is the date of the
international applications deemed to be withdrawn for Russia. This
data will be loaded in the old and the new system in week 6/2003. For
more information click
here.
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Conferences
28 February 2003 - The EuroLegal 10th
Annual Trade Marks Conference - London, GB (EuroLegal)
11 - 12 March 2003 - Conference Euroforum
- Paris, FR (Euroforum)
24 - 26 April 2003 - WIPO Summit on
Intellectual Property and Knowledge Economy - Beijing, China (WIPO)
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - USA -
Washington DC - Austin-Hollands & Smith
"Austin-Hollands and Smith specializes in the preparation and
prosecution of patents in the electrical groups of the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. We have experience with a range of technologies
including imaging systems, visualization systems, optics, database
systems, business methods, computer-aided manufacturing, operating
systems, compilers, debuggers, networking, bioinformatics, mechanical
devices and embedded controllers. All attorneys at the firm are former
Patent Examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All
Attorneys have engineering experience prior to entering the legal
profession. Austin-Hollands and Smith is a certified HUBZone
organization by the U.S. Small Business Administration."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
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GetIPDL
have released another update to their Patent Downloading software.
Version 2.