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Friday, 25
February 2005
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Employment Opportunity at IP
Organisers - Intellectual Property Researcher
 IP
Organisers Pty Ltd is an intellectual Property service company
associated with Phillips Ormonde &
Fitzpatrick, Phillips Ormonde &
Fitzpatrick Lawyers and IP Menu.
IP Organisers provides intellectual property management, auditing,
commercialization and research services.
We have an outstanding career opportunity for an Intellectual Property
Researcher in our Melbourne (Australia) office. You will
preferably have a science or engineering degree in chemistry,
engineering or similar field. You will have strong computer and
keyboard skills and is experience in HTML is an advantage, although
not essential.
You will be involved in conducting information research with regard to
patents, designs, trade marks and domain names. You will also
assist in the maintenance of several commercial and information based
websites. The successful applicant will have the ability to
think logically and laterally and have excellent written and verbal
communication skills. You will work with supervision and we
provide access to training and development in a friendly and
professional environment.
Send applications by email to
Rodney Cruise.
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Canada - Copyright Enhanced Filing Online
 As
part of CIPO service improvements, the Copyright Office has announced
and upgrade to their on-line filing system.
"It is now faster, easier and cheaper to file
on-line. Clients used to save $15 by filing on-line. Now, using this
efficient on-line process, you no longer pay the accelerated service
fee of $65. This means a potential saving of $80!"
if you are intereseted in Copyright in Canada, click
here
to find out more.
|
CIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- New PCT Contracting States -
Nigeria and Comoros
On 3 April 2005, Comoros will
become a member of WIPO'S Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and
nationals and residents of Comoros will be entitled to file
international patent applications under the PCT. The country code for
Comoros will be KM.
On 8 May 2005, Nigeria will also become a member — Nigeria will become
the 126th contracting state of the PCT. As of that date, nationals and
residents of Nigeria will be able to file PCT applications. The
country code for Nigeria will be NG.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 22
February 2005
Monday, 21
February 2005
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Questel•Orbit Releases FamPat "The Invention at the Heart of the
Family"
On 1 February 2005, Questel•Orbit
announced the release of FamPat, its new international patent family
database. FamPat is based on PlusPat, Questel•Orbit’s well-known
international patent database.
“FamPat represents a breakthrough in patent
family databases,” states Charles Besson, Questel•Orbit’s CEO, “by
offering greater searching options as well as the added display
convenience of family records.” The FamPat patent family design groups
together the patent records from the countries and patent issuing
authorities in which protection for one particular invention has been
applied for and/or granted. FamPat upholds the family spirit by
considering the invention as the sole criterion.
| Questel•Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Hong Kong - Enhancement of IPD electronic system
The Hong Kong Intellectual
Property Department have announced some enhancements to the online
search system. These include:
- A summary in the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal
- Enlargement of the image size of the trade mark image in the Hong
Kong Intellectual Property Journal
- Linkage to access e-register in online search “Results (show image)
To find out more, click
here.
| HKIPD Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Canada - IP Toolkit Launched
The Canadian Intellectual Property
Office has recently launched an on-line "IP
Toolkit" as part of the CIPO's public awareness and educational
activities.
"It is intended as a stand-alone resource on IP
and has been created with its own navigation and colours as a sub site
of the CIPO main site. It contains reference modules that answer
questions asked most often by entrepreneurs....We hope this new
toolkit will become a valued resource for our clients, businesses and
partner organizations. The modules show how to identify, protect and
use IP assets more effectively and as part of a business strategy".
|
CIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 25
January 2005
- IP Menu
News
I will be taking some leave for the
next couple of weeks, return to Australia on the 14th of February
2005. I will be spending 2 weeks in Taipei, Taiwan, reading books and
relaxing. There will be no new "News" items added during that time,
however please continuing sending through your emails with new
additions to IP Menu.
Regards
Rodney Cruise.
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New Zealand - Online Trade Marks Correspondence
The Intellectual Property
Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has just released a new method of
correspondence in relation to Trade Mark matters. This is great
advance and we look forward to the implementation in relation to
patents and designs.
Registered users of the IPONZ website are now
able to send non-fee bearing trade mark correspondence to IPONZ
electronically. This new functionality is available on line now. Once
online, registered users can use this new online correspondence
facility by inputting the following information in the fields
provided:
Email Address (Provided by system)
Reference
IP Number
Nature of correspondence (Drop Down Box)
and attaching your correspondence through the browser feature
provided.
Correspondence is delivered direct to IPONZ and within 30 minutes an
acknowledgement of receipt will be returned. Up to 10 letters at a
time can be lodged for the same IP(s), with correspondence being
forwarded automatically to IPONZ staff for early consideration.
IPONZ are also presently developing software that will allow
Registered Users to submit patent and design correspondence online
including the ability to include payments. This functionality is
planned to be available during April.
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Hong Kong - Public Discussion Forum
The Hong Kong Intellectual Property
Office will be holding a Public Discussion Forum on the Review of
Certain Provisions of the Copyright Ordinance on 5 February 2005 from
9:30am – 12:30pm at the Lecture Hall, Central Library, 66 Causeway
Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
If you would like to find out more click
here to view full details.
| HKIPD Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday, 21
January 2005
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New Zealand - IPONZ Closed for Wellington Anniversary Day
The Intellectual Property
Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) will be closed on Monday 24 January 2005
for Wellington Anniversary Day. Documents filed at Companies Office
branches outside of Wellington on Monday 24 January 2005 will receive
the a filing date of Tuesday 25 January 2005. Trade mark applications
that are made online on 24 January 2005 will receive a filing date of
25 January 2005 respectively.
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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PatBase Demonstration by Minesoft
and RWS
 Ann
Chapman from Minesoft has advised that Minesoft and RWS have scheduled
an open PatBase demonstration of the new full-text search & viewing
capabilities which will occur on 28 January 2005 at the British
Medical Association (BMA) in London from 2.30pm-4.00pm. If you are
interested in attending this workshop please contact Ann Chapman at
Minesoft.
PatBase contains over 10 million full-text searchable documents from
the US, EP, PCT, GB, DE and FR patent-issuing authorities. A hit map
and keyword-in-context hit analysis assist users in document
examination. Read Full
Media Release.
| Minesoft Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday, 19
January 2005
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LexisNexis
Introduces PatentOptimizer™ for Intellectual Property Attorneys
LexisNexis U.S., has introduced
LexisNexis PatentOptimizer™, a new software application for the
drafting and analysis of patent applications and granted patents. It
is designed specifically for Corporate Counsel and Intellectual
Property lawyers.
Closely tied to the LexisNexis® services at
lexis.com®, PatentOptimizer™ allows users to quickly see patents and
cases that have referenced key terms in their patent and link to them
directly, as well as to analyze and produce reports on key term usage
across claims and descriptions.
For more information about LexisNexis PatentOptimizer™, contact Mike
Hudelson at michael.hudelson@lexisnexis.com.
| LexisNexis
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Trilateral Statistical Report 2003
 The
European Patent Office (EPO) has announced the release of the
"Trilateral Statistical Report 2003". This report contains statistical
information from the three major patent offices in the world. It gives
a full description of world wide patenting activities, as well as
detailing and comparing the business processes taking place at each
office. The report is available in full or you are able to
access just sections of it
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Trilateral offices
- Worldwide patent activities
- Patent activity at Trilateral offices
- Use of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
- Other work
- Definitions for statistics on procedures
- Reader survey
- Statistical annex [.xls]
To find out more visit the Trilateral Office website
here.
| Trilateral
Office Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday, 17
January 2005
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1 Million PCT Applications and Growing
The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) paid tribute on Friday 14 January 2005 to the
world’s innovators on the occasion of the filing of the one millionth
international patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT).
The overall top 20 PCT filers from 1995 to 2003 have been :
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
(Netherlands)
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)
Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany)
Procter & Gamble (United States)
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Sweden)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Japan)
BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)
Motorola Inc. (United States)
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (United States)
Sony Corporation (Japan)
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (United States)
The Regents of the University of California (United States)
Intel Corporation (United States)
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Germany)
Unilever (Great Britain/Netherlands)
3M Innovative Properties Company (United States)
Infineon Technologies AG (Germany)
Nokia Corporation (Finland)
Qualcomm Incorporated (United States)
The full WIPO Media Release can be read
here.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday, 14
January 2005
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PatentPleeze
I have discovered a new Patent
Document Delivery program which has some interesting and useful
highlighting, downloading and indexing features. The cost is USD$45.00
but there is a 21 day free trial which makes this program worth
investigating.
"With it you can download unlimited full (or
partial) patents from most countries (From Esp@cenet, USPTO, CIPO and
Depatis). You can analyze downloaded documents (search rank..). You
can view documents with text and images side by side and you can
create a database of patents... and you can Email patents with one
click".
| PatentPleeze Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Workshops at IPI-ConfEx 2005
If you are planning on
attending IPI-Confex 2005 in Spain from 6 March 2005, then you should
have a look at some of the workshops they have planned. The conference
looks great and I wish I could make it to Spain. Check out the full
program at their website (www.IPI-ConfEx.com).
Sunday morning, March 6
Leading Edge solutions for Enterprise-Wide IP
Management & Analysis – in 2005 and Beyond
Showcasing Best-Practice, Real-world Examples from Avery Dennison
Stuart Dodd, VP Professional Services & Account Management
– MicroPatent, a Thomson Company
MicroPatent’s Aureka platform paves the way for innovative and
effective intellectual property analysis, management, and decision
making. Tried and tested for over a decade, Aureka has earned the
distinguished status of being the industry’s leading system for IP
portfolio management and analysis, relied upon by Fortune 500
corporations, bio-tech startups, licensing groups, business
developers, financers, and others to aid in strategic decision-making
related to intellectual property.
Aureka empowers users by giving them actionable intelligence relative
to intellectual property – intelligence that drives build-versus-buy
decisions, in-and-out licensing evaluations, competitive-and-technical
intelligence awareness, and much more. There’s a reason why large
multi-national organizations like Honeywell International and Avery
Dennision depend on Aureka for their IP portfolio management and
strategic direction – because it is reliable, effective, and proven.
Join MicroPatent’s expert Aureka team as they explore the complex
world of intellectual property analysis and decision making,
showcasing proven solutions for managing this diverse terrain. In this
session you will learn:
· How to organize and analyze an IP portfolio
· Five proven techniques for reviewing intellectual property
· Unique ways to interpret IP results and drive decision making
· How to customize your IP portfolio with information relevant to your
organization
· Simple steps that incorporate docket and other corporate data with
published patent data
· The value of current-awareness tools for choosing the best strategic
IP direction
MicroPatent will use its Aureka platform to accomplish the above
goals, while supplying real-world, best-practice examples from Avery
Dennison and Honeywell International. Find out how Avery Dennison has
improved its patent decisions, lowered costs, and effectively managed
its intellectual property across its enterprise during this two-hour
session. It will be jam-packed with valuable lessons and information
you don’t want to miss it.
Sunday afternoon, March 6
“Enhancing Productivity via Integrated
Solutions with Power Search, Analytical and Management Tools Across
Patent Information, Industry Standards, and Journal Literature and
Conference Proceedings: A Practical Workshop”
Bob Stembridge – Thomson Scientific
Explore the impact that an integrated solution can have on business
processes and workload requirements. Learn tips on how to enhance
productivity via a powerful search, analytical and management tools
across patent information, industry standards and journal literature
and conference proceedings. Discover the value added content –
patents, industry standards, and journal literature and conference
proceedings – that is at the core of this solution.
Be introduced to Thomson Pharma, a dynamic, new information offering
for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries that is being
developed by Thomson Scientific. It will provide a powerful gateway to
an unrivalled portfolio of patent, scientific, and financial
information products and services from across the full range of
Thomson-owned businesses.
See the enhancements to Derwent World Patents Index®, especially the
fast alerting through DWPI FirstViewsm, and the work being done to
make DWPI fully complaint with the new features of IPC Version 8 when
this is released by the patent offices.
Learn too about Delphion® enhancements particularly the Tracking
functionality that will provide data for cost recovery and reporting
-- a critical feature for customers who need to charge their clients
for work done on Delphion and for organizations that need to allocate
expenses across departments. The functionality includes:
· Detailed tracking
· Powerful reporting options
· More administrative control
· Flexible Client Reference formats
· Intuitive Tracking console
See the various options available to access Techstreet™ which offers
Web-based access to industry standards and specifications information
from more than 350 standards developing organizations worldwide, plus
250,000 technical books and documents. See how to order full-text
documents from publishers like ASME, IEEE, CSA, API, and many more.
Learn about additional journal literature added to the Web of
Science®. The Century of Science initiative expands the Web of Science
to include bibliographic data from the highest impact scientific
literature published between 1944-1900, adding nearly 850,000 articles
from approximately 200 journals. The journals have been carefully
selected by the Thomson ISI editorial team based on such criteria as
citation patterns, geographic origin, and meaningful balance across
scientific disciplines.
Thursday morning, March 10
"PatAnalyst Demonstration: Search strategies,
Examination process, Workflows for the Patent Professionals"
Lionel Cosmano, Head of Online Services, Jouve Oliver Niese,
Project Manager, Empolis
Jouve and empolis will give a 60-minutes demonstration of the main
principles of PatAnalyst. PatAnalyst is a brand-new online service for
managing your patent information. This service, based on the original
solution of the European Patent Office, was developed keeping the
requirements and daily challenges of professional patent analysts in
mind. It provides you with all the patent information you will ever
need: 45 million of world patents, family database, abstracts and
full-text documents, as well as facsimile images. It supports
well-established workflows, proven in daily use by European Patent
Office’s examiners and was created especially to support the complete
lifecycle of the professional patent examination process.
PatAnalyst's main features are:
· Unique integrated search and view facilities for analysing patent
documents
· Search in comprehensive online archive (45 million of worldwide
patent documents) using EPO's proven search
· Examine your patent in detail with the original Viewer used by the
EPO
· Sophisticated support for collaborative examination workflow
· Manage your confidental data on your own local PC
Thursday, late morning, March 10
“Competitive Analysis Using IFI’s New
Web-Based Tool – Produce Easy-to-View Reports Backed by the
Reliability of the CLAIMS Patent Databases”
Jim Brown – IFI Claims
For many years, IFI has offered standardization and indexing for a
comprehensive collection of patent records. Now you can easily view
the landscape of patenting activity, using IFI’s new competitive
analysis tool to sort, analyze, and present statistical information in
a user-friendly format. The new tool offers flexibility in selecting
data to be analyzed, as well as choices of formats for display and
options for automatic alerts.
In this workshop, you will learn to generate meaningful reports,
customized to your audience. We will explore the various options for
producing reports, and will demonstrate the multiple output formats.
You also will learn how the tool can be used to aid in searching of
the patent databases.
Thursday afternoon, March 10
“Update Report and Discussion on Patent
Searcher Certification and COPS”
Stephen Adams - Chairman of COPS
Aalt van de Kuilen - Member of WON
This session will begin with a review of activities performed by the
COPS committee over the past twelve-months. The session will continue
by addressing some of the most frequently asked questions about the
proposed certification process, as well as provide the opportunity for
all sections of the patent searching community to raise and discuss
pertinent issues.
| IPI-Confex Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 13
January 2005
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Dialog Adds Univentio's German Patent Information
 Dialog has just
announced that it has added a database of German fulltext patents,
with integrated English-language machine translations, to its Dialog®
service.
The new file (324) contains about 3.1 million
German patent records starting in 1967. It is published by Univentio,
a Dutch-based aggregator of patent data from around the world.
Univentio also supplies Dialog with WIPO/PCT Patents Fulltext (File
349) (World Intellectual Property Organization/Patent Cooperation
Treaty).
Patent records from 1980 forward, which total about 1.8 million and
include all German patent applications, granted patents and utility
models for the time period, are in fulltext German with English
translations of the abstracts, specifications and claims. The
availability of translated text enables non-German speaking
researchers to use English-language keywords to search the Univentio
file. It also allows users to generate a quick overview of retrieved
records prior to a more thorough translation being completed by
experts. Pre-1980 patents contain bibliographic information only.
Univentio utilizes OCR (optical character recognition) technology to
scan and digitize printed German records.
Read the full media release from Dialog
here.
| Dialog Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday, 12
January 2005
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USA - USPTO Commissioner for Patents
Announces Retirement
The USPTO has just announced that
Nicholas P. Godici, Commissioner for Patents, will be retiring from
the USPTO and will not be seeking reappointment to the Commissioner
for Patents position. His term expires on March 29, 2005.
“It's been an honor to serve the USPTO and the
patent community as Commissioner. I want to thank my colleagues in the
office, especially members of the executive team, for their support
and contributions during my term,” said Godici.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Questel-Orbit - New Version of Trademark Explorer Available
The new version of Trademark Explorer
enables a more convenient and user-friendly web interface on Trademark
search. Improvements specifically concern the navigation in the
display and the documents selection and exporting.
Enhancements of the Navigation in the Display
- Documents are now displayed using the navigation arrows to go
to the previous or next documents.
- While displaying document, the “Result” tab remains available to go
back to the Result Page containing the results table and the display
options.
Enhancements of the Document Selection
- The new “Select all” and “Unselect all” links enable the user
to select viewed documents and to display them in full format.
- Full format displays concern every selection from multiple databases
and multiple pages.
Enhancements of the Document Exporting
- 5 formats are now available: TXT, PDF, RTF, XLS and XML.
- The presentation of RTF exported documents has been significantly
improved.
- In French documents, the new “Trademark Table” template enables the
user to export Trademark Name, Registration Number, and International
Classes in a three column table.
For more information, click
here.
| Questel Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 11
January 2005
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PIUG
2005 Annual Conference
 An
International Conference for Patent Information Professionals - The
Future of Patent Information - Tools and Techniques for Adding Value.
The conference is being held from Saturday, May 21 to Thursday, May
26, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City (USA).
Registration is now open for the PIUG 2005 Annual Conference.
"We are very excited that you will have the
option of renewing your membership in PIUG at the same time when
registering for the Annual Conference online. The deadline for this
early bird registration for members is March 31, 2005. Not a member?
You may join now and take advantage of this reduced Conference price.
Register now to ensure your place!"
Click
here for further information.
| PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday, 10
January 2005
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USA
- New Deputy Patent Commissioners Announced
Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, announced three new Deputy Commissioners
for Patents, effective January 21, 2005. They are:
Joseph
Rolla, currently a director in Technology Center 2600
(telecommunications), has been named Deputy Commissioner for Patent
Examination Policy. In his new position, Mr. Rolla will be in charge
of patent policy operations.
Margaret “Peggy” Focarino will head USPTO's patent operations
as Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations. She is currently a
director in Technology Center 2100 (computer architecture and
software).
John Doll, a special assistant to Under Secretary Dudas, will
be Deputy Commissioner for Patent Resources and Planning. In his new
position, he will oversee patent information-technology and processing
operations.
For more information, click
here.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 06
January 2005
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Dialog - January /February 2005 Chronolog Now Available
 The
January / February 2005 issue of Dialog's Chronolog is now available
in
HTML and
PDF versions. In this issue:
- Catalyst for Success: The Dialog Chemistry Collection
- Ten Additional Databases Available Through Dialog Choice Pricing
Plan
- Dialog Expands Worldwide Patent and Trademark Coverage
- Pharmaprojects Now Significantly Enhanced
- Forrester Research Reports Now on Dialog Profound
| Dialog Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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IPI-ConfEx Annoucnes Featured
Conference Speakers for 2005
It has been announced that Dr.
Jacques Michel and Mr. Wolfgang Pilch will be featured conference
speakers at the IPI-Confex 2005 conference.
This conference, geared to anyone working in the field of patent
information and searching, will take place in Benalmádena, Spain and
runs 6-9th March 2005. For conference details and to register, visit
the website: www.IPI-ConfEx.com
Dr. Michel, most recently served as Vice
President of Directorate General 1 at the European Patent Office in
The Hague. He has shaped the patent information world with his
leadership, innovation and professional integrity. He led both the
BACON project and the EPOQUE system implementation, which literally
changed the patent information world. In addition he developed and
implemented the Espacenet service system to improve the dissemination
of patent information. Jacques Michel has excelled as a policy maker,
consummate politician and diplomat. Through his personal leadership,
he has implemented a range of information products and policies that
have addressed issues such as tri-lateral agreements, data conversion,
quality, fulltext, and more liberal approaches to the dissemination of
patent information. His presentation is sure to be informative,
enlightening and enjoyable.
Mr. Wolfgang Pilch is currently a Principal Director at the EPO. He is
also the former Technical Director of INPADOC and the person most
closely attributed with founding and developing the INPADOC patent
family database. Mr. Pilch's early recognition of the importance of
global patent information and the efforts he made to collect source
data from the patent offices of the world and coordinate it into a
patent family system have been of great benefit to patent information
users around the world for decades. The INPADOC database remains a
valuable tool and has served as the foundation for new databases. Mr.
Pilch also previously worked for the Austrian Patent Office where he
focused on special projects. His presentation will undoubtedly be
educational, entertaining and illuminating.
| IPI-Confex Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday, 05
January 2005
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PIUG
- 2005 PIUG Conference - Reminder
The Patent
Information Users Group (PIUG) would like to remind those interested
in presenting a talk at the PIUG 2005 Annual Conference to contact
PIUG as soon as possible. The conference will take place from
Saturday, May 21 to Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency
Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, USA, 22202,
(703) 418-1234, www.crystalcity.hyatt.com.
The theme for the conference is "The Future of Patent Information -
Tools and Techniques for Adding Value". The deadline for submission of
a talk has been extended to January 31, 2005. To find out more, click
here.
| PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 04
January 2005
- IP
Software Page Update
A new addition to the IP Software page has
been added:
Innovation Asset Group (IAG) - "Innovation Asset Group (IAG)
empowers companies with DECIPHER™, an integrated software solution for
the management of intellectual property assets and the contractual
agreements that surround them."
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Australia - Invitation for Submissions on the Recommendations in the
ACIP Report - Review of Trade Mark Enforcement
 IP
Australia have posted this following request for submissions:
In late 1999 the Hon Warren Entsch MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, asked ACIP to inquire
into and report on issues relating to the enforcement of trade marks
in Australia. In particular, the Parliamentary Secretary noted that
Small to Medium Enterprises appeared to experience difficulties when
seeking to enforce trade mark rights, suggesting that small business
enterprises may be disadvantaged by the current system, when compared
to larger business enterprises.
During this inquiry ACIP released a number of papers and held a series
of focus groups. This culminated in May 2004 with the Parliamentary
Secretary releasing the final report entitled "Review of.Trade Mark
Enforcement". Further information about the inquiry and copies of the
report can be obtained from the ACIP website at www.acip.gov.au/reviews.htm#review
The Australian Government is currently considering its response to the
recommendations in the ACIP report. To assist in the preparation of
its response, the Government is seeking comments on these
recommendations from interest groups, people who made submissions to
ACIP or attended focus groups run by ACIP, and members of the public.
If you wish to provide written comments on these recommendations, they
will need to be received by 18 February 2005. Submissions may be sent
by mail or electronically to:
Ms Caroline McCarthy
Director
Legislation and Policy Development
IP Australia
PO Box 200
WODEN ACT 2606
email: Caroline.McCarthy@ipaustralia.gov.au.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
|
USPTO
will be closed on Monday, 17 January (Martin Luther King Day) and
again on Thursday, 20 January (Inaugural Day).
