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Friday,
29 August
2003
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PIUG -
2003 Annual Conference on DVD and Video
 PIUG has announced
that the 2003 Annual Conference (held 3-9 May) is now available on
Video and DVD. The Annual Conference is an exceptional event so if you
missed the real thing in May, take this opportunity to order the Video
or DVD collection.
You have a choice of two formats this year:
* Videotape: cost is USD$90 (9 standard VHS tapes approx 2 hours each)
* CD: cost is USD$140 (9 DVD CDs approx 2 hours each)
Note: These prices also include and shipping and a CD copy of the
presentation slides.
* There are two payment options for ordering:
* check/money order (via mail payment)
* credit card (via PayPal).
Ordering details and forms are at url:
http://www.patentaustralia.com/piug/order2003.htm
Presentations taped are as follows:
* "Welcome & Introductory Remarks", Lucy Akers,
PIUG Chair
* "Keynote Speaker - Patent Analysis: The Once and Future Discipline",
Anthony Trippe
* "Using Patent Information for Strategic Technology Management ",
Prof. Dr. Holger Ernst
* "Roles for the search professional as a partner in patent analysis
", Kerryn A. Brandt
* "Data Visualisation - Experiences and Lessons Learned at 3M ",
Richard Kurt
* "Enhancing the retrieval quality of biotech patent information with
sequence analysis", Heahyun Yoo
* "Is There A Role for Patent Analysis in Competitive Intelligence ",
Bruce Mason
* "High Level Overview of Patent Search Types and Approaches ", Lucy
Akers and Ford Khorsandian
* "Decision pathways in patent searching and analysis", Julia Deboys
* "Dominating Claims and Citation Analysis ", James L. Grant & Karl
Neidert
* "EPOQUE and the Suite of Examiner's Applications at the European
Patent Office ", Annemie Nuyts
* "Invention, Knowledge Management, and the Imperfection of Text as
Evidence ", Katherine T. Durack
* "The State of the Art in Software Solutions for Enterprise Patent
Quality Management ", Andy Gibbs
* "Patent Analysis for Business Managers: Applying a "develop vs
license" perspective to the patent landscape", Phillip W. Barnett
* "Information for Intellectual Property Management ", Gann Xu
* "Use of Patent Analysis in High Stakes Business Contexts:
Litigation, Transactions and Intelligence ", Keith Walker.
* "Lies, damn lies, and patent statistics ", Edlyn Simmons
* "Ask the manager: patent analysis roles", panel discussion featuring
select corporate information managers; Hosted by David Dickens;
Panelists include; Dr. Patricia Lorenz, Section Head - Information
Research & Analysis, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.;Kathy
Flynn, Technical Intelligence Manager, Procter & Gamble; and Richard
Kurt, 3M
* "Ask the expert: patinformatics"", Panel discussion hosted by Tony
Trippe; Panelists include; Anthony Breitzman, CHI Research; Susan E.
Cullen, Micropatent; Dr. Heinz-Gerd Kneip, BASF Aktiengesellschaft;
Peter Steele, Thomson Current Patents; and Keith A. Walker, InteCap
| PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - India - Worldwide
Registration Bureau
"WRB is a firm to guide you through the
complexities of registration as well as protection of Trademarks,
Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyrights and Geographical Indications.
We specialize in IP law and offer a depth of knowledge and expertise
both in India and abroad. We have a strong portfolio of Trademark
clients that spans all business sectors. We are therefore well placed
to support the breadth of your IP strategy."
IP Firms - United States -
New York - Otani-Nunan IPResearch
"Trademark and copyright information providers
and search professionals"
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Thursday,
28 August
2003
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News From esp@cenet
A new version of esp@cenet preview
has been released featuring some general improvements and fixes. It
extends the maximum number of answers to 500 for normal searches and
updates the family look-up feature.
It should be noted that the term "family" has several different
meanings depending on what service you uses. The esp@cenet website has
an excellent description of the various types including the definition
used on the esp@cenet website.
"the term patent family can be defined in a
number of ways, depending on the relationship between a patent
document and its priority or priorities within the meaning of the
Paris Convention". To find out more, click
here.
| esp@cenet preview Website
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Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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News from IP Menu
After a short delay, IP Menu News
is now back running with it's fortnightly e-news service. If you would
like to subscribe to this email newsletter please visit IP Menu
here.
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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New Thomson
Delphion Newsletter Released
A new Thomson Delphion newsletter
has been posted featuring some important enhancements to the Delphion
service. Articles include:
- Time Tracking Now Available on Delphion
- The Delphion Integrated View Now Gives You More Than Ever
- New Features to Help with German, French, and Spanish Data
- FREE Web Seminar September 17th: "Getting Started with Delphion
Research"
- Delphion and Derwent to Participate in Inaugural IPI ConfEx
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Australia -
Macpherson + Kelley
"Mid size firm providing services to businesses
and their owners in South East Melbourne region. Business focus and
experienced in all facets of law, including intellectual property
protection, enforcement and licensing."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Wednesday,
27 August
2003
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Delphion - Time
Tracking Facility Now Available
Delphion has introduced a new
feature for corporate/group subscribers (both Unlimited and Premier).
"Time Tracking" allows you to track the amount of time you spend on
the Delphion website against a specific client reference. You are able
to track against one client reference, stop, and then track against
another client reference. There are summary reports that let you see
how much time was tracked against each client reference.
To find out more, visit the Delphion website
here.
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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First PCT Application File Fully Electronically at WIPO
We have been monitoring the PCT-SAFE
project for some time and now WIPO can
report that the first fully electronic application has been filed.
 "Dutch
electronics giant Philips (Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.)
became the first this week to file a fully electronic international
application under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s
(WIPO) Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) with WIPO as receiving office
using PCT-SAFE ("Secure Applications Filed Electronically") software.
The availability of this upgraded secure electronic filing facility
within the WIPO receiving office means that PCT users can now file
their international applications either on-line or using physical
media such as CD-R. This heralds a new era in the operations of the
PCT, the cornerstone treaty of the international patent system. The
availability of secure electronic filing will translate into
significant efficiency gains both for users of the system and for WIPO
which administers the PCT".
"The PCT-SAFE software, which is expected to be available to all users
of the PCT by the end of 2003, offers PCT applicants significant
benefits. Users will be able to submit validated applications without
the printing, copying and mailing normally associated with such a
transaction. PCT-SAFE will also allow users to receive almost
immediate notification that their application has been received and is
being processed. The PCT-SAFE development was made possible through
the adoption by the industrial property offices of the PCT contracting
states of a legal framework and technical standard necessary for the
implementation of electronic filing and processing of international
applications, and its subsequent promulgation".
| WIPO Website |
PCT-SAFE Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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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 3/2003 edition is now available
here.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday,
26 August
2003
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PatMate Version 1.9 Released.
Gim Jean has released an update
version of PatMate, now at version 1.9.
PatMate is a patent image and document
downloader that enables you to download full pages, specific page,
drawings, description and claims selectively FOR FREE from EPO,
DEPATISnet, USPTO, JPO and KIPRIS
| PatMate Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Bangladesh - Doulah
& Doulah
"Rated top amongst all the IP Law Firms in
Bangladesh by publications like Asia Law and Legal500 ours is, at
present, the leading and largest IP law firm in Bangladesh comprising
19 fee earners including professionals from engineering, pharmacy,
chemical etc. backgrounds and we represent clients like McDonald,
SONY, Panasonic, Colgate, Nokia etc."
IP Firms - Israel - Intra Data
Management Solutions
"Providing data management solutions since 1997,
INTRA is dedicated to custom tailored information systems as well as
inexpensive shelf products. A leader in IP management solutions, our
powerful PETROS software took more than four years to develop. Derived
from our vast experience in data management projects for the
pharmaceutical and biotechnological markets, as well as intensive
long-term work with patent attorney firms, PETROS is the most
comprehensive, flexible, yet easy-to-use database for Intellectual
Property management on the market."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
25 August
2003
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PatentBrowser Update - Version
1.2 Released
PatentBrowser Alerts version
1.2 has now been released. Gopi Chand the CEO of DataPros Inc., has
provided IP Menu with some details of this new release. It is once
again great to see such innovation in this area.
 With
PatentBrowser Standard version you can:
· Make fast and intuitive searches for patents.
· Visually build complex search queries
· Save the search results to a local database
· Make annotations on the patents.
· View the downloaded patents with the built-in patent viewer.
· Import and export information to and from the patent database
securely.
· Download multiple patents concurrently.
· Automatic download resumption.
The Alerts version provides the following features in addition to the
above:
· Create Search Alerts for New Patent in Class notifications.
· Create Citation Alerts for prior-art Patent Reference monitoring.
These two features are indispensable for efficiently monitoring
competitor and industry patent activity. You can:
1. Find out who's citing your patents and who your patents are citing.
2. Identify potential enforcement opportunities.
3. Track who's building on your technology.
4. Analyze the value of Patents by the number of citations it
receives.
For more information about PatentBrowser software please visit their
website.
| PatentBrowser Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Swiss E-Trademarks
Booming
News from the Swiss Office
indicates that after only seven months online, more than 50% of the
total number of trade mark applications submitted to the Institute of
Intellectual Property for trademark registration in May were submitted
electronically via the official website e-trademark.ige.ch. I
understand that e-applications are on the rise in several other
countries.
| Swiss Federal
Institute of Intellectual Property Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Malta - Ellul Mifsud &
DeBono
"Ellul Mifsud & DeBono is a Maltese law firm
specialising in all aspects of intellectual property law and provides
its services to both Maltese and international clients. The firm has
other departments providing specialized practice in the fields of
taxation law, financial services, corporate law, commercial law,
property conveyance, litigation, maritime law, EU law and contract
drafting and negotiation. The firm provides its services to local and
international individuals and companies, Government and parastatal
bodies, as well as to other local and international bodies."
IP Firms - Russia - Copyright.RU-Zeta
"The firm handles a wide variety of IP matters,
including trademarks, patents, copyright, licensing and litigation.
Copyright.RU-Zeta is a firm of Russian registered patent attorneys and
IP lawyers."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Thursday,
21 August
2003
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EPO - esp@cenet Information Centre Launched
The European Patent Office is
moving ahead with their rebuild and redesign of esp@cenet with the
launch of the "esp@cenet information centre" and the new "esp@cenet
forum".
- The "esp@cenet information centre" is available at the new domain
http://www.espacenet.com. "At
this site, you will find plenty of links to information about esp@cenet,
to searching tips and how to interpret results. Of course you will
also find links not only to the existing service, but also to a
working preview of the new interface that will replace it soon".
2) The new "esp@cenet forum" is available at
http://forum.espacenet.com.
"This follows a series of announcements by EPO
staff and in EPIDOS News over the past few months. The esp@cenet
forum's purpose is to provide a platform for users to exchange views
and ask questions not only of the EPO experts, but also other
experienced esp@cenet users".
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - USA - New York
- William C. Wright
"William C. Wright assists clients in
establishing, maintaining and defending their intellectual property
and has gained and
maintained the confidence of some of the world's most successful and
prominent corporations and businesspeople."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
18 August
2003
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Australia - Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2003 & Patents
Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2)
The amendments to the Patents
Act and Regulations relating to the Intellectual Property Laws
Amendment Act 2003 & Patents Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2) come
into effect on 26 August 2003. IP Australia has posted a summary of
the effect of these amendments on their website (reproduced below):
1. Disclosure of search results – s.45(3)
and 101D
The requirements of s.45(3) and 101D for disclosing search results
have been completely replaced. The new scheme has replaced the old
scheme in its entirety – there is no ongoing requirement to meet
obligations under the old scheme that do not exist under the new
scheme.
The new requirements for applications for standard patents are:
Only results of searches conducted by a foreign patent office are
required to be disclosed
The results can be provided either as a list, or as a copy of the
search report
Search results from the EPO or the UK Patent office must include the
categorisation symbol applied by that office
The results must be provided by the latest of:
6 months after the search was completed
6 months after requesting examination
1 February 2004 (a transitional date)
The time for filing the search results can be extended from the above
date to a date up to 3 months after the date of publication of the
notice of acceptance – merely by making a request on an approved form,
and paying a fee. If the application for the extension (together with
the search results) is filed on or before the date acceptance is
advertised, the fee is $100/month. If it is filed after advertisement
of acceptance, the fee is $150/month (for the whole period of the
extension). An indicative 'approved form' for seeking this extension
will be mounted on the IPAustralia website in the near future.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The responsibility for seeking the correct
length of extension lies with the applicant, as generally the
Commissioner will have no direct knowledge of when the search was
completed, and therefore of the date the results were due to be filed.
Extensions of time under s.223 are available
There are a range of search results that are not required to be
disclosed:
A search that produces a nil result
An International Search Report, or an additional search done during
International Preliminary Examination
For divisional applications - search results disclosed in relation to
the parent or grandparent application (but not other members of
divisional families)
For Additional applications, search results disclosed in relation to
the parent
Search results that were not received by the applicant
Search results (other than those of the EPO or UK Patent Office) that
have previously been given to the Commissioner in respect of the
application, or are contained in an International Search Report.
No regulations are presently prescribed for the purpose of s.45(3)(b)
The regime for Innovation Patents is similar except that:
The time for providing the search results is unchanged from
previously. That is, the latest of:
when the patentee requests examination
If another person requests examination, when the patentee pays their
component of the examination fee
3 months from the Commissioner informing the patentee that the
Commissioner is going to examine the patent
3 months after the search is completed.
The time for filing the search results can only be extended under
s.223
For divisional applications, the exemption from filing search results
that have been filed in respect of other members of the divisional
family, only extends to the immediate parent
2. PCT applications in the national phase – Art. 34 amendments
Where a PCT application enters the national phase, s.89(5) of the
Patents Act ensures that various amendments made in the International
phase are treated as part of the Australian specification.
Under s.89(5), the incorporation of amendments made under Art. 34 of
the PCT is conditioned on the Demand having been filed within the time
limit specified under Art. 39 of the PCT. While the time limit under
Art. 20 was recently changed from 19 months to 30 months, the time
limit under Art. 39 remains as 19 months.
While in the past Demands were almost always filed before the end of
the 19th month, this will not be the case in the future, particularly
having regard to the PCT Rule changes that come into effect on 1
January 2004. To allow for this, new regulation 8.1B provides that
where a Demand is filed after the 19th month, Art. 34 amendments form
part of the Australian specification provided the International
Preliminary Examination Report has been established before national
phase entry occurs.
For further information, click
here.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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USA -
United States Joins the Madrid Protocol
The United States completed the
formal process for joining the Madrid Protocol on 2 August 2003 when
it deposited the accession document with the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO). The United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) will begin accepting Madrid filings on November 2,
2003.
The full USPTO Press Release is available
here.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Nigeria - Etuk & Urua
"We are an international law firm based in
Nigeria. We represent clients from different parts of the world. We
have associates and working relationship with law firms in different
countries. Our area of practice includes intellectual property amongst
others."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Wednesday,
13 August
2003
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IP Menu - New IP Resources Page - IP Blogs
IP Menu has added a new page to the
IP Menu Resources group. IP Blog Resources. Blogger.com define a blog
as "a web page made up of usually short,
frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically—like a
what's new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies
greatly—from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about
a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays,
project updates, even fiction. Blog posts are like instant messages to
the web".
The new resource will list blogs that relate specifically to
Intellectual Property matters.
Check out the new page here.
| IP Menu Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Chile - Bulnes Lira y
Montt S.A.
"Bulnes Lira y Montt S.A. is a full service law
firm in Chile for individuals, companies, domestics and foreigners"
IP Organisations - Coalition for
Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
"CIPR is a private-public partnership dedicated
solely to protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights in the
CIS countries and the Baltic States. Through legislative initiatives
and lobbying, coalition building, enforcement actions, public
awareness, and opinion and economic research, CIPR assists governments
and IP owners establish transparent IPR regimes that adhere to
international standards."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Tuesday,
12 August
2003
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IP MENU
Conferences - Update
IP MENU has updated the IP Conference Section
with the following new listings:
3 September 2003 - Tertiary Seminar
Series - Canberra, AU (IP Australia)
22 - 25 September 2003 - EPO Patent
Information Beginners Seminar - Vienna, AT (EPO)
23 September 2003 - Tertiary Seminar
Series - South Australia, AU (IP Australia)
29 September - 3 October 2003 - Tertiary
Seminar Series - Queensland, AU (IP Australia)
30 September 2003 - Latest Thinking on
Attacking/Defending Patents in the US Pharmaceutical Market -
California, US (Henry Stewart)
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
Monday,
11 August
2003
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SCIENCE IP - New CAS Search
Service
A new service from CAS has
recently been announced - SCIENCE IP.
"Science IP provides fast, accurate, and
comprehensive searches of the world’s scientific and patent
literature. From an exhaustive search to a focused report, Science IP
ensures you’ll have no surprises. Our expert staff of researchers have
in-depth knowledge of scientific disciplines, as well as many years of
patent searching experience. We deliver comprehensive intellectual
property searches you can trust".
They provide a range of searches including:
 - Chemical
Structure – Exact, Substructure, Markush, Fragmentation
- Biosequence – Exact, Subsequence, Homology
- Property Data
- Regulatory Data
- Prior Art
- State-of-the-Art
- Infringement
- Validity
- Patentability/Novelty
- Freedom-to-Operate/Practice
- CAS Registry Number® Lookup
- CA Abstract Retrieval
- Key words
- Reaction Information
To find out more, visit the CAS website
here.
| CAS SCIENCE IP Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Germany -
Anwaltskanzlei Heymel
"IP law firm for all aspects of European and
German intellectual property law concerning trademarks, designs and
objects."
IP Firms - Israel - Dr. Eyal
Bressler Intellectual Property
"Dr. Eyal Bressler is an expert intellectual
property firm, specialising in scientific patent, trademark and design
registration situated in Jerusalem, Israel. Our intellectual property
services cover the areas of biotechnology and chemistry - organic
chemistry, inorganic chemistry, chemical & process engineering,
applied chemistry, separation sciences, polymer science,
agriculture,diagnostics, medical devices, drugs & drug delivery,
genetics, food sciences, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The firm
undertakes in-depth patent searches, provides opinions on
patentability, validity and infringement, as well preparation of
patent applications, prosecution before the Israel Patent Office and
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, maintenance and enforcement of
patents trademarks and designs."
IP Firms - Italy - Baldissera
Brevetti
"BALDISSERA Brevetti specializes in assisting
its clients in the safeguard of their search and development
activities: that is, with a simple expression, the know-how made up by
the technology, innovation, and image with which both companies and
private inventors propose themselves. BALDISSERA Brevetti provides for
the widest range of services in intellectual and industrial property
matters and always takes care to provide the clients with the widest
range of intervention and action possibilities evaluating the
strategic and economic opportunities in order to make the clients as
much conscious as possible of the choices to be adopted. In BALDISSERA
Brevetti both companies and private inventors will find a valid
interlocutor to build up a lasting relationship founded on trust and
cooperation."
IP Firms - Malaysia - JH Yip
Consulting Pte Ltd
"We are an I.P. consultant based in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. We provide trade mark/design registration services
in Malaysia & ASEAN."
IP Firms - Russia - Coalition for
Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
"CIPR is a private-public partnership dedicated
solely to protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights in the
CIS countries and the Baltic States. Through legislative initiatives
and lobbying, coalition building, enforcement actions, public
awareness, and opinion and economic research, CIPR assists governments
and IP owners establish transparent IPR regimes that adhere to
international standards."
IP Firms - United Arab Emirates - Al-Hiba
Trademark & Patent Registration
IP Firms - USA - Michigan
- GraphTECH Design, Inc
"At GraphTECH Design, Inc. we provide patent,
trademark, and technical illustration services that rival our
competition with accuracy and timeliness, while doing so with very
competitive rates. Our employees are all graduates of some of the
finest and most respectable graphic arts schools in the country. Our
management team have all previously enjoyed successful careers in the
design engineering and sciences fields, giving you the confidence that
we don't just draw what we see, we understand what we see- and make
certain it works on paper too- from mechanical & electrical to
flowcharts and schematics. Our customers are so satisfied that we are
proud to have 100% customer retention- a statistic that we intend to
keep. Give us a shot- sometimes it's not so bad being a statistic.
Exceptional references available upon your request."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Friday,
08 August
2003
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Australia - An NPS Problem Resolved
As previously reported, when
searching Innovation Patent records, the NPS online searching database
(Patsearch) was displaying incorrect date information in the
"Certified Date" field if the patent also displayed a "Certified
Advertised Date".
IP Australia are now
reporting that this problem has been resolved.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Software - MindMatters
Technologies, Inc.
"MindMatters Technologies, Inc., is an
Enterprise Innovation and Intellectual Asset Management Solution
provider delivering detailed visibility into the innovation processes
of corporations--enabling companies to leverage and profit from
intellectual assets. MindMatters' patent pending solution,
Innovator(TM), accelerates the "time-to-commercialization" of new
innovations and ideas by capitalizing on the latent intellectual
capital that exists within corporations. With the Innovator, companies
can more effectively inspire, manage and protect their developing
innovations and intellectual assets."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
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New Zealand - Trade Marks
Regulations Finally Appear - Or Do They?
 The
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has advised that
the Trade Marks Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/187) were Gazetted yesterday
(7 August 2003). The Trade Marks Act 2002 is due to come into force on
20 August 2003 and until yesterday there were no corresponding
Regulations available. Unfortunately, the Regulations are still
unavailable!
Calls to Legislation Direct in New Zealand have indicated that they
will not be available until next week, and even then it may be
difficult to get a copy.
Practitioners in New Zealand and Australia are going to have very
little time to study the new Regulations in time for the commencement
of the most major shake up in New Zealand Trade Mark law in years.
It is surprising that IPONZ has not taken the initiative and posted a
copy of the new Trade Mark Regulations on their website.....but
perhaps they have not even seen them yet!!!!!
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Translations - GraphTECH Design,
Inc
"At GraphTECH Design, Inc. we provide patent,
trademark, and technical illustration services that rival our
competition with accuracy and timeliness, while doing so with very
competitive rates. Our employees are all graduates of some of the
finest and most respectable graphic arts schools in the country. Our
management team have all previously enjoyed successful careers in the
design engineering and sciences fields, giving you the confidence that
we don't just draw what we see, we understand what we see- and make
certain it works on paper too- from mechanical & electrical to
flowcharts and schematics. Our customers are so satisfied that we are
proud to have 100% customer retention- a statistic that we intend to
keep. Give us a shot- sometimes it's not so bad being a statistic.
Exceptional references available upon your request."
IP Translations - Translass
International LLC
"Translass International LLC provides
high-quality translations of intellectual property, scientific and
technical
documents to clients all over the world. We translate from English
into Spanish and/or Portuguese. Our primary specialties are
translations of patents for filing, and translations for research
scientists."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Thursday,
07 August
2003
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MicroPatent -
Enhancements
MicroPatent has announced a
series of PatSearch® FullText and patent alert enhancements that
"extend users’ competitive intelligence monitoring and improve their
workflow efficiencies".
"MicroPatent added 50 patent alerts to each
PatSearch FullText annual subscription and redesigned its Search
History interface, making it easier for customers to track a
technology or company, as well as to manage search strategies and
create complex ones. These improvements are complimentary and
automatically included in all PatSearch FullText accounts".
To find out more, visit the MicroPatent
Website.
| MicroPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- BW -
Botswana Accedes to WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty
 Botswana has
become the 122nd Contracting State of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT). The Treaty will enter into force for Botswana on October
30, 2003.
Botswana's accession means that as from October 30, 2003, nationals
and residents of Botswana may file PCT applications. Also, as from
that date, it will be possible to file international applications
designating Botswana (country code: BW), and because Botswana will be
bound by Chapter II of the PCT, it will be possible to elect that
State for the purposes of international preliminary examination.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
06 August
2003
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WIPO
- USA Accession to Madrid System
The accession by the United
States of America to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement
Concerning the International Registration of Marks will enter into
force in respect of the US on 2 November 2003.
"The Madrid system gives a trademark owner the
possibility to have his mark protected in several countries by simply
filing one application, in one language, with one set of fees in one
currency (Swiss francs). An international registration produces the
same effects as an application for registration of the mark made in
each of the countries designated by the applicant. If protection is
not refused by the trademark office of a designated country, the
protection of the mark is the same as if it had been registered by
that office. The system provides a cost-effective and efficient way
for trademark holders to ensure protection for their marks in multiple
countries through the filing of a single application.
The Madrid system is governed by two treaties: the Madrid Agreement,
dating from 1891 and revised several times since then, and the Madrid
Protocol, which came into operation in 1996, introducing some new
features into the system to address difficulties that had impeded
adherence by certain countries. A country may adhere to either the
Agreement or to the Protocol or to both".
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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PIUG - North East Workshop
Registration Open
PIUG,
Inc., The International Society for Patent Information, has announced
that the PIUG Northeast Workshop will be held Wednesday, October 8th
at the Hilton Woodbridge, Iselin, NJ, USA.
Details of the meeting and registration forms are available on the
PIUG web page here.
REGISTRATION:
PIUG will begin accepting
registrations today, August 5, 2003. Registration for members who
register prior to September 1, 2003 is $25.00. The non-member fee is
$50.00.
All registrations received after September 1, 2003 will be charged
$50.00 (members or non-members).
Registration is limited.
PIUG members will be given
priority for registration. If you are not currently a member, please
visit the PIUG web-site
to join.
The Registration deadline is September 23, 2003.
SPONSORS: Interested sponsors may contact
Barbara Burg for more
information.
| PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday,
05 August
2003
-
Employment Opportunity - Phillips
Ormonde & Fitzpatrick
 PATENT
ATTORNEY
Mechanical/Electronic Engineer
You will have an honours degree or higher degree in a field of
Engineering and you will need up to 5 years post admission experience
in the patent profession. A secondary degree in law or computer
science would be highly regarded. 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
Mechanical/Electronic Engineer
You will be degree qualified in Engineering/Law 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 15 August 2003 to:
E-mail: claudia.ginn@pof.com.au
Fax: 9614 6876
Mail: Claudia Ginn
Human Resources Manager
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick
PO Box 343
Collins St West VIC 8007
Australia
| Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick
Website |
Posted by Claudia Ginn.
Monday,
04 August
2003
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USPTO - New Members to Patent & Trademark Public Advisory Committees
The USPTO's Commerce Secretary
Don Evans has appointed three new members each to the Patent Public
Advisory Committee and the Trademark Public Advisory Committee. The
boards advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO on the management of patent and
trademark operations.
The new members of the Patent Public Advisory Committee are:
Rick D. Nydegger, a Salt Lake City, Utah
attorney.
Andrew Dillon of Austin, Texas, a partner of Bracewell and Patterson,
L.L.P.
Howard J. Klein, a lawyer in Irvine, Calif.
The new members of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee are:
Jeffrey Samuels who is the David L. Brennan
Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property
Law and Technology at the University of Akron School of Law.
Maury M. Tepper, III of Raleigh, N.C., a partner in the law firm of
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice, PLLC.
Joseph N. Welch, II from Chicago, Ill., a partner in the law firm of
Pattishall, McAulifee, Newbury, Hillar and Geraldson.
For more information on the above members read the full
USPTO Press Release.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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IP MENU
Conferences - Update
IP MENU has updated the IP Conference Section
with the following new listings:
20 August 2003 - Leveraging Your Search
Results - online (Thomson/Delphion)
8 October 2003 - License management after
signature - Rotterdam, NE (LES Benelux)
13-14 October 2003 - EU TM&D FORUM -
Trade Marks - Budapest, HU (OAMI)
16 October 2003 - epoline(R) User's Day -
Prague, CZ (epoline)
19 - 22 October 2003 - EUSIDIC Annual
Conference 2003 - Prague, CZ (EUSIDIC)
24 - 25 September 2003 - Intellectual
Property Forum - London, UK (Osney Media)
24 October 2003 - Symposium on
Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Biotechnology - Geneva, CH (WIPO/UPOV)
25 October 2003 - Symposium on the
Co-existence of Patents and Plant Breeders' Rights in the Promotion of
Biotechnological Developments - Geneva, CH (WIPO/UPOV)
30-31 October 2003 - LES Benelux
Licensing Course - Amsterdam, NE (LES Benelux)
21 November 2003 - LES Meets the European
Commission - Brussels, BE (LES Benelux)
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - United States -
Texas - Mark Falkin
"Practicing the law of creativity: trademarks, copyrights, artists
advocacy rights and entrepreneurship"
IP Firms - Austria -
Patentanwälte Puchberger, Berger & Partner
"European patent and trademark attorneys"
IP Firms - Norway - MultiReg
"News, information, discussions and guides related to intellectual
property."
IP Firms - India - Dubey & Partners
"A multidisciplinary Indian law firm having a global practice base
offering legal services in the field of Anti-Dumping, Arbitration,
Foreign Collaboration & Joint Ventures, Intellectual Property,
International Franchising, Litigation, Mergers, Acquisitions etc. The
members of our firm enjoy the membership/associations of various
prestigious forums such as: International Bar Association (IBA),
American Bar Association (ABA), Asia Law & Practice (ALP), Asia Legal
Business(ALB),Commonwealth Lawyers Associations (CLA), The World
Jurist Association (WJA), Inter-Lawyer (IL),TiE (The Indo-US
Entrepreneurs), Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL), Supreme Court Bar
Association (SCBA),Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) , Patent &
Trademark Agent, Corporate Law Society (CLS), etc."
IP Firms - India - PMG Associates
"PMG ASSOCIATES is a full service Intellectual Property Law Firm in
India, providing quality legal services specifically tailored to meet
the needs of both domestic and international clients. Our practices
include all IP matters, with more extensive specialty in filing,
prosecuting and registering Patents, Trade Marks, Industrial Designs
and Copyrights including renewals, licensing and enforcement. Our Head
Office is based in the heart of South-West port city of Cochin, in
Kerala of the Indian Union. Strategically close to airports, important
railway stations and major motorways, we are ideally situated to offer
total services to our domestic and international clients. We have a
diverse team of well-qualified professionals possessing in-depth
knowledge and substantial experience in IP law and practices. Profiles
of our panel of lawyers are available on request. We are also
associated to law firms in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka and Maldives helping us extending our operations to these Asian
countries as well."
IP Firms - Romania - Teodoru &
Associates
"Trademark registration, trademark protection, copyright and internet
related legal issues."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Friday,
01 August
2003
-
Questel-Orbit - New Database - NPL
 Questel-Orbit
has announced the release of NPL, a new companion file to PlusPat and
scitech files on Questel-Orbit.
The NPL file is the internal EPO examiner file containing non-patent
literature (bibliographic) cited references found in the Search
Reports of EP published applications. These are the XP citations found
in PlusPat, not only EP, but also PCT and FR Search Reports (the
Citation or CT field).
NPL on Questel-Orbit includes:
* EPO examiner non-patent literature cited references
* References from both the EPO internal collection as well as external
sources.
* Over 2 million records, with over 30% ECLA coded for searching and
retrieval
* Over 180,000 NPL cited references in PlusPat
* Title, Source, Authors, ISSN & ISBN
More information is available
here. Thanks to David Dickens from Questel-Orbit for the
information.
| Questel-Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
31 July
2003
-
Westlaw Includes
Thomson Delphion Service
Just announced is a new agreement
between West (Westlaw) and Thomson Delphion which will allow Westlaw
users to access the Delphion patent research service.
Users accessing Delphion through Westlaw will
find:
- Text searching and images from U.S., European and Patent Cooperation
Treaty collections, in addition to Patent Abstracts of Japan and
bibliographic information and images from INPADOC
- Dynamic sorting and display of citation lists, including image
thumbnails
- Analytical tools that create graphical maps and bar charts quickly
online as well as offline analysis of results with 3-D graphs and
charts
- Work files to save, organize, annotate and share personalized lists
of patents
- Bulk downloads of patents and fast export of key bibliographic
fields
- Saved searches and alerts
- Name normalized searching capabilities
West and Thomson Delphion are Thomson businesses.
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
30 July
2003
Tuesday,
29 July
2003
-
New Zealand - Trade Marks Act 2002 - Fee Structure
The Intellectual Property
Office of New Zealand has advised that due to the implementation of
the Trade Marks Act 2002, several changes to the trade mark fee
structure will occur. While the new fees have not yet been confirmed,
IPONZ has advised the intended nature of the changes in relation to
both application and renewal fees.
Application Fees
Application fees will effectively remain at their current level. The
new Act allows for applications to be made in more than one class
however, the application fee will be charged for each class.
Renewal of Registration
Under the new Act all trade marks will have a renewable 10 -year term
of registration. To ensure that this change in the term of
registration does not result in a significant financial burden to
clients, the fee for the renewal of a trade mark registration will be
reduced, to reflect the reduction in the term of registration from 14
to 10 years.
We will keep you informed of the new fee stucture.
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Australia - Intellectual Property Rights over Genetic Materials and
Genetic and Related Technologies
 The Australia Law
Reform Commission (ALRC) has just released a new Issues Paper entitled
"Intellectual Property Rights over Genetic Materials and Genetic and
Related Technologies". The terms of reference forming the basis of
this Issues Paper include:
(a) the impact of current patenting laws and
practices—including licensing—related to genes and genetic and related
technologies on:
(i) the conduct of research and its subsequent application and
commercialisation;
(ii) the Australian biotechnology sector; and
(iii) the cost-effective provision of healthcare in Australia;
(b) what changes, if any, may be required to address any problems
identified in current laws and practices, with the aim of encouraging
the creation and use of intellectual property to further the health
and economic benefits of genetic research and genetic and related
technologies; and
(c) any other relevant matter.
For more information, visit the AUSTLII website
here.
| Austlii Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday,
28 July
2003
-
Derwent - IP Matters
 There
is plenty to interest in the latest articles from Derwent's IP
Matters:
- US Patent and Trademark Office Proposes Revised Strategic Plan
- Patents, Literature and Citations: Information Partnerships for
Competitive Advantage
- Preparing now for .EU
- Technology Licensing in Academia: Europe and the US, Never the Twain
Shall Meet?
- Patent metadata: now you see them, now you don't
- Domain name management strategy
- Storage Media Dominates Nanotech Device Patenting
- Tax relief: cutting the cost of developing IP in the UK
- 2003 Patent Focus Report: issues for the Trilateral Offices
To read
IP Matters article click
here.
| Derwent Website
|
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Online
Seminar - STN: Increasing Confidence in Search Results
CAS is hosting an e-Seminar on
July 29. It's live, it's interactive, and it's free. Learn about
powerful search strategies from your desktop! Or, gather your
colleagues and share the e-Seminar demonstration in an auditorium or
meeting room.Date: When: July 29, 2003 at 1 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (USA) EST
You will learn how to answer the following
questions:
- Was the correct source(s) selected?
- Was all information found when a comprehensive search is required?
- Were the "best" answers found?
- Were all search tools specific to the chosen database(s) used?
- Is zero the "correct" answer?
- Should I adjust my search strategy?
- Is there a technique I have not used?
To find our more or to register visit the CAS website
here.
| CAS Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
GetIPDL -
New Version 2.6.2 Now Available
 GetIPDL
have released another update to their Patent Downloading software.
Version 2.x is a Shareware program,
however there is a freeware versions with certain
limitations. These limiations are removed when you register the
product. The cost is US$89.00 to get the
registered version. It should be noted that the tracking or statistic
feature which concerned many users is now removed in the licenced
version.
In this update the changes include:
- Downloading full text and images from WIPO was supported.
- Old Finnish patents (before FI100000) are supported.
To find out more, please visit the GetIPDL website
here.
|
Get IPDL
Website |
Posted by
Rodney Cruise.
-
MicroPatent - Extends
IP Alerts & Streamlines Full Text Searching
 MicroPatent
have recently announced a series of PatSearch® FullText and patent
alert enhancements that "extend users’
competitive intelligence monitoring and improve their workflow
efficiencies".
"MicroPatent added 50 patent alerts to each
PatSearch FullText annual subscription and redesigned its Search
History interface, making it easier for customers to track a
technology or company, as well as to manage search strategies and
create complex ones. These improvements are complimentary and
automatically included in all PatSearch FullText accounts".
To find out more read the full MicroPatent Press Release
here.
| MicroPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Canada - Improvements to the Trade-Marks Database
The CIPO have recently introduced
improvements to the Trademarks Database including:
- Quick search functionality has been improved by adding additional
search/reset buttons at the top of the page.
- Searches can now be performed with or without the Vienna
Classification.
- Search engine can now process text which contains a dot (e.g. "chapters.ca"
is searchable).
To find out more, visit the CIPO Trademark
website.
|
CIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday,
21 July
2003
-
GetIPDL -
New Version 2.6 Now Available
GetIPDL
have released another update to their Patent Downloading software.
Version 2.x is a Shareware program,
however there is a freeware versions with certain
limitations. These limiations are removed when you register the
product. The cost is US$89.00 to get the
registered version. It should be noted that the tracking or statistic
feature which concerned many users is now removed in the licenced
version.
In this update the changes include:
- Downloading full text and images from WIPO was supported.
- Old Finnish patents (before FI100000) are supported.
To find out more, please visit the GetIPDL website
here.
|
Get IPDL
Website |
Posted by
Rodney Cruise.
-
Trilateral Website - Update
A recent update to the
Trilateral Website has occurred. You can now access the following
"Trilateral Studies" undertaken jointly by the
EPO,
JPO and USPTO.
- Report on Comparative Study on Examination Practice Relating to
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Haplotypes (Theme:
Comparative Study on Examination Practice Relating to Single
Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Haplotypes)
- Report on Comparative Study in New Technologies Carried Out Under
Trilateral Project WM4 (Theme: Comparative study on "protein
3-dimensional (3-D) structure related claims")
- Report on Concurrent Search Pilot Program (Paris-route) Carried Out
under Trilateral Project B3a
- Report on Concurrent Search Program using PCT Applications for
Business Method-related Inventions Carried Out Under Trilateral
Project B3a
- Report on Comparative Study on Biotechnology Patent Practices
Carried Out Under Trilateral Project B3b
- Trilateral Project B3b Mutual understanding in search and
examination Comparative study on biotechnology patent practices
(Theme: Nucleic acid molecule-related inventions whose functions are
inferred based on homology search)
- Trilateral Project B3b(ex-24.1)-Comparative Study on Biotechnology
Patent Practices(Theme: Patentability of DNA fragments)(Additional
conclusion)
- Trilateral Project B3b - Report on Comparative Study Carried Out
Under Trilateral Project B3b
- Trilateral Project B3b(ex-24.1)-Comparative Study on Biotechnology
Patent Practices(Theme: Patentability of DNA fragments)
- Trilateral Project 24.1 - Biotechnology Comparative Study on
Biotechnology Patent Practices
- Trilateral Project 24.2 - Report on Comparative Study Carried Out
under Trilateral Project24.2
| Trilateral
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Hong Kong
- Trade Marks - Display of Device Codes
The Hong Kong Intellectual Property
Department has announced that device codes for trade marks with a
device element are now available on the online search result. When the
trade marks on the search result are enlarged by clicking on the
thumbnail images, the device codes will be shown below the enlarged
trade mark images.
| HKIPD
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
16 July
2003
-
UK - New Policy Chief at UK Patent Office
 The UK Patent
Office has just announced that Peter Lawrence is to be the new
Director of Intellectual Property and Innovation (IPI) at the Patent
Office. Peter has been at the Patent Office since 1997 as Head of the
Trade Marks and Designs Directorate.
"Peter will be in charge of a team of over fifty
staff, working on a broad range of policy issues. The main
responsibilities of the recently created IPI Directorate include:
- Driving forward of the objectives of the DTI's Innovation Review,
whose thrust is to nurture innovation in the UK economy, including the
development of robust, useable and affordable intellectual property
strategies;
- Working on national, European and international intellectual
property policy on such topics as the Community Patent, Copyright
Directives, international trade marks systems, TRIPs and the Patent
Law Treaty;
- Bringing about better intellectual property enforcement, through
training for enforcers, accessible dispute resolution, and raising
public awareness of the destructive nature of IP crime (e.g.
counterfeiting and piracy);
- Raising awareness of the importance of intellectual property for UK
businesses and academia through seminars, workshops, teaching aids and
the internet; and
- Maintaining a customer focussed London Office for the receipt of
applications and the provision of public search facilities, conference
rooms and court rooms.
Read the full Press Release at the UK Patent Office
here.
| UK Patent Office Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Australia - Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2002
 IP
Australia has posted a notice regarding the recently passed
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2002.
The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill
2002 was passed by Parliament on 19 June 2003 and is now awaiting
Royal Assent.
This Bill amends the extension of time provisions in the Patents,
Trade Marks and Designs Acts. Under the amended Acts, where a time
period is not complied with because of an error or omission by a third
party, such as a contractor performing services for the Patent, Trade
Marks or Designs Office, the time period can be extended.
The Bill also replaces the current regime for the disclosure of search
results under sections 45 and 101D of the Patents Act. The new search
results regime will require applicants and patentees to disclose the
results of searches conducted by other Patent Offices in respect of
corresponding applications filed overseas.
The new regime will apply to all standard patents that had not been
accepted before 1 April 2002 and to all innovation patents unless the
Commissioner of Patents had commenced examination of the patent before
1 April 2002. This is the same as the application arrangement that was
put in place for the current disclosure regime, which commenced on 1
April 2002. As such, any requirement to comply with the current regime
will be replaced with a requirement to comply with the new regime once
it commences. To prevent any duplication, the Bill specifically
provides that any information disclosed under the current regime will
be taken to have been filed under the new regime and does not need to
be re-submitted.
IP Australia is now finalising the amendments to the Patents
Regulations that are needed to implement the details of the new
disclosure regime. It is intended that the Regulations will allow
applicants and patentees sufficient time to prepare for compliance
with the new regime before compliance becomes mandatory.
The amendments to sections 45 and 101D of the Patents Act commence 2
months after Royal Assent, which usually occurs 7 to 10 days after
passage of a Bill. Accordingly, these amendments should commence by
the end of August.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
IP MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual
Property Resources:
26 September 2003 - Trade Marks In The
Future - Melbourne, Australia (IPRIA)
Posted by
Kristine Baird.
Tuesday,
15 July
2003
-
PatLegal - New Service from INCOM
PatLegal is a new service from
"INCOM Information und Computer GmbH". The service offers direct
access to the INPADOC family (PFS) and legal status (PRS) data of more
than 65 Patent Offices worldwide. By the use of the INCOM portal
www.PATWWW.com you have the ability to retrieve the complete family
and the legal status data. For more information on this service visit
www.patwww.com.
Key aspects of PatLegal:
- An easy and clear tree structure allows a fast
navigation. You receive immediately the requested information about
the complete patent family members, their bibliographic data and the
legal status to each single patent number.
- Choose single information categories, view the complete details or
reduce your view to a single detail.
- With specific filters you have the possibility to reduce the data to
the essential and interesting information. A selection of Country
Codes and Legal Codes is possible.
- Only the selected information categories will be displayed. The
standard functionalities for export, printing and email can be used to
forward this information to colleagues in your company.
- At any time you can check the availability of the patent document
and order the document. For prices and conditions please have a look
at our document delivery service.
- Another feature of our service is the direct access to the Rolle of
the DPMA and the Register of the EPO. Further and up to date
information about the legal status of the patent can be received.
| PATWWW Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Japan - Third Trademark Trilateral Cooperation Meeting
The third Trademark Trilateral
Cooperation Meeting was held on May 27 and 28, 2003 in Tokyo with the
Participation of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM),
the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan
Patent Office (JPO).
"With the goal of exchanging opinions and
information on a wide range of policy and practical topics concerning
the trademark system and its operation, the Trademark Trilateral
Cooperation Meeting has been held since May of 2001 with the
participation of OHIM, USPTO and JPO".
To read more about this meeting, visit the JPO website
here.
| JPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
11 July
2003
-
Australia - Tertiary Intellectual Property Seminar Series
IP Australia have announced that
they, in association with around 25 Australian universities, will be
presenting intellectual property seminars specifically targeted at the
university community.
Each seminar will cover topics such as:
- How to protect your research before publishing,
- The process for protecting patents, trade marks and designs,
- IP management - options for capitalising on IP,
- Key considerations in the university environment,
- Case studies based on the experience of other researchers, and
- Where to go for advice and information.
Further information on dates and times is available
here.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
WIPO - Patents Website
Did you know that WIPO has a page
on their website which provides links to varous parts of the WIPO
website explaining the roles WIPO has in relation to patents? The
links cover the topics of:
- About Patents
- WIPO’s Public Patent Services
- Development of the Patent System
- Patent-related Treaties and Standards Administered by WIPO
- Advice Related to Patents
For more information, click
here.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
09 July
2003
-
GetIPDL -
New Version 2.5.14 Now Available
GetIPDL
have released another update to their Patent Downloading software.
Version 2.x is a Shareware program,
however there is a freeware versions with certain
limitations. These limiations are removed when you register the
product. The cost is US$89.00 to get the
registered version. It should be noted that the tracking or statistic
feature which concerned many users is now removed in the licenced
version.
In this update the changes include:
- Downloading full text and images from WIPO was supported.
- Old Finnish patents (before FI100000) are supported.
To find out more, please visit the GetIPDL website
here.
|
Get IPDL
Website |
Posted by
Rodney Cruise.
-
UK - Changes to section 16 and Grant Publication Processes (A & B
Documents)
The UK Patent Office has
initiated some changes in response to the requests to publishing both
"A" and "B" documents on esp@cenet on the day of publication. For this
to occur changes to the UK Patent Office’s publication procedures were
made on 7 July 2003.
"From 7 July 2003 the publication process will be changed and it will
no longer be possible to withdraw patent applications on or after the
PPC (preparations for publication) date to prevent section 16
publication date even in exceptional circumstances. Also from this
date it will not be possible to prevent granted patents being
published after the grant letter has been issued".
To read more on this change in UK practice, read the full
official notice.
| UK Patent Office Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - India - Ms. Bharat Shar
& Co.
"We offer a broad based legal experience in
Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights since 1976. We provide
services for registration of Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and
Designs worldwide. We have expertise in infringement of trade marks,
patents, copyrights, designs, passing off, unfair trade practice and
other court matters."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
07 July
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
Country IP Resources - Australia
Company & Business - ABRpublic - "ABRpublic
is an on-line database that contains the publicly available
information provided by businesses when they register for an ABN."
Trade Practices - ACCC - "The Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is an independent
government body that enforces and administers Trade Practices Act 1974
and the Price Surveillance Act 1983 and other additional
responsibilities under other legislation".
Posted by Scott Ly.
Friday,
04 July
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Vietnam - Tran H. N. &
Associates
"Legal services for intellectual property,
investments, trade, business and litigation in Vietnam"
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Thursday,
03 July
2003
-
Australia - NPS Database Update
 IP
Australia has published a list of all records affected by the recent
"acceptance" and "certification" date problems. The list of records is
in Excel spreadsheet form and is available
here. "The changed date spreadsheet file
.... contains a list of records affected by the Patent Search Advice
notice posted on 17 June 2003...These records were displaying the
incorrect Accepted, Certified, Sealed, Lapsed or Ceased date when
viewed via the online NPS search database (Patsearch)"
.
It is still very important that users of NPS read all the notices
posted on the IP Australia website before conducting searches of the
NPS database.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
WIPO - Member States Update Patent Information Retrieval Systems
"Member States of
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) attending a
meeting of the Working Group on the International Patent
Classification (IPC) in Geneva from June 4 to 13, 2003, agreed to
incorporate additional classifications for traditional knowledge based
inventions and business methods patents into an international system
designed to facilitate search and retrieval of patent information in
all fields of technology. The IPC is a hierarchical classification
system covering all fields of technology which is indispensable for
efficient retrieval of patent information. This system is periodically
revised to take account of technological developments and to ensure a
more user-friendly and accessible patent classification and search
tool, for specialists and non-specialists alike. The current (seventh)
edition of the IPC entered into force on January 1, 2000. The next
edition to be published in June 2004 will enter in force from January
1, 2005 and will reflect many changes in actively evolving fields of
technology".
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
02 July
2003
Tuesday,
01 July
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - United Kingdom -
QED Intellectual Property Limited
"QED's business is the commercial exploitation
of IP rights. Unique tools and procedures are combined with in depth
IP management expertise to help identify, manage and exploit our
client's valuable IP. Our primary objective is to help companies
generate new revenue and shareholder value through the active
management of their IP portfolios."
IP Firms - The Netherlands -
NPS Patent Searches
"NPS Patent Searches offers professional patent
search services such as novelty or patentability searches, validity
searches, clearance or infringement searches, collection searches. NPS
Patent Searches is specialised in patent searching; Writing or filing
patent applications is not part of our business. At the same time, the
organisation is not allied to any patent firm, thus avoiding the
possibility of conflict of interests."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
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The
CIPO has just announced that administrative status and maintenance fee
Information is now available on the Canadian Patents Database.
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources: