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Tuesday, 31
August 2004
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IPI-ConfEx 2005 Call for Papers -
Deadline 15 September 2004
Lucy Akers has recently put out
a request for papers for the IPI-Confex 2005. If you are interested in
being part of this IP Searching Conference...read on!
"We are pleased to announce the call for papers for IPI-ConfEx 2005 –
Best Practices in Patent Information Management and Searching. This is
the European meeting designed to give patent information users the
opportunity to share their searching and information management
knowledge and experience. The conference will take place near Malaga,
Spain from March 6-10, 2005.
We are particularly interested to hear from information users within
corporations, patent offices, law firms, or universities who are able
to discuss one of the following topics:
- Recent developments in the use of patents for technology value
assessment
- Practical challenges facing the patent analyst
- Data exchange between different analysis tools
- Comparison of new tools for claims analysis
- Techniques for validity searches
- Techniques for clearance searches
- Searching in the chemical arts
- Searching in the engineering arts
- Searching in the biotech arts
- What’s happening with IPC Reform
Papers on other topics are also desirable, for example, papers
highlighting specific tips and techniques for doing patent /
literature research or analysis, or else papers falling in one or more
of the following general categories:
 - Expert
Patent Searching
- Strategic Issues
- Business Impact of Patent Information
- Case Studies
- Special Focus Segment: Patent Analysis Tools and Techniques in 2005
If these or related themes fall into your area of expertise then we
would like to hear from you!
Please send your proposed speaker name, brief biography, full contact
information, presentation title, and abstract to Lucy@IPI-Institute.com
on or before September 15, 2004 for full consideration".
| IPI-Confex Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - China
- Shanghai L&W Intellectual Property Limited
"Shanghai L&W Intellectual Property Limited focuses its practice on
the patent, trademark and copyright laws, as well as search,
investigation and anti-counterfeiting actions related. Members of the
firm include patent and trademark attorneys with extensive experience
in the field of intellectual property law. Patent attorneys have
technical backgrounds that encompass technical fields such as
electronic and Tele-communication engineering, computer science,
biotechnology, biomedical engineering and pharmaceuticals. Our
attorneys at law have extensive experiences in representing cases
involving domestic as well as international disputes in intellectual
property. As a partnership firm, we work independently and
aggressively to meet all of our clients' needs. This makes our firm
unique."
IP Firms - Egypt - Consultative Group
For Legal Affairs
"In October 1999 our group of lawyers was formed united under one
motto "Specialization & solidarity". We sre specialized in
Intellectual & Industrial Property Rights."
IP Firms - Germany - BDFPAT
"We are a full service patent, trademark, and design firm committed to
helping our clients protect, enforce, defend, and expand their
innovative ideas, brand identities, and other intellectual property in
Germany and the European Union. The firm is located in Hennef near
Colonge. Admission before: DPMA (GPO), EPO, OHIM, WIPO. Technical
Field: Mechanical Engineering, Medical technologies, Chemistry and
Biochemistry."
IP Firms - India - Global Business
Solutions
"We introduce ourselves as Strategic consultants for Intellectual
Property matters with associates all around the globe. Our firm is
actively involved in all aspects of Intellectual Property be it
registration, examination, prosecution or enforcement of patents,
trademark, copyright and designs in India and Internationally. We can
offer prompt and professional solutions for all your Intellectual
Property needs."
IP Firms - Pakistan - Zain Sheikh &
Associates
"The law firm conducts civil litigation with emphasis on suits for
recovery. Its areas of specialization are Constitutional, Intellectual
Property, Aviation and Corporate Laws. Mr. Zain Sheikh of the firm has
developed a computer program on constitutional law that provides the
user with synopses on constitutional cases. Access to cases is by
citation, article of the constitution and by the name of the case. The
program also has a search engine that scans the datebase for keywords
and provides the user with the case list and the main points of
relevant cases on the subject."
IP Firms - Lithuania - Law Firm
ReLaw
"Our law firm: provides services of registration, maintenance and
renewal of IP; represents clients in conflicts; represents IP holders
before Customs
of Lithuania in preparing and filing Customs' Application for
protection of national and EU wide IP rights; acts as the local
representative of IP holders which filed Customs' Application with
respective Customs' authorities in other EU countries, -provides
market monitoring services for trade of counterfeit goods in major
cities of Lithuania."
IP Firms - Malta - CRV International
Ltd / Malta Generale
"Intellectual Property services and legal operations in Malta."
Posted by Matthew
Downing
Friday, 27
August 2004
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Pat2PDF - New Patent Specification Resource
 A new
services for US and other Patent Specifications is now available,
Pat2PDF. "Pat2PDF.com is a service that makes
dealing with patent documents easier. It started as a service to
convert the native U.S. patent documents into industry standard PDF
documents. Since that time, it's grown to meet all your patent viewing
and searching needs".
IP Menu gave it a test run last night and was impressed with its ease
and speed. To find out more, visit the Pat2PDF website.
| Pat2PDF Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Questel-Orbit & Lingway
Questel-Orbit has just announced that
the acquisition of 12.5% of Lingway’s capital. Lingway which is a
Paris based company, "specializes in the design,
development and implementation of linguistic-based software solutions.
Specifically, Lingway’s technology consists of a natural language
search engine, categorization of coding tools, software for generating
an XML structure from textual documents, as well as information
extraction and document visualization functions". For here for
more information on Lingway.
According to the Press Release, Questel•Orbit and Lingway have working
together over the last year on a new product called "PatReader" which
is a "tool to improve full-text patent reading efficiency".
To find out more about Lingway, click
here. To read the full Press Release, click
here.
| Questel-Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 26
August 2004
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STN -
July/August Edition
 The
STNews July/August Edition is now
available
online in PDF format. There is an interesting article on the history
of STN which is worth the read.
- Nanotechnology — A key technology in the 21st century
- Seven new Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) databases available
- Using CAplusSM super roles and document type information in
structure searches exceeding iteration limits
- Working smartly offline with STN Express® with Discover! TM
- What’s this? Options on the STN Easy® Display Page
- Patent citation searching to find related patents
| STN Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday, 25
August 2004
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US - PatentIn 3.3 Released
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office has just released version 3.3 of PatentIn. The new
features in this version include:
- Easier Sequence Skipping – A checkbox has been
added to the sequence window to indicate whether a sequence should be
skipped. The sequence will be skipped if the box is checked and all
data related to the skipped sequence can remain in the PatentIn 3.3
project during the sequence listing generation.
- Sequence Type Conversion – PatentIn 3.3 allows sequence type
conversion between non-protein type sequences by clicking on the new
AlterSeqType button on the sequence window.
- Direct access from the main window to the database window instead of
the journal window is provided in PatentIn 3.3. The system also
provides direct access from any publication window to any other
publication windows.
- More date validations – For example: all dates entered into the
sequence listing must be earlier than the current date; the Current
Filing Date must be more recent than the Prior Application Filing
Date; and, the Publication Date must be more recent than the Filing
Date.
If you are using an earlier version of PatentIn, the enhancements
appear worth the upgrade. For more information, visit the USPTO
website
here.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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UK Patent Office - Short Guide to
Trade Marks
The UK Patent Office, Institute of
Trade Mark Attorneys and the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents have
joined forces to produce a "Short Guide to Trade Marks".
"Businesses primarily register trade marks to
protect their company name and their products. Trade marks also help
you to build a distinctive identity and reputation for your company
and any products that you manufacture:
Trade marks can be words, logos, colours, shapes, or sounds.
You register your trade mark in one or more classes of services or
goods at the Patent Office. To apply to register a trade mark in one
category (class) of goods or services costs £200, each additional
class costs £50.
The trade mark must not describe your product or service directly.
The trade mark must not mislead people about the nature of your goods
or services.
The trade mark must not conflict with one already registered by
someone else.
Your trade mark should not be easily mistaken for another company’s in
the same field. Even if the other company has not registered their
name or product, it can still take action on the grounds of "passing
off".
You first register your trade mark for ten years, though it can be
renewed indefinitely for further ten-year terms.
You can bring actions against anyone who appears to be using your
registered trade mark without your permission.
Beware, as it is not enough just to register your trade mark, you have
to use it as well to make your protection valid or another party can
request that your trade mark is revoked. For advice and events about
protecting your company name and product names see the new website
What is the Key? from the Patent Office, Institute of Trade Mark
Attorneys and Chartered Institute of Patent Agents".
| What is the Key Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 24
August 2004
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PatentBrowser Global Edition
Version 2.2 Released
 PatentBrowser
Global Edition Version 2.2 has now been released. The standard edition
utilised US Patent data, however this new global edition uses
European, PCT and Japanese data. Great to see this product being
developed.
With more advanced features than PatentBrowser
Standard or Alerts v1.2 like:
Query and retrieve European/Japanese/World Patents.
Customizable Citation Alert system.
Customizable New Patent in class alerts.
For more information about PatentBrowser software please visit their
website.
| PatentBrowser Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Chemical
Abstracts - 7,000+ Records back to 1900 Added
 Chemical
Abstracts has just announced that it has expanded its "Scientific
Century" project by making thousands of additional early 20th century
articles from American Chemical Society (ACS) journals and others
available online. Planned for release in September, the enhanced
content will enable researchers to access more than 7,000 additional
records back to 1900, including publications even older than the
beginning of Chemical Abstracts (CA).
| CAS Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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WIPO - July/August 2004 Issue WIPO Magazine
The November-December issue of the
WIPO Magazine is now
available on the WIPO website. In this edition:
- Intellectual Property as a Lever for Economic Growth – The Asian and
Pacific Region Experience (Part I)
- Accounting and Intellectual Property (Part II)
- Establishing IP Institutions in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- PCT Focus: Patenting Technologies for Cleaner Air
- IP Seminar for Science Parks and Business Incubators
- IP & Business - Beyond Tradition: New Ways of Making a Mark
- European Community Joins International Trademark System
- Committee Meetings
- Progress Made On Broadcaster’s Rights
- Enforcement Advisory Body Addresses Key Questions
- News Roundup
- WIPO and UNU Sign Cooperation Agreement
- Turkish Patent Institute Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
- Calendar of Meetings
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Brazil - Peduti Marcas e
Patentes Brasil e Exterior SC Ltda
"Established in 1977."
IP Firms - Bulgaria - Manev &
Partners
"Manev & Partners is a legal agency specializing
in the field of intellectual property and commercial law. It operates
since 1993 when the new Patent Act and Copyright and Trade Mark Act in
Republic Bulgaria were passed. Our highly qualified team of experts
consists of Bulgarian Industrial Property Representatrives, European
Patent Attorneys and Attorneys at Law who are ready to answer your
questions and work for the effective protection of your intellectual
results."
IP Firms - India - Archer & Angel
"Founded in 1999, our primary areas of expertise
are corporate law, IP and franchising. We are recommended by the
American Chamber of Commerce and the US Embassy in Delhi as well as
the High Commissions / embassies of Singapore, Portugal, Spain and
Denmark. We also work with organisations such as the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII - counterpart of CBI in UK), IE Singapore, Global
Indian Chamber of Commerce, Franchise.com and Franchise-chat.com."
IP Firms - Vietnam - InvestPro &
Associates
"InvestPro & Associates is Patent & Trademark
Law Firm. We specialize in patents, trademarks, copyrights
prosecution, infringement litigation and anti-counterfeit works. We
offer a complete package of services to fit the needs of clients in
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia with the highest professional quality and
the lowest compatitive charges to clients."
Posted by Matthew
Downing
Thursday, 19
August 2004
- IP
Organisers - IP Menu
- 2004 Best of the IP Web Awards
 At
IP Menu we get to use many different Patent and IP Services every day
and we have decided to publish later this year a list of what we think
are the best services for the IP researcher. Categories will include:
Best Commercial Patent Database (single database)
Best Commercial Patent Database Network (multiple database)
Best Patent Downloading Software
Best Patent Office Website
Best Patent Office Database (non-commercial)
Best New IP Service for 2004
Best IP Firm Website
Best IP Software Service (Non-Patent Downloading)
Best IP Blog
If you would like to suggest a service that you think IP Menu should
have a look at please send an
Email to us at IP Menu
or visit our Awards page.
| IP Menu Website |
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - China - Wang Jing & Co.
"Wang Jing & Co. is a PRC law firm offering a
broad range of services to Foreign, Multinational and Chinese
companies doing business in China. The Firm's Intellectual Property
Team deals mainly with registrations, protection strategies and
enforcement issues, covering technology license agreements,
trademarks, patents and copyrights."
IP Firms - Greece - EV Papa & Associates
"We provide a full range of services related to
all aspects of industrial and intellectual property matters, including
patents, trademarks, industrial models and designs, utility models and
unfair competition cases. We gain reputation for our accurate and
professional translations of patent specifications in all fields of
know-how (i.e. chemical-,biosciences, electronics, physics, mechanical
engineering ....). We also offer competitive prices for the payment of
annuities for patents, utility models etc."
IP Firms - The Netherlands -
Aristeed
"Aristeed is a risk consulting company,
providing clients worldwide IP investigation services. Purpose: To
investigate, track and locate products manufactured or distributed by
companies and individuals that infringe the rights of trademark and
patent holders. Scope: Determine the origin and distribution network.
Track the product. Co-ordinate investigations with customs and local
authorities where appropriate. Deliverables: We provide continuous
status reports on the investigation and product movements. Provide
evidence of sale and distribution of counterfeit or grey products."
IP Firms - Singapore - Chorpee I.P.
Pte Ltd
Singapore Patents & Designs. Singapore & Hong
Kong Trademarks (free searches offered). Best rates for European
Community Trademarks (free CTM searches offered). Representations,
Notices of Opposition, counter-statements. Investigation. Enforcement
(Private or with police Assistance).
IP Firms - India - Pradeep and Company
Posted by Matthew
Downing
Monday, 16
August 2004
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Australia - Designs Old Act
and New Act
IP Australia is advising users that
the DesAdmin database has been amended so records will now indicate
"1906 Act" and "Amended 1906 Act" instead of "Old Act" and "New Act".
Of course it is important to not that designs logded under the 2003
Designs Act ARE NOT on the DesAdmin (Design Mainframe Database). For
that information you need to search the ADDS system.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday, 13
August 2004
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PCT
- Newsletter August 2004 Now Available
 The
August 2004 issue of the PCT Newsletter is
now
available on WIPO's Internet site. In this issue:
New monthly statistical indicators report on PCT activities
Modification of the technical standard for the electronic filing and
processing of international applications
PCT information update
New/updated PCT materials on the Internet
Administrative Instructions Under the PCT (corrigendum)
Types of protection available in PCT Contracting States
States party to the PCT and the Paris Convention and Members of the
World Trade Organization
| PCT Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 12
August 2004
- IP
Organisers - IP Menu
- 2004 Best of the IP Web Awards
At
IP Menu we get to use many different Patent and IP Services every day
and we have decided to publish later this year a list of what we think
are the best services for the IP researcher. Categories will include:
Best Commercial Patent Database (single database)
Best Commercial Patent Database Network (multiple database)
Best Patent Downloading Software
Best Patent Office Website
Best Patent Office Database (non-commercial)
Best New IP Service for 2004
Best IP Firm Website
Best IP Software Service (Non-Patent Downloading)
Best IP Blog
If you would like to suggest a service that you think IP Menu should
have a look at please send an
Email to us at IP Menu
or visit our Awards page.
| IP Menu Website |
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Europe - esp@cenet
Questionaire
 The EPO
is conducting a short on-line survey of esp@cenet® users in order find
out how esp@cenet® is being used, and the general profile of our users
themselves. Responses will be treated in confidence, and you are not
required to identify yourself.
"In collecting the information about your use of
esp@cenet®, we want to develop the service to be more in tune with
your needs. Thank you in advance for helping us to help you".
Most IP Menu readers would no doubt also be esp@cenet® users, so make
sure you stop
by and leave your mark!
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday, 11
August 2004
Tuesday, 10
August 2004
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IP News Flash - IPNewsFlash
One of the most impressive IP
related websites around is by Rolf Claessen. It is called IPNewsFlash
and it is a portal for the latest Patent and IP News, Notices and
Decisions. It is an exceptionally good site and worth a regular visit.
Rolf has provided immense functionality with his site including tools
like this running news bar.
Also check out his implementation of the Open Patent Services from the
EPO. He has implemented this service using PHP, XSL and Open Patent
Services. An impressive achievement.
| IPNewsFlash Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Australia - Labor Introduces US/AU Free Trade Agreement Amendments
 According
to Labor, the amendments to the United States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Bill 2004 that will "help ensure the PBS continues to
deliver cheaper medicines". The
media release
from Mark Latham and Stephen Conroy indicated that the amendments
will:
1. Require patent holding companies to issue
a certificate when they seek to use the courts to block cheaper
generic drugs coming to market. Patent companies will be required to
certify that the legal action has been commenced in good faith, has
reasonable prospects of success and will be conducted without
unreasonable delay. If the certificate is false or misleading, or if
any undertakings given under the certificate are subsequently broken,
the company can be liable for a civil penalty of up to $10 million for
each contravention. The court can also order compensation be paid to
the Commonwealth, and States and Territories, for losses sustained as
a result of any interlocutory injunction obtained by the patent
company. This provision mirrors the Government’s enabling legislation
that requires generic companies to certify the patent status of new
drugs on the market.
2. Improve the prospects for generic companies, the Commonwealth and
States and Territories to recover damages where an interlocutory
injunction issued on behalf of a patent company unreasonably delays a
generic drug coming onto the market. These damages would include any
additional cost incurred by the Commonwealth under the PBS, and by the
State and Territory public hospitals, due to any delay in getting a
generic drug onto the market.
3. Reduce the burden of proof on the generic companies issuing a
certificate regarding the patent status of a drug – that is, reducing
the burden of proof for certificates from absolute to ‘reasonable
grounds’.
The actual amendments were introduced into the Australian Senate last
night and are available for download
here. You can also read the Senate transcript (Hansard) from
9 August 2004
here.
| Australian Government Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- US -
New USPTO Deputy Under Secretary
The USPTO is reporting today
that Steve Pinkos was sworn in on 9 August as the new Deputy Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office. "Steve was most
recently Deputy General Counsel and Staff Director of the House
Judiciary Committee. In that capacity during the past 3 ½ years, Steve
has worked on a wide variety of intellectual property and USPTO
related issues".
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Bahrain - Law Offices of
Elham Ali Hassan
"Law Offices of Elham Ali Hassan was founded in
1992 by Elham Ali Hassan, lawyer and legal consultant. Over the years,
the firm has grown to become one of the largest law firms in the
Kingdom of Bahrain. The firm has a diverse worldwide client base of
companies, major businesses, emerging organizations, and individuals.
"
IP Firms - India - Goswami Associates
"We are a full service law firm having our
offices in New Delhi India. We specialize in Intellectual Property law
and Corporate law and have an active practice both in litigation and
in IPR protection at the Patent and trademark offices. We also
specialize in Patent filings using PCT and in the Indian Paten
Office."
IP Firms - India - Manna Ray & Co
"Calcutta (Kolkata) law firm providing a wide
range of legal services on issues related to intellectual property to
businesses and individuals, with access to a network of lawyers
throughout India."
IP Firms - Ukraine - D&L Consult
D&L Consult is an International Intellectual
Property Law Firm founded by the registered Patent Attorneys of
Ukraine. Our decade long IP prosecution and enforcement experience is
based on profound local expertise and extensive cooperation with the
western corporate world. Our practice is focused on managing corporate
and individual IP portfolios including trademark clearances, prior art
searches, Patent and Trademark prosecution and post-registration
procedures, IP audits and due diligence projects. We successfully
represent clients in overcoming Ukrainian PTO's preliminary refusals
under Madrid Agreement and Protocol, handle sophisticated infringement
actions, provide watch services and devise strategies for efficient
Intellectual Property protection in the Ukrainian legal environment.
Our services have become a great contribution to the establishment of
the effective Intellectual Property programs directed to Eastern
European markets.
IP Firms - USA - New York
Dariush Keyhani
"Providing the best legal representation in
intellectual property matters including trademark litigation, patent
litigation, copyright litigation, patent and trademark prosecution."
Posted by Matthew
Downing
Monday, 09
August 2004
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IP Country Resources Updated - Denmark
PVSonline Register - Patents and
Utility Models (new link)
"The Danish Patent and Trademark Office provides
facilities for accessing to access information and documents
concerning Danish IPR files. The patent files contain pending patent
applications, granted patents, certificates of supplementary
protection for pharmaceuticals and plant protection products as well
as European Patents valid in Denmark." PSVonline Register is hosted on
the DKPTO website.
PVSonline Register - Trademarks (new
link)
"The Danish Patent and Trademark Office provides
facilities for accessing to access information and documents
concerning Danish IPR files. The trademark files contain pending
Danish trademark applications and Danish trademark registrations as
well as international trademarks (under the Madrid Protocol) valid in
Denmark. EU applications/registrations are not contained in the
files." PSVonline Register is hosted on the DKPTO website.
PVSonline Register - Designs (new
link)
"The Danish Patent and Trademark Office provides
facilities for accessing to access information and documents
concerning Danish IPR files. The files contain pending Danish design
applications and design registrations." PSVonline Register is hosted
on the DKPTO website.
 IPD
Online Patent Search (new link)
The patent records of the published patent
applications and the granted patents are now available for online
searching. The online system contains all the patent records on the
Hong Kong Register of Patents. This database is hosted on the IPD
website.
The Hong Kong Intellectual Property
Journal (new link)
The Hong Kong Intellectual Property Journal is
the official journal specified under Section 73 of the Trade Marks
Ordinance, Section 150A of the Patents Ordinance and Section 84A of
the Registered Designs Ordinance. The journal is hosted on the IPD
website.
IPD Online Trade Mark Search (new
link)
The trade mark records of the registered trade
marks and trade mark application pending before the Trade Marks
Registry are now available for online searching. The online system
contains the trade mark on the Hong Kong Trade Marks Registry. This
database is hosted on the IPD website.
Posted by Scott Ly
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German Intellectual Property
Conferences
Meino von Oldershausen from
FORUM Institut für Management GmbH has informed me of 2 new IP
conferences which will be of particular interest to European and
German speaking practitioners.
3. Forum-Fachkonferenz - Produkt- und Markenpiraterie
28.-29. Oktober 2004 auf dem Petersberg/Königswinter (Germany)
PATENT- und
MARKEN - FORUM 2004
29.11.-3.12.2004 in Munich
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 05
August 2004
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US -
Internet Access to Patent Application Files Now Available
 "The
system, known as Public PAIR (patent application and information
retrieval), offers the public an advanced electronic portal to PDF
viewing, downloading and printing an array of information and
documents for approximately 500,000 patent applications not covered by
confidentiality laws. As new applications become eligible for
publication 18 months after they are filed, they will be added to the
database. It is expected that about 300,000 application files will be
added annually.
Public PAIR builds on the USPTO’s year-old electronic IFW patent
application file system, which is replacing paper files and is now
used by over 95% of patent examiners to review applications. Public
PAIR also offers a quick-click feature for ordering certified copies
of patent applications and application files".
To find out more, visit the USPTO website
here.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms – Nepal - Attorneys & Lawyers for
Intellectual Property Right Protection
“Trademark, Industrial Design, Patent,
Copyright, Domain registration in Nepal including renewal, license
agreement, recordal assignment, enforcement, maintenance, rendering
advice and handling litigation relating to all intellectual Property
Law (IP Right) in Nepal for domestic & international clients.”
IP Firms – Portugal - Marquesmarcas
“We are a Portuguese Industrial Property Cabinet
operating in Portugal since 1994. We are located at Setúbal -
Portugal. Geographically Setúbal is situated in the South of
Metropolitan area of Lisbon and it is a beautiful city surrounded by
mountains, Sado River and ocean and is 40 km distance from centre of
Lisbon. Our founder and actual Great Manager Dr. EVANGELINO MARQUES
RIBEIRO have a large experience in Industrial Property Field. -
(1974-1994) He works in a well known Industrial Property Cabinet at
Lisbon. (June 01, 1994) He founds its own Cabinet MARQUESMARCAS, LDA.,
As a consequence of the above cited many firms has joined us in order
to ask for our services to protect their rights in Portugal. It is a
great imperative of our Cabinet to continue given our clients the best
services and good solutions for their questions. Our services
comprises Portuguese Patents, PCT, EPO Applications and Validations,
Utility Models, Industrial and Design Applications; Portuguese,
International and Community Trademark Applications; Trademark Renewals
and DIU (Declaration of Intention of Use); Annuity payments;
Assignments, License Agreements, Change of Identity and Name, Mergers,
and Oppositions, etc. Our Cabinet comprises, Lawyers, Official Agents,
Engineers specialised on multiple fields, Technical Translators from
and into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, as well as some
paralegal who deal with routine Patent and Trademark surveillance. We
have obviously, external contacts with a wide range of Technicians in
several areas which perform eventual work for us whenever the workload
demands it.”
IP Firms - India - JM Sharma & Co
"J M Sharma & Co (JMS) is a fairly young law
firm and was founded in 1997 by Shri Jitendra Mohan Sharma,
Advocate-on-Record in the Supreme Court of India. In a short span of
seven years, the firm has acquired a distinctive reputation in the
fields of Arbitration, Industrial and Employment Law, Family Law,
International Law, Environmental Law, Corporate Law and Intellectual
Property. Situated at the Supreme Court in New Delhi the firm is well
suited to take into account the latest developments in law. The firm
has successfully represented numerous clients in the Supreme Court and
Delhi High Court."
IP Firms - Pakistan - Pakistan
Intellectual Property Rights Solution
"PIPS is uniquely poised to protect your
trademarks, patents, logos, designs, copyrights, trade secrets, and
proprietary information, carry out complex consulting and
investigative projects in numerous locations and provinces
simultaneously and enforce our intellectual property rights wherever
you, your competitors or counterfeiters operate on a national level."
Posted by Matthew
Downing
Friday, 30 July
2004
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US -
Trademarks Commissioner to Leave
 The
Commissioner for Trademarks at the Department of Commerce’s U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Ms Anne Chasser has just
announced that she will be leaving the USPTO on 1 September 2004. Anne
Chasser was appointed Bill Clinton at the same time as Q. Todd
Dickinson (former Commissioner).
"Ms. Chasser joined the USPTO as special advisor
in September 1999 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant
Commissioner for Trademarks in November 1999. Following the enactment
of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, Ms. Chasser was
appointed Commissioner for Trademarks in March 2000".
Read the full (but brief) Press Release
here.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Nepal - Solar Law Associates
"Solar Law Associates is one of the leading law
firms in Nepal with a well reputation in the area of Intellectual
Property Law. The firm has extensive experience to undertake the
entire work of IP matters of preparing, filing, prosecuting and
registering Patent(s), Trademark(s), Industrial Design(s), Copyright(s),
domain registration(s) including renewal(s), drafting of license
agreement(s), assignment(s); enforcement, maintenance, rendering
advice and handling litigation relating to all Intellectual Property
Rights. We are specialized in developing, obtaining, maintaining and
enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in Nepal and abroad for our
domestic and international clients."
IP Firms - China - Shenzhen Truer
Patent Agent Co. Ltd
"Shenzhen Truer Patent Agent Co. Ltd is a
Chinese foreign-related patent agency authorized by the State
Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China. Headquarter in the
Shenzhen Economy Special District. Enterprise Culture:
People-esteemed. Slogan: Choice Patent, Classic Created.
Characteristic: Distinguished education background; Skilful business
technique; Effective file case handling; High-quality service."
IP Firms - Jordan - TRIMARK
Intellectual Property Consulting
"TRIMARK is a new formula of knowledge , ideal
set up and an experienced team with a strong will to provide a
professional service in the fields of intellectual property, namely;
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Models and Industrial Designs, IPR
Portfolio Management, Watch Service, Anti-counterfeiting,
Investigation, IP training, Licensing and Contracts, Acquisitions,
Mergers and Changes of Ownership, Branding and brand development."
Posted by Matthew
Downing
Wednesday, 28
July 2004
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Hungary - Shots from
the History of the Electric Bulb
The Hungarian Patent Office has
an interesting visual history of the Electric light bulb, with a
clever animated "gif". Take a look
1879 - The first electric bulb with carbon
pencil of Edison's which was lighting for more than 40 hours
1881 - Paris World Exhibition, display of Edison's Jumbo dynamo
1905 - Manufacturing of vacuum bulbs started
1913 - Electric bulb with Wolfram's filament 1934
1934 - Imre Bródy's electric bulb filled with krypton
| HPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Canada - CIPO Replaces EPO as International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority
 The
Canadian Intellectual Property Office has advised that as of 26 July
2004, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has replaced
the European Patent Office (EPO) as the competent International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority.
This decision applies to all Patent Cooperation Treaty international
applications filed on or after July 26 by Canadian applicants with the
Canadian receiving Office or the International Bureau of the World
Intellectual Property Organisation as receiving Office. All such
applications that were filed prior to July 26, 2004 will continue to
have the international search and, where applicable, the international
preliminary examination conducted by EPO.
|
CIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 27
July 2004
-
New Zealand - Patents • Methods of Medical Treatment of Humans
On 28 June 2004, the Court of
Appeal in New Zealand in the of Pfizer Inc v Commissioner of Patents
(CA22/03) issued a judgment in relation the methods of medical
treatment of humans.
"All three judgments of the Court conclude that
“in terms of the present law, methods of medical treatment are not
patentable” on the ground that it is generally inconvenient to protect
them with letters patent or grants of privilege. The Court maintained
that reform of this area of law is best undertaken through the
Parliamentary process that would enable full consultation with any
interested parties. The Court accordingly upheld the decision of Ellis
J in the High Court and dismissed Pfizer’s appeal".
To find out more, read the IPONZ Client Newsletter, available
here.
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Ireland - Good Practice Guide
The Irish Patent Office has released
a new guide - the Good Practice Guide - 10 pragmatic recommendations
for a better integration of IP in your business.
"As part of the " Linking Innovation and
Industrial Property" - a project supported by the European Commission,
the Patents Office has contributed to the creation and publication of
an informative guide, which will contribute to increasing awareness of
the value of intellectual property assets".
Click here to download the guide.
| Irish Patent Office
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
IP Conference Calendar Update
6 -
10 March 2005 -
IPI-ConfEx 2005 - Marbella, ES (IPI
Institute)
The IPI-Confex 2004 has now been announced.
Lucy Akers of IPI-Confex has made the following announcement about the
conference.
"Dear Colleagues,
Please mark your calendars!! It is our pleasure to inform you that
IPI-ConfEx 2005 will be taking place from March 6-10, 2005 in Marbella
on the Costa del Sol. The nearest airport is in Malaga, southern
Spain, with airport access also available from Gibraltar. We are also
very excited to share the main heading for the 2005 meeting: "Best
Practices in Patent Information Management and Searching". Based
largely on the 2004 meeting delegates' feedback and on our Board of
Counsellor's feedback, some program ideas that are currently under
development include:
Expert Patent Searching
Strategic Issues
Business Impact of Patent Information
Case Studies
Special Focus Segment: Patent Analysis Tools and Techniques in 2005
Further announcements, including a call for papers will be sent to you
shortly. We shall look forward to seeing our European colleagues in
Spain!
Posted by Kristine Baird
Friday, 23 July
2004
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Macedonia - Turkey
Cooperation
 The
Industrial Property Protection Office of the Republic of Macedonia
have posted news of the signing of a Cooperation Protocol By the
Macedonian State Office of Industrial Property and the Turkish Patent
Institute. It is unclear exactly what this cooperation will entail
however the Macedonian Office made this statement:
"The two Offices, joint by their common goal to
improve the implementation of industrial property protection, believe
that by signing this Protocol they will be able to make a more precise
definition of their already long standing cooperation. The
representatives agreed that at this moment areas of common interest
are the automation of the workflow at the respective Offices, the
internal organization of the offices and the possible exchange of
experience about the membership in the European Patent Office......The
Protocol also plans that by the end of this year experts from the two
offices form a monitoring committee that will supervise the
implementation of the Protocol".
| IPPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Australia - Patent Database Changes
The PatSearch (PAMS Online)
patent database (the patent search system formerly known as NPS) has
recently undergone some changes.
The PatSearch (PAMS Online) database contains bibliographic
information about innovation patent applications filed from 24 May
2001 and all new standard complete, provisional and innovation patent
applications filed after the implementation of NPS Release 2.1 on 5
July 2002. IP Australia have improved the "useability" of the system
by now displaying continuation/renewal fee details for all
applications, except for PCT applications that have not yet entered
national phase.
You can access the PatSearch database
here.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Journalists' Guide to Intellectual Property
The UK Patent Office publishes
an online guide to Intellectual Property for Journalists. It is a
handy guide which breaks it down into four types of intellectual
property.
Patents
- What is a patent?
- A patent can be a valuable commercial asset:
- What inventions can be patented?
- To obtain a patent an invention must be:
- How is a patent enforced?
Trade Marks
- What is a trade mark?
- What is the difference between a registered trade mark and an
unregistered trade mark?
- What trade marks can be registered?
- How is a trade mark enforced?
Design Registration
- What is a registered design?
- How are designs registered?
- Is there an international registration for designs?
Copyright
- What is copyright?
- Who owns copyright?
- Copyright and the Internet:
- How is copyright enforced?
This is a useful resource for those with little experience of IP but
with a need to understand the basics. The complete version of this
guide is available in PDF
here.
| UK Patent Office Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 20
July 2004
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - USA - California
- Evergreen Valley Law Group P.C.
"Evergreen Valley Law Group P.C. is a
full-service Intellectual Property law firm with offices in
California, USA and Bangalore, India. Our firm's team of registered
patent attorneys and trademark attorneys is dedicated towards
providing first-class service to clients at an affordable cost."
IP Firms - China - Suzhou Patent &
Trademark Agency
"We've been practicing in the PRC for more than
20 years so we are experts in this area. We are PRC lawyers and also
AIPPI member.We are dependable."
IP Firms - France - Macquet &
Associés
"European Patent & Trademark Attorneys."
Posted by Matthew
Downing
Monday, 19 July
2004
-
New Community
Trademark Database
The CTM-Online database has
been upgraded since 16 July 2004. It now includes more information on
the Community trade mark registration process and is updated daily.
The database also provides better supporting information – via the
help page, which now includes a glossary of statuses and information
on Vienna codes. It also includes links to other databases, such as
OHIM Case-Law (refusals, opposition, cancellation, appeals) and Curia,
the European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance database.
To find out more, visit the
CTM-Online
database.
| OHIM Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Questel•Orbit - PatentExaminer
 Questel•Orbit
has announced the release of PatentExaminer. PatentExaminer is a
patent portfolio management system.
"PatentExaminer (www.patexaminer.com) greatly
facilitates the examination process by display the full-text patents
and original facsimile patents side-by-side. It also includes a unique
user defined text mapping and clustering feature incorporating
different colored highlighting, to quickly find text and text
clusters. Ranking and annotation features are also included to assist
in the examination and collaboration process.....It is also an
effective distribution tool allowing the expert to feed data from
Questel•Orbit or through SDI alerts into PatentExaminer, then allowing
their customers to read and analyze the results".
| Questel•Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
STN
International - New CSA Databases
 News from STN (FIZ
Karlsuhe), who have announced that they have added 7 new databases
from database producer CSA to the STN International online service.
ANTE covers new
technologies such as information technology and computing,
electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering
(including construction, electrical and chemical engineering) and
allied subject areas. Sources are a large number of academic and trade
publications from the U.K. and the U.S.
Technical information is also provided by the two engineering
databases
CIVILENG
and
MECHENG
covering worldwide literature on civil engineering (CIVILENG),
mechanical and transportation engineering (MECHENG) and their
complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and
marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical
mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation.
Information on environmental issues is available in three of the new
databases:
ENVIROENG
covers the world literature pertaining to technological and
engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety,
and energy production.
WATER
and
AQUALINE
cover international scientific, technical and trade literature on
water-related topics and all aspects of water resources, including
supplies management, water legislation, water quality, potable water
distribution, wastewater collection, water treatment technologies,
wastewater and sewage treatment, and ecological and environmental
effects of water pollution.
BIOENG
provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research,
applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas
of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical,
pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
| STN Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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STN - 2 -
BEILSTEIN Enhancements
Beilstein on STN has been enhanced
with new features developed with "patent searchers in mind":
1. Patent Numbers (PN) can now be SELECTed and TRANSFERed
Patent Numbers (PN) were previously only
searchable, but now they can also be SELECTed and/or TRANSFERed for
searching in other STN files.
2. BABS Accession Numbers can be searched, SELECTed and TRANSFERed
The BEILSTEIN Abstracts Database (BABS) contains
bibliographic data, titles and abstracts for all references in
BEILSTEIN from 1980 to date. BABS Accession (Abstract) Numbers are now
searchable and SELECTable in BEILSTEIN, greatly improving crossfile
searching between the two files.
3. All references to a compound can be displayed in a single format
Three new display formats, ALLREF, ALLP and
BABSAN, can be used to display all unique references, all unique
patent references or all unique BABS Accession Numbers (BABSAN)
respectively for a BEILSTEIN substance record. The new display formats
combine references from property data fields and BEILSTEIN reaction
documents into a single deduplicated list.
| STN Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday, 16 July
2004
-
Iceland - Patent Act Amendments
The Icelandic Patent Office has
advised this week (14 July) that amendment to the Iceland Patent Act
has been passed by parliament. Amendment Act nr. 53/2004 to change the
Patent Act, no. 17/1991, to conform to the European Patent Convention
entered into force on June 14th.
In addition the Patent & Trademark Gazette will now be published
electronically from the 15th July 2004 issue. They will only be
available
electronically unless you venture to the Patent Office which will
supply a printed version for a fee.
|
ELS Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Dialog - Latest Chronolog Edition Now Available
 The
July/August 2004 issue of the Chronolog is now available online from
Dialog. This issue includes:
- Dialog NewsEdge Adds Live News Alerts and More
Sources
- DialogLink 4.0: XML and Reports
- MetalBase Added to Sci-Tech Collection on Dialog
- Two New Trademark Databases Now Available on Dialog
- Now Available on Dialog DataStar: New Source of Regulatory
Information for the Pharmaceutical and Devices Industries
To read the latest edition of Chronolog, click
here, or download the PDF version
here.
| Dialog Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Taiwan -
Trademarks - Registering 3Ds, Colors, and Sounds as Trademark
The Intellectual Property
Office of Taiwan has advised that they have prepared and drafted
examination guidelines which published on 1 July 2004. These
guidelines deal with 3D marks, Color marks and Sound marks.
Under amendments to legislation in 2003, which bring Taiwan into line
with other jurisdictions, , 3D, color, and sound marks are now
protected under the Trademark Act. Since its implementation on 28
November 2003, the TIPO has received over 100 applications for 3D mark
registration, some 60 applications for color mark registration, and
over 20 for sound mark registration, marking a combined total of
approximately 200 applications.
For further information, visit the TIPO website
here.
| TIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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IP.Com - Early Subscriber Discount Program
 IP.com has just
announced that they have an early subscriber discount program for
unlimited search and download access to the Prior Art Database. The
IP.com Prior Art database provides coverage of "defensive
publications". The full Press Release is detailed below or you can
visit the website here.
"IP.com, the world’s leader in defensive
publications, prior art management and e-document legal safeguarding
today announced the availability of a discount program for early
subscribers to the Prior Art Database. On June 16, 2004 IP.com
announced their intention to launch a completely modified website with
additional content, features and functions effective September 1,
2004. Today they are extending a $400 per user discount for those who
subscribe to the service between now and August 9, 2004.
The IP.com Prior Art Database is the leading vehicle for defensive
publications. The world’s leading innovators such as IBM, Motorola,
Siemens and others publish their non-patent technology into the Prior
Art Database each day, making it a unique collection of prior art that
is not available anywhere else in the world. Serious intellectual
property researchers rely on this source of prior art in their
patentability searches. All the documents in the Prior Art Database
are digitally fingerprinted and date-stamped to ensure their
authenticity.
The Prior Art Database is growing rapidly and should have in excess of
120,000 documents by September 1. Basic searching of the Prior Art
Database is currently offered at no charge. On September 1st the
contents and features will be enhanced and the service will become
available on a subscription basis. To learn more about the planned
changes you can go to www.ip.com and read the June 16th announcement
and related links.
The IP.com Prior Art Database is searched by patent examiners the
world over. During 2004 IP.com has traveled the globe to train
examiners in over 20 national patent offices.
In addition to the Prior Art Database, IP.com offers a private
document management solution called Innovation Q, which is used for
e-lab notebook solutions. They also offer the IP.com Legal
Safeguarding Agent, a service that allows customers to digitally
fingerprint and date-stamp any or all electronic records behind their
firewall. This service ensures that if electronic records are needed
at some point in the future for trial or other adversarial
proceedings, they will be available and authenticatable as to date of
creation and content".
| IP.com Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 15
July 2004
-
Online
Patent Auction
 One
thing I love about IP and the Internet is the way both have emerged to
provide new ways of delivering information and how they have combined
to become creative business models. One such service is ipAuctions.
ipAuctions Inc is an auction company specializing in intellectual
property. Currently, they are auctioning intellectual property via an
online auction.
"Bankruptcy Auction Begins
Over ten patents and patent applications and several trademarks
belonging to Megaxess, Inc, a Germantown, MD, a U.S-based maker of
products to eliminate network downtime, will be auctioned online
starting July 12. As a result of a Chapter 7 filing, the US Bankruptcy
Court, District of Maryland, has ordered the sale of Megaxess, Inc.'s
intellectual property.
ipAuctions Inc. ®, an auction company specializing in intellectual
property, in conjunction with Tranzon Fox, will be conducting the sale
of several patents relating to major Internet management tools for
service providers, large corporations and government agencies.
"Rarely do we see such high quality technologies become available in a
bankruptcy sale," comments Joe Popolo, President of IP Auctions. "With
over $5 million invested in their development, another technology
company can finish was Megaxess started and really profit from these
patents."
"Patent buyers are national buyers," reflects Stephen Karbelk, EVP of
Tranzon Fox, a national auction company jointly marketing the assets.
"The use of the internet bidding platform used by IPAuctions.com will
extend the reach and the volume of bidding, making it available to
investors worldwide." The auction-which will also include several
valuable trademarks from several other Chapter 7 bankruptcy sales-will
be live on www.ipAuctions.com, starting July 12, 2004 at 9:00 AM (PST)
and end on July 23, 2004 at 5:00 PM (PST)".
Now if you are interested in this particular auction you can call a Mr
Stephen Karbelk in the US on 703-912-3307. If you are interested in
the ipAuction service you can contact Joseph Popolo on info@ipauctions.com
|
ipAuctions Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 13
July 2004
-
IP Conference Calendar Update
27
July 2004 - Techniques for Searching Derwent WPI and First View
- London, UK (STN)
28 July 2004 - Diving for Treasures –
Searching in Patent Full-Text files - London, UK (STN)
28 July 2004 - Techniques for Searching
Inpadoc - London, UK (STN)
Posted by Kristine Baird
Monday, 12 July
2004
-
Trilateral Patent Office Meeting
For those readers that follow
the Trilateral Patent Office, then you may be interested in a new
report on the Japanese Patent Office website - Summary Report of the
Trilateral Technical Meeting, which was held in the US from 18 May to
20 May 2004. The report is available
here.
| JPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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IP Menu Update - News & Journals
American Lawyer's Media Law.com (new
link)
The American Lawye's Media LAW.COM Newswire is a
free daily email digest of the most important legal news stories in
the USA. News is collated from 20 newspapers and US Law journals.
BNA's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal (new link)
BNA's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal
provides "accurate, unbiased news coverage of significant federal and
state developments affecting every area of intellectual property law".
This subscriber service is issued weekly.
e-News on Copyright (new link)
Australia Commonwealth Attorney-General's
Department's Copyright Newsletter.
Journal of Intellectual Property Law (JIPL) ($) (new link)
A "student-edited law journal devoted solely to
the field of intellectual property law; specifically patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secrets, unfair trade, entertainment and
related topics." Published biannually by students of the Georgia
School of Law. Available by subscription.
The Journal of Online Law (new link)
An online publication that concentrates on law
and online communications (cyberspace). It is run by the College of
William and Mary School of Law in the USA.
Managing Intellectual Property (new link)
Managing Intellectual Property source of
business and strategy information on patents, trade marks and
copyright developments for over 10 years.
The Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (new link)
This exclusively online journal, "focuses on the
impact that computer-related and other emerging technologies have on
the law." Students of the University of Richmond School of Law publish
the journal.
University of Texas IP Journal (new link)
"Articles appearing in the Journal focus on
substantive legal issues and recent developments in the areas of
Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Unfair Competition, and Trade Secret
law"
Just do IP (new link)
Australia's only weekly online newsletter, in a
searchable format, on intellectual property news with a regulatory and
competition focus. The newsletter is issued free of charge to
subscribers.
IP Newsflash (new link)
Provides up to date with press, notices and
decisions in the field of patents and trademarks.
Posted by Scott Ly.
Thursday, 08
July 2004
-
WIPO - WIPO Magazine May / June 2004 Edition
 The English
version of the May/June 2004 issue of the WIPO Magazine is now
available online from WIPO. The current edition includes:
- IP and Business - Savvy Marketing: Merchandising of IP Rights
- Accounting and Intellectual Property (Part I)
- World Intellectual Property Day
- Venice Hosts International Conference on Design
- High-Level Events in Tokyo Commemorate 100th Anniversary of JIII
- Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting
- Committee Meetings - 12th Session of the SCT Recommends Updating
Trademark Law Treaty
Member States Discuss Ways To Further Harmonize Patent Law
PCT Reform: Sixth Session of the Working Group
- News Roundup
The Director General Meets Italy’s Minister of Productive Activities
Korean Artist Holds Exhibition at WIPO
Special Program Highlights Importance of Intellectual Property for
SMEs
IP Forum for OECD and EU Enlargement Countries
- Calendar of Meetings
- WIPO/ITC Guide on
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Europe - Oncomouse Patent - Update
For those of you who have been
following the "Oncomouse" Patent (EP0169672),
some further news from the European Patent Office.
 "Munich, 6
July 2004-- As a result of an appeal decision, European patent EP 0
169 672, better-known as the “Oncomouse” patent, has been further
restricted.
In 1985 the President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA, applied for a European patent entitled “Method for
producing transgenic animals”. The patent was granted in May 1992 in
respect of “non-human mammalian animals” for eleven member states of
the European Patent Organisation.
Seventeen oppositions against the patent, filed in 1992 and 1993, led
to the decision in November 2001 to maintain the patent in respect of
“transgenic rodents”. Several appeals against that decision lodged in
March 2003 were heard by the Technical Board of Appeal which decided
to restrict the patent further to “transgenic mice”.
The full reasons for the appeal decisions will be given later in
writing".
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday, 07
July 2004
Tuesday, 06
July 2004
-
Estonia - Filing Activity
Report
The Estonian Patent Office has just
published details of the Filing activity of applications for legal
protection of industrial property in the first half of 2004. It is
good to see a Patent Office publish figures for the current year,
normally we need to wait until mid way through the next calendar year
to find out information about patent filings.
To see the full set of figures, click
here.
| Estonian Patent Office
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday, 05 July
2004
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms – Cuba - Sanchelima &
Associates, P.A.
IP Firms – USA – Florida -
Sanchelima & Associates, P.A.
“Our firm was established by its founder, Jesus
Sanchelima, Esq., has been a Registered Patent Attorney since 1977.
With over ten years' experience in the electronics industry as an
engineer, he has brought a unique approach to the protection of
intellectual property, yielding practical results to the firm's
clients. His litigation experience in state, federal, and
administrative courts includes the patent, trademark, copyright, and
international fields. Mr. Sanchelima also has been actively involved
in the American Arbitration Association since 1987. Maitte Netsch
Esq., collaborates in the firm in the areas of corporate and
transactional practice, as well as trademarks. She is tri-lingual,
mastering Spanish, English, and French. Albert Bordas, Esq., is
admitted to the Florida Bar and is a Registered Patent and Trademark
Attorney. Before working as an engineer for over five years, he
pursued aviation, obtaining F.A.A. licenses as an Aircraft Mechan |
Akash
Bhardwaj from Archer & Angel has prepared a paper called ‘A Practical
Guide to Intellectual Property Audits’. It is useful guide on this
increasing popular area of business.
Good
news for news junkies like me, the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office has launched the CIPO Newsroom which contains release of
current news and archive of earlier releases.
