Monday, 30 December
2002
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PatSee PRO Upgrade to Version 4
 PatSee PRO is
software that allows users to download complete copies of patent
specifications. Image Applications has now announced an upgrade to
PatSee PRO which will now be able to find A1/A2 etc documents from Esp@cenet
even if the user enters the wrong suffix. PatSee PRO is now able to
download almost all patents hosted on Esp@cenet and will be able to
get overseas equivalent when specified patent not found. To find out
more about this upgrade, visit the Image Application website
here.
|
Image Applications Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 24 December
2002
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Seasons Greetings!
 The
staff at IP Menu, IP Organisers and Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick
wish you a safe and happy holiday season and new year. IP Menu is
looking forward to the new year as we are planning a new look and some
new services that will help you stay up-to-date with the latest in IP
news.
The team at IP Menu/IP Organisers - Rodney Cruise, Simon Ware, Scott
Gardiner, Saskia Jahn, Matthew Downing, Natalie Hibberd, Kristine
Baird, Michael Squires and Kristin van Delft.
| IP Menu Website |
IP Organisers Website |
Phillips Ormonde &
Fitzpatrick Website |
Monday, 23 December
2002
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New EPIDOS News Now Available Online
 A
new edition of EPIDOS News [Issue 4/02]
is now available online. The headlines are:
Headlines:
INPADOC
via esp@cenet® - The data contained in the INPADOC
databases will soon be available via esp@cenet® free of charge.
Conference calls for certification of patent
information specialists - Participants at this year's
EPIDOS Annual Conference agreed that there is a pressing need to
create a professional qualification for patent information specialists
in Europe.
ESPACE® LEGAL - ESPACE® LEGAL, the
library of essential information for patent attorneys has been
released on DVD-ROM; it now also includes the EPO's Case Law Reports.
WebRegPro - A new tool for
monitoring patent applications using the epoline® Online European
Patent Register
To read the full version of EPIDOS news, click
here.
| EPO
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday, 20 December
2002
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Romania accedes to the European Patent Convention
 On
12 December 2002, the Government of the Republic of Romania (RO)
deposited its instrument of accession to the European Patent
Convention (EPC) and to the Act revising the EPC of 29 November 2000.
The EPC will accordingly enter into force for Romania on
1 March 2003.
The European Patent Organisation will thus comprise the following 27
member states as from 1 March 2003: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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CAS - 2003 CAS Catalog Now
Available
The 2003 CAS Catalog has just been
published online and features descriptions of the full range of
products and services offered by CAS. The full colour
catalog is available as a PDF file and is about 2.6 Mb in size.
Download it from the CAS website
here.
| CAS Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday, 19 December
2002
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Derwent - IP
Matters
 An
interesting article has just been posted on Derwent's IP Matters
website - "Patenting in the biopharmaceutical industry - comparing the
US with Europe". The article is by Luke
Foster, Doina Nanu and Simon Alcock of Derwent.
"Patents play a key role in the
biopharmaceutical industry. Although there are significant differences
between the laws governing biopharmaceutical patents in the US and in
Europe, over the past decade the number of biopharmaceutical filings
and granted patents has risen substantially, on both sides of the
Atlantic".
To read the full
IP Matters article click
here.
| Derwent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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STNews Now Available - December Edition
The December "Year in Review" Edition
of STNews (a bimonthly newsletter) is now available in both
HTML and
PDF format from STN. The current issue includes articles on the
following:
Feature - STN: 2002–year in review
Help Worldwide - STN--Count on us for the
best Help Desk support
Database News- Database News Articles
Ask REGgie - Year in review–CAS Registry
file enhancements
STN on the Web - Using the Sequence
Search Assistant to search DGENE
Patent Interchange - Searching text in
full-text patent files
Take Note - STN partner, FIZ Karlsruhe,
celebrates 25th year | CAS Registry BLAST via STN on the Web enhanced
| System limits increased
To find out more, or to subscribe, visit the
STN website.
|
STN Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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ICANN Board Approves Plans
for New TLDs
The board of The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved plans to
add a limited number of sponsored Top-Level Domains (TLDs) on 15
December 2002 at its 2002 Annual Meeting in Amsterdam. Sponsored
domains (such as the existing ".museum" and ".coop") are created for
specific community groups and registration in the new sponsored TLDs
will be restricted. The precise number and names of the new sponsored
TLDs is yet to be determined and ICANN have indicated that this will
be resolved in early 2003.
For further information see:
::
ICANN
::
InfoWorld
::
CNET
::
VNUNET
| ICANN Website |
Posted by Scott Gardiner
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WIPO - Intellectual
Property On The Internet - Report
The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) has released a publication which reviews impact
that digital technologies - the Internet in particular - have had on
intellectual property (IP) and the international IP system. The report
("Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Survey of Issues,") is
available for download from the WIPO website
here. The report
is "designed as an overview for all those interested in gaining a
perspective on how intellectual property has been affected by digital
technologies, and the pivotal role played by the IP system itself in
supporting and promoting e-commerce globally".
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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New Zealand - Trade Marks Act 2002 Now Available
 The Trade Marks Act 2002 has
now received Royal Assent. As a result the sections of the Act
containing regulation making powers and powers to establish a Maori
advisory committee have now come into force. It is anticipated that
regulations will be made and a Maori advisory committee will be in
place within 6 to 9 months. The rest of the Act will be brought into
force at that time by Order in Council. You can view a HTML version of
the new Trade Marks Act on the Knowledge Basket website
here.
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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RAPID - Remotely Accessible
Patent Database
 It
is always great to learn of new online intellectual property services
and one that I have recently discovered is RAPID.
"RAPID - Remotely
Accessible Patent Database - is an easy-to-use Internet portal for
tracking, searching and accessing patent information strategic to your
enterprise. RAPID is also a complete solution that includes:
- an alert service for keeping track of technology trends and
competitors activities through patent information
- a personalized and secured database for storing, searching and
sharing within your enterprise your patent records
- organizing your patent documents with a multi-level categorization
and displaying them by list of titles or detailed records including
abstract, bibliographic references and image
- the access to the full-text patent document through a simple click".
| RAPID Website |
CentreDoc Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday, 17 December
2002
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Software - PatentIn 3.2 Released
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the release of anan enhanced
version of PatentIn 3.1, naturally called PatentIn 3.2.
PatentIn 3.2 contains additional features designed to ease
the authoring of sequence listings. PatentIn 3.2 is also certified
for Windows XP.
Features of PatentIn 3.2
- PatentIn 3.2 offers customers features designed to
lessen the time required to prepare patent applications containing
nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. These features include:
Ability To Create Default Explanations -
PatentIn 3.2 provides default explanations for “n”s and “Xaa”s in
sequence listings. Default explanations are labeled as miscellaneous
features containing the location of the variable characters, and the
message, “n is a, c, g or t” for DNA sequences, “n is a, c, g or u”
for RNA sequences or “Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid”
for protein sequences.
Customers also have the option to create definitions for variables.
Ability to Apply Comments to All Sequences -
PatentIn 3.2 allows customers to apply a comment for one
artificial or unknown organism to all other sequences in the project
with “artificial” or “unknown” as the organism.
Return of the Character Filter
PatentIn 3.2 permits the customers to import text files of sequences
that contain characters other than nucleotide or amino acid symbols
such as spaces and numbers. This benefit was previously offered in
PatentIn 2.x.
To get your copy of the PatentIn 3.2 software visit the USPTO
website
here.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Thomson
Acquires Delphion
 The
Thomson Corporation announced today
(16 December 2002) that it has acquired
Delphion Research from
the privately-held Delphion Inc. for a
purchase price of approximately US$22 million. Read the full
Press
Release.
"This acquisition fills an important
strategic gap for Thomson. It allows us to integrate a global
full-text patent research, analysis and delivery platform into our
array of value-added information solutions," said Mike Tansey, Chief
Executive Officer, Thomson Scientific. "The acquisition also
provides Thomson the opportunity to leverage synergies across
business units to reach and service both the professional research
and business communities."
| Delphion Website |
Thomson Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Patent Information
Industry Honours Its Great Professionals
 Nominations
are now being accepted for the prestigious 'International Patent
Information (IPI) Award', which was established to honor the great
professionals of the patent information industry worldwide.
Nominations close 24 January 2003 and full details are available from
the Patent Information Award (IPI)
website. The
judges in this award certainly form an impressive group in this
industry.
* Ms. Lucy Akers, Akers & Company; former Team Leader, Intellectual
Property Management at ExxonMobil (US); current Chairperson of the
Patent Information Users Group (PIUG).
* Dr. Ebe Campi, Principal Director at the European Patent Office (The
Netherlands); also past President of the Patent Documentation Group (PDG)
in Europe.
* Mr. Jeffrey Forman, Manager, Information Services, Intellectual
Property Law of IBM (US); Chairman of one of the PIUG committees.
* Dr. Christoph Haxel, Director, Henkel InfoCenter (Germany); current
President of the PDG.
* Mr. Koh Ishii, formerly of Nippon Oil Corporation (Japan); past
President of several patent information user groups in Japan.
* Ms. Barbara Peterson, Director of Library & Information Services at
3M (US); past Chairperson of the Industrial Technical Information
Managers Group (ITIMG).
* Dr. Ian Sinclair, Site Head, Information Management at Pfizer (UK);
former Vice President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in
Europe.
* Mr. Yutaka Wada, Chairman & President, PATOLIS Corporation, Japan.
* Mr. Ford Khorsandian (Award Sponsor and non-voting Board Member);
President, Technology & Patent Research International, current Vice
Chairman of the PIUG.
To find out more or to nominate someone, please visit the IPI
website. Thanks
to Trudi Jones of Technology & Patent Research International, Inc.,
for this information.
|
IPI Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday, 16 December 2002
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IPR-Helpdesk NewsLetter
 IPR-Helpdesk
Newsletter - 5 November 2002 is available online.
This edition includes the following:
Intellectual Property and the Common Law
by Professor Michael Blakeney
Community Patent Regulation - Background and
current status by Mercedes García Pérez
The legal function of notices in copyright
by Fabrice de Patoul
Do SMEs have to choose between copyright and a
patent to protect their software? by Corentin Poullete
For more information, visit the
IPR-Helpdesk.
| IPR-Helpdesk
Website |
Posted by Simon Ware.
Thursday,
12 December 2002
Wednesday,
11 December 2002
- Canada - CIPO Granted International Searching & Examining Authority Status
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has been granted status as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority
(IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO). The status was approved by members of the Patent Cooperation Treaty Union on 27 September 27 2002 at the annual meeting of member states of
WIPO. The proposed start of ISA/IPEA services will be in the (Northern Hemisphere) summer of 2004. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office
(CIPO) has announced that they will now begin training staff and setting up the putting in place the administrative processes required.
| CIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- US - Will Paper Get a Reprieve?
 The United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced its decision to withdraw its 24 July Certified Report to the US Congress on the removal of patent and trademark paper files from its public search rooms. The USPTO made the following statement in their recent USPTO News:
"The decision does not represent a conclusion by the agency that the removal of the paper files will negatively impact the public. It does allow the USPTO to reexamine some details of the paper removal plan in light of specific issues that have surfaced during current litigation".
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Conferences - 15-17 January 2003 - Advanced
STN/CAS Patent seminar on "Patent Searching for Research Decisions" -
Pune, India (STN/CAS)
Posted by Kristine
Baird.
Tuesday,
10 December 2002
- STOP PRESS - Australia - High Court Decision on Publication on the Internet
In a case that potentially has implications beyond defamation law in Australia, the highest court in Australia (High Court of Australia) has dismissed an appeal by Dow Jones & Company Inc in
the matter of Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick - [2002] HCA 56 - 10 December 2002.
The High Court of Australia unanimously dismissed Dow Jones' (the international news service) appeal to
have a defamation action brought by mining magnate Joseph Gutnick heard in the United States
(instead of Victoria, Australia). This significant judgment means that material that is published on the internet is deemed to have been published in the place it is viewed online, not the country of origin
(eg where it is hosted). Quotes from the written decision in Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick - [2002] HCA 56
(hosted on Austlii)
"If it were accepted, publishers would be free to manipulate the uploading and location of data so as to insulate themselves from liability in Australia or elsewhere: for example, by using a web server in a "defamation free jurisdiction" or, one in which the defamation laws are tilted decidedly towards
defendants".............
"Choice of law in defamation proceedings in this country raises a relatively simple question of identifying the place of publication as the place of comprehension: a readily ascertainable
fact".........
"There is another relevant consideration. The law of defamation has some elements in common with the law of injurious falsehood, copyright and contempt. With respect to the last, as Windeyer J in Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Morgan pointed out, "[t]he power [of punishing for contempt] has been not infrequently exercised in Australia in a salutary way against newspaper companies for publishing matter calculated to prejudice the fair trial of pending proceedings." It would be anomalous if an international publisher might be liable for contempt in this country but not in defamation".
Read a news report from ABC "High
Court Makes Landmark Ruling in Web Defamation Case".
| High Court Website | Austlii Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Community Designs Applications From 1 April 2003
 On 18 November 2002, the Administrative Board of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market set the date for filing applications for registered Community designs at the Office as 1 April 2003. It will be possible however to file applications at the Office as from 1 January 2003, although they will be deemed to have been filed on 1 April 2003. For more information go to the OHIM website.
| OHIM Website |
Posted by Simon Ware.
- Comparable Study on Patentability Issues of 3D Protein Structures
The Patent Offices of the US, Europe and Japan have published results of a comparable study on patentability issues of 3D protein structures which provide some guidance in filing protein-related patent applications.
"The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the publication of a report, published in association with the European Patent Office and Japan Patent Office, that provides clear guidance for filing in each of the three offices patent applications relating to three-dimensional protein structures. The guidance provided by this study will help Americans who file for patent protection on their proteomics based inventions both here and abroad comply with the patentability requirements of each office,” noted James E. Rogan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office".
| USPTO Website | Trilateral Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday,
09 December 2002
- Questel-Orbit - New Patent Family Searching Feature
 Questel-Orbit have released a new enhancement to their QWEB interface which allow a user to directly request a Family Search.
A user can enter a patent number, priority number or application number together with their userid and password. Upon hitting enter, you automatically log into
Questel, access the Pluspat database, conduct the family search, display the results and log the user out of
Questel. The results of the search are displayed in Family summary table, with linked bibliographic and Legal Status details. A use feature for those of us who like to further process the data is that you can exported the results to a RTF or HTML file.
I used the feature this morning before posting this item and I can say I was pleased with the speed, ease of use and layout of data.
To find out more, visit Questel-Orbit's QWEB website.
| Questel-Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- MicroPatent - New Patent Index Database
(MPI)
MicroPatent has announced the launch of its new Patent Index Database
(MPI), which is a combination of patent data from the European Patent Office
(EPO) and proprietary MicroPatent content and features.
 Micropatent
News states the following: "MPI is the most timely, complete bibliographic database in the world.
MicroPatent combines DOC.db and INPADOC (which may have 2 - 3 weeks of lag time) with its own data collections, so you have the latest front-page data available. Additionally, MPI is configured in a logical, easy-to-use manner so you can quickly and easily access relevant data – and, you’ll save
money over abstracting and indexing databases, as MPI is a less-expensive alternative".
Here are specific facts and features about MPI. It contains:
• The European Patent Office’s (EPO’s) INPADOC database, which combines family data
(IFD) and legal status (PRS), plus the DOC.db collection, the EPO's examiner database.
• Citation data from the EPO, USPTO, & PCT.
• Bibliographic data from 72 countries/patent authorities.
• Legal status information for 42 countries.
• Records date back to 1920 or earlier (Germany to 1877).
• Foreign characters have been mapped to English for searching.
• Front-page updates are pulled from other MicroPatent data sources to fill in gaps where abstracts are missing from INPADOC and
DOC.db.
• Drawings are available for US, EP, PCT, and JP records.
• US Class updates are done six times annually.
• ECLA classes are searchable (they’re applied and updated systematically by EPO examiners).
• Forward and backward citations can be displayed and searched.
• You can link to claims, the full-text of available documents, and PDF files of records from
MPI.
To add to the new system, MicroPatent are also providing a complimentary, online customer training session on Friday, 13 December 2002, at either 11 am or
2:30 pm US-EST. To register, go to http://micropat.webex.com,
put “MPI” in the keyword search box, click “Register” in the lower right corner, and follow the prompts.
| MicroPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Canada - Supreme Court Says No to Patent on Genetically-Modified Mouse
(Oncomouse)
The Canadian Supreme Court in a 5-4 judgment has said that the mouse does not qualify as an invention under the federal Patent Act of 1869. The
"oncomouse" was patented in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
"A higher life form is not patentable because it is not a "manufacture" or "composition of matter" within the meaning of "invention" in s. 2 of the Patent Act".
Read the full decision here.
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- USA - USPTO To Begin Electronic Processing of Patent Applications
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) this week
began a test at replacing its standard paper processing of patent applications with electronic processing.
"The prototype will include front-end administrative processing of selected new applications, as well as processing and examination of pending applications in three art units that handle biotech and semi-conductor inventions. The paper documents in the application files assigned to the prototype will be scanned into electronic image files including the specification; oath or declaration; drawings; information disclosure statements; amendments; examiner decisions; and file jacket notations. Processing and examination of these applications will then be performed with the electronic files by the examiners, technical support staff and all other USPTO professional staff during the
prototype......Read the full Press
Release.
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
06 December 2002
- WIPO - November/December Edition of the WIPO Magazine
The November - December 2002 Edition of the WIPO Magazine is
now available (in English) from WIPO Website. Articles include:
- 2002 Assemblies of WIPO Member States - Highlights of the Assemblies - Continued Momentum for Performers’ Rights
- U.S Lawmakers Pave Way for Accession to Madrid System
- IP Assets - The Role of Infrastructure and Enforcement
- IP and Business - IP Ownership - Avoiding Disputes
- Public Outreach - IP Wales Seeks Cooperation with WIPO
- Cooperation for Development - Call for Expansion of Cooperation for Development Program - Ibero-Amercan Congress on Copyright and Related Rights -
WIPO/LAS Arab Regional Coordination Meeting
- Implementation and Administration of the Madrid System
- Book Review - Principles of Copyright
- News Roundup - Pledge of Support to King of Jordan - WIPO Signs Agreement with CISAC - Dispute Resolution Services for
.edu - Prototype PCT Gazette - African Film Festival
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
05 December 2002
- Hong Kong - Trial Access to Trade Marks Database
The Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department's database of trade mark records is now available online in a "trial" format. What that means is that it is intended for "trial use and testing only". The data records viewable in this version do not represent the full details currently on the Register and should not be taken as authoritative. Generally the database contains records of registered trade marks and trade mark applications pending before the Trade Marks Registry, except those registrations which have had the "Removed" status for over one year, and those applications which have had the "Application Withdrawn" status for over two years. Historical details of trade mark registrations are not currently available on-line. To find out more, click
here.
| HKIPD Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
04 December 2002
- Domain Names - Dialog Adds Searchable Database of Internet Domain Names
Dialog has just announced the launch of a searchable database of more than 65 million current and historic Internet domain name records. The database includes records for about 20 million currently active domain names, with most containing detailed
"Whois" information.
"Unlike the simple domain name look-up services available on the open Web, Dialog subscribers may search from more than 50 indexed Whois data fields contained in domain registrations, including the registrant's name, corporate affiliation, address, phone number and specific technical information such as IP addresses".
The new database is available through the online services
DialogWeb, DialogClassic and DialogLink. For more information read the full
Press
Release. The Dialog Bluesheet is available here.
| Dialog Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Derwent Analytics - New Data Mining and Visualisation Software
 Derwent have release new data mining software called
"Derwent Analytics".
"Derwent Analytics is a new data mining and visualization software product for the desktop. User-friendly and intuitive, it provides an easy way to extract business-critical insights from the wealth of information available in Thomson Derwent patent databases. By combining the power of VantagePoint data mining software with Derwent value-added patent data, Derwent Analytics enables information professionals and other users to analyze trends, profile competitor’s patenting activity and track trends in specific technology areas".
To read more about "Derwent Analytics" visit the Derwent website
here.
| Derwent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Chemcial Abstracts Service - 50% of New Chemical Substances Disclosed First in Patents
An interesting press release from Chemical Abstract Service today regarding new chemical substances. The Chemical Abstracts Service
(CAS), reported that more than 50 percent of the organic and inorganic chemical substances recorded in the CAS Chemical Registry System during 2002 were derived from patent
documents as opposed to journal literature and other publications.
"This finding highlights a trend evident since at least 1998 in which an increasing percentage of substances of this type have been reported for the first time in
patents". CAS made this announcement during the Online Information 2002
conference being held in London this week. Read the full Press
Release.
| CAS Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- US - Trademark Manual of Examining Procedures
 Jim Turner
from FileShopper has got another great offer, this time for those with an interest in US trademark examination procedures. He has now made Trademark Manual of Examining Procedures available for immediate download and purchase through FileShopper for US$10.00. The TMEP is a fully-searchable manual with bookmarks and thumbnails for easy navigation. To take advantage of this offer you will need to visit the
FileShopper site. There are also some handy instruction that Jim produces to help you use
FileShopper. If you want to take advantage of this offer, please
email Jim and request a copy of the instructions.
| FileShopper Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- US - Deposit Account Monitoring Service - Beta Testers Required
AlphaPatent, the Israel firm that provides
"AlphaPatent Downloader" (which provides patent documents from the US, EP, PCT, JP and other countries via email or viewed as a single web page) has introduced a new product called "Deposit Account Monitoring Service". The Deposit Account Monitor software automatically checks a user's USPTO deposit accounts throughout each work day and emails the user an account statement each time the user's account balance changes. AlphaPatent are currently accepting users free of charge during their beta period without obligation. To find our more about this and other services of
AlphaPatent, visit their
website.
| AlphaPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- New
EPIDOS News Now Available Online
A
new edition of EPIDOS News [Issue 4/02] is now
available online. The headlines are:
Main Headline:"It was announced at the
EPIDOS ANnual Conference in Copenhagen in October that the data
contained in the INPADOC database will soon be available to users
via esp@cenet.
The
main features of the new services are as follows: INPADOC family
and legal status data will be available via esp@cenet;
Data will be provided on a document-by-document basis; the service
will be free of charge....." To read more, click here.
To read the full version of EPIDOS news, click here.
| EPO
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday,
03 December 2002
- IP-Discover - New Patent Search and Download Software
  I have just discovered a new piece of software which will greatly appeal to IP Menu readers. It is called "IP-Discover" and it provides an integrate interface for search both USPTO and esp@cenet database. I have just downloaded the lite version and was very pleased with the interface and functions. There is a professional version available for
USD$125.00 with additional feature (although at this stage I am not sure what they are). Best of all, if your a "amateur" or "student" the lite version is free!
"Use IP-Discover to explore and research the worlds public patent databases. Simple to use for the novice, but powerful enough for the professional searcher.
Now you can Download, Convert, Merge, Organize, Browse and Print patent documents with one easy to use Windows application, from Win95 to WinXP.
IP-Discover integrates well with Word and Excel, allowing for easy document handling and report generation. It handles and displays all the current patent document formats, and allows for the use of third party document viewers.
We invite you to browse the description and screen shots, to better understand how you can use IP-Discover to simplify and illuminate your relationship with patent documents".
| IP-Discover Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Slovenia & Hungary Join EPO
  The European Patent Organisation
(EPO) has announced (2 December 2002) that it will have two new member states. Both Slovenia and Hungary have ratified the European Patent Convention
(EPC) and will become contracting states in December 2002 and January 2003, respectively. It will now be possible to file European patent applications for those countries and have them granted by the European Patent Office. This takes the EPO up to 26 member states.
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday,
02 December 2002
- Congratulations - Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick Gains Two New Attorneys
A bit of a pat on the back to
Phillips Ormonde &
Fitzpatrick, who with IP Organisers bring you
IP Menu. Congratulations to two of professionals, Jeff Holman and Ian
Horak, who have successfully completed the course that will make them our newest Australian and New Zealand Patent and Trademark Attorneys.
  Jeff
Holman graduated with a first class honours degree in chemistry in 1989 and a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1993. He then carried out research on labeling and clearance studies of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug in the pharmacy department of an Adelaide hospital.
Jeff moved to the United States to conduct research at the Cancer Research Institute at Arizona State University. His research involved the synthesis and studies of antineoplastic cyclic peptides. Jeff then returned to the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University where he carried out research into steroid synthesis and alkaloid synthesis. Following this, Jeff returned to Adelaide University where he conducted research on antisense oligonucleotide synthesis and was also involved in other independent research.
Jeff joined an Adelaide firm of patent and trade mark attorneys in 1997, he was registered as a trade marks attorney in 2000 and joined Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick in 2001.
Jeff's research has been published in a number of scientific publications and he has been awarded the Rennie Prize by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the George Murray Grant by Adelaide University. Jeff is a chartered chemist, a member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the American Chemical Society.
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Jeff Holman - Ian Horak --------------->
Ian Horak studied at Monash University in Melbourne, graduating with a first class honours degree in Engineering in 1996 and with a Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1998. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Victoria in November 1998.
Shortly after his admission, Ian joined the firm as an Information Researcher with the Information Services Department, focussing primarily on searching patent literature databases and legal research for the firm's professional staff. Ian's experience with computer and Internet technology led to his current role in the firm within the Electronics, Physics and Information Technology group.
Ian's major area of practice is in the provision of Intellectual Property advice for IT companies. He has experience in drafting patent applications dealing with a wide variety of Internet and business method inventions.
Ian is a member of both the Victorian and Transnational Committees of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
(IPSANZ). He is also a member of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
(IPTA) and the Victorian Society for Computers and the Law (VSCL).
| Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- USA
- Free Patent Specifications from Patent Logistics, LLC
 Patent Logistics, a firm based in Norfolk, Virginia (with an office on the island of Bonaire, in the Dutch Caribbean), provides a variety of patent and intellectual property services. These services are provided mainly by Patent Logistics' principal, Jake Richter, a technologist, author, inventor, researcher, and patent specialist. Patent Logistics also provides
free access to US patents in PDF format.
| Patent Logistics Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- USA - IFI Claims Legal Status File Updated
The IFI CLAIMS Patent Services has announced that they have updated their CLAIMS Legal
Status file with the latest reassignment information. "Of more than 31,000 patents affected by reassignment recordings in the most recent update, over 20,000 patent numbers are appearing in the CLAIMS Legal Status file for the first time. The reassignments are now current through
October 7, 2002".
| IFI Claims Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
29
November 2002
- Derwent - Thomson Patent Store and Derwent Patent Alert Service - New
Reported on Derwent today:
"NEW! Web-based document delivery puts you on the fast track. You can obtain original patent documents from around the world quickly and easily through the Thomson Patent Store, a one stop shop for patents.
Via an intuitive, user-friendly Web interface you can view and download patent documents in seconds. What’s more, you can request single patent numbers or multiple numbers simultaneously…and not just for easy-to-find patents.
This new service provides electronic access to all available patent documents — no matter how difficult they are to
locate".
You can register for free password access to the Thomson Patent Store and /or a free Patent Alert and they have a competition running where if you register by 18 December, you could win a digital camera.
| Derwent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
28
November 2002
- WIPO Summit on Intellectual Property and The Knowledge Economy
WIPO has announced the WIPO Summit on Intellectual Property and The Knowledge Economy which will be held in Beijing from 24 to 26 April 2003.
"The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is honored to announce that the Government of the People’s Republic of China will host the WIPO Summit on Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Economy in Beijing, from April 24 to 26, 2003.
Participating Heads of State and Heads of Government will gather in the Great Hall of the People on the morning of April 24 for the opening ceremony of this high-level, high-profile event, in the company of senior government officials, leading CEOs and high-level industry policy-makers. They will be welcomed by the Chinese leadership and the Director General of WIPO to the start of three days of discussion, reflection and comment on issues ranging from mining intellectual resources to exploiting the power of cyberspace and making the IP world safe for both users and beneficiaries. The Summit will culminate on April 26 with the closing ceremony and celebration of World Intellectual Property
Day".
A preliminary program is also available from the WIPO website.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- PIUG - 2003 Brian Stockdale Memorial Award
 PIUG, Inc., The International Society for Patent Information has announced details of the 2003 Brian Stockdale Memorial Award. Lucy Akers, the PIUG Chair, has made the following announcement to the PIUG List. The award is open the new comers to the industry or students (details below). If you want to find out more about PIUG or join this group, visit their
website.
BACKGROUND:
This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Brian Stockdale who travelled
extensively throughout the world imparting his knowledge of patent searching.
Brian's career encompassed positions with Derwent, SmithKline Beecham, and
Technology and Patent Research International. As Brian was so well known
internationally and trained many patent information professionals, his work was
highly regarded. Brian always relished each new search as a challenge and loved
working with the people in this industry. Brian is dearly remembered by his
friends and colleagues most of all for his dry wit, keen intellect, and ease of
meeting people and socializing wherever he went. As one of the world's most
talented patent information search professionals, he is sorely missed. This is
our tribute to his personal dedication in training colleagues, particularly
those new to the field of chemical patent searching.
AWARD PACKAGE:
The award covers standard travel expenses and conference registration fees to
assist the award recipient in attending one PIUG Annual Meeting, An
International Conference for Patent Information Professionals, up to an amount
not exceeding $1500. This award is generously underwritten by Derwent and also
by Technology and Patent Research International.
AWARD SELECTION PROCESS:
The award recipient will be new to the patent information profession, with less
than 3 years total work experience. Alternately, the recipient will be a student
currently enrolled in a college or university with a demonstrated interest in
pursing a career in patents, preferably a career in patent information.
Potential candidates must submit a short essay, not to exceed 500 words,
describing their professional or educational interests, as well as their need
for financial assistance with respect to conference attendance. Submissions must
include the candidate's name, mailing address, phone number, fax number and
email address as well as a description of his or her patent information
experience and current employer/university name and address.
Essays must be sent to simmons.es@pg.com.com on or before January 15, 2003. The
award recipient will be notified on or before March 1, 2003. The award recipient
will be recognized during the PIUG annual meeting. The PIUG 2003 annual meeting
will be held at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, in Chicago, Illinois, USA on
May 3-9, 2003.
| PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
27
November 2002
- United Kingdom - CIPA Educational Review
The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
(CIPA) have just (26 November 2002) released a report by
Professor Avrom Sherr and Richard Harding entitled "Where science meets law" - a Report of a Review of the Education, Training and Examinations for the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. The report is available for
download, be warned it is a large file (18 MB).
| CIPA Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- GetPat
& GetPat Pro - New Software For Patent Searching - Now
Released
In the past 2 months IP Menu
has been trailing the pre-release version of Alberto Manservigi
GetPat Pro patent searching software. Alberto has now
announced the release of the software. A trial version is
available for download. One
note for those interested in this software, as the software is
Java based it is important that you follow the download
instructions carefully.
Essentially, if you know how to use esp@cenet
then you can easily use GetPat Pro. The fields available to
be searched are the same as esp@cenet.
In fact the system is actually interrogating the esp@cenet
database. You have the option of entering your query
in the normal field format (see below) or, in the Pro version, you
can create more complex queries. Once the search has been
executed, the software then proceeds to download the esp@cenet
records, all fields including abstracts. This may take some
time depending on the size of the results set, but once completed
you can scroll through the records at your leisure using the built
in interface. We found this a useful feature as we
were able to run the query and then download the records in the
background.
Those records which you think are worth
investigating further can be selected and added to a separate
list. Once this separate, filtered list is compiled, you can
then download parts of the patent or the entire specification
with one click. One of the best features of this software is
the ability it has to identify whether the patent document is
actually available on the esp@cenet
servers for download. If not, it offers you a list of
family equivalents which are available.
To find out more visit the GetPat
website and click on the "GetPat" menu item.
Then before you download carefully
read the "How
to Install" instructions. The trial version will
operate in full 10 times before requiring registration. The
standard version GetPat is USD$500 and the pro version, GetPat Pro
is USD$700.00.
| GetPat
Website |
Posted by Rodney
Cruise.
- Delphion and yet2.com Collaborate To List Licensable Technology
Delphion Inc., annoucned on 26 November 2002 that together with yet2.com, that they have partnered to create an integrated listing of licensable technologies and patents.
"Delphion Research users can now see both yet2.com TechPak™ listings and Delphion IP Listings in the course of their normal IP research activities on the Delphion website. yet2.com users likewise have access to the vast compilation of patents available from Delphion when searching for technologies available for license on the yet2.com website".
To find out more, read the full Delphion Press
Release.
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Europe - PATLIB Conference Website Available
As noted on the European Patent Office website, the PATLIB Conference website is now available.
"The PATLIB Conference is tailored to the specific needs and demands of the staff of National Patent Offices and their Patent Information
Centres. The PATLIB Conference is organised within the framework of the EPO's co-operation policy with the National Patent Offices of member states.
PATLIB2003 will be held in Palais des Congrès, Liège -a picturesque town in the province of
Wallonie- in east Belgium from 21 to 23 May 2003. The central theme during last year's Conference was "A New Epoch Begins". Now that the new epoch has indeed begun the PATLIB community takes on the challenge it has brought. Therefore, this year's Conference theme is "INVESTING IN THE FUTURE" referring to training".
| PATLIB Conference Website |
EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday,
26
November 2002
- New Zealand - Trade Marks Bill Passed
According to the Intellectual Property Office of New
Zealand (IPONZ), the The New Zealand Trade Marks Bill had its third and final reading in the house on Friday 22 November 2002. Once the Bill receives Royal Assent, the regulation-making powers and powers for the Commissioner to establish a Maori advisory committee will come into force. It is expected that this phase will take place within 6 to 9 months.
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday,
25
November 2002
- STNews
Now Available - September/October/November Edition
The September/October/November Edition of STNews (a
bimonthly newsletter) is now available in both HTML
and PDF
format from STN. The current issue includes articles on the
following:
Feature - STN Express with Discover! Version 6.01—New features and functionality
Help Worldwide - STN--Count on us for the best Help Desk support
Database News - Database News Articles
Ask REGgie - Limiting property searches to exact values or narrow ranges
Power Up - Searching for chemistry in engineering files: the Element Terms field
STN Expressway - Conducting a CAS Registry BLAST® search
Patent Interchange - Searching "atypical" U.S. patent numbers
To find out more, or to subscribe, visit the STN
website.
| STN Website
|
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- USA - Free Fully Searchable Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
FileShopper and Patent Providers Inc. have extended a free offer to
the members of the PIUG (To find
out more about PIUG, click here).
FileShopper and Patent Providers are providing a free CD-ROM which
contains the following:
1) A fully-searchable electronic Eighth Edition of the Manual of Patent
Examining Procedure. The MPEP was scanned to searchable PDF, with bookmarks
and thumbnails for easy navigation. All that is required for you to use
this document is the free Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for
download from www.adobe.com.
2) A Link to quickly download the FileShopper software which allows you to
order, preview, and purchase electronic patent and trademark documents from
FileShopper's international document provider partners.
3) A sample of a fully-searchable electronic US File Wrapper. The File
Wrapper is scanned to searchable PDF with bookmarks and thumbnails for quick
navigation. This File Wrapper is a sample of the types of electronic
documents that Patent Providers Inc. can provide to FileShopper customers.
Patent Providers sells these fully searchable US File Wrappers for $1.50 per
page with no service charge. They also provide File Wrappers in non-searchable TIFF for $.95 per page, again with no service charge.
The deal? Well, FileShopper is willing to ship this CD-ROM to anyone that requests it free
of charge. All that they are asking is that you reimburse FileShopper for shipping
costs.
To find out more, contact Jim Turner at
FileShopper.
| FileShopper Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
22
November 2002
Thursday,
21
November 2002
- Intellectual Property Symposium 2002 - Mainland - HK and Macau SARs
The Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department is organising the Symposium in collaboration with the (China) State Intellectual Property Office and the Macao SAR Economic Services, with assistance and support of the Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office. The Symposium will be held in the Guangdong International Hotel, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu, Guangzhou
﹝廣州市環市東路339號廣東國際大酒店﹞
9 and 10 December, 2002. The Symposium will be conducted in English and Chinese
(Putonghua). Professional simultaneous interpretation service will be provided.
The Symposium is divided into three themes:
Theme 1: Latest Developments of Intellectual Property Systems in the Mainland, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR
Theme 2: Regional issues on Intellectual Property Management in the Mainland
Theme 3: Intellectual Property Management in Different Industries
For further information, visit the HKIPD website here.
| Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Hong Kong - New Trade Mark Ordinance Seminar
 The new Hong Kong Trade Marks Ordinance is expected to come into force in January 2003. In anticipation of the launch of the new Trade Marks law, two half-day briefing sessions (one in Cantonese and one in English) have been organized which we focus on the features, procedures and transitional arrangement, forms and on-line searching. The seminars will be held on 22 November 2002 at Nathan & Granville Ballroom, Conrad Hong Kong. Further details are available
here or you can download a program from the Hong Kong IP Office website
here.
| Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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WIPO
has announced that Nicaragua (NI) became the 118th PCT Contracting
State on 6 December 2002. The PCT will enter into force for that State
on 6 March 2003. Further information will be published in Section IV
of the PCT Gazette and in a WIPO Update.
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