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Thursday,
30 October
2003
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IP Menu News
 IP
Menu News will be taking a short break from 30 October to 12 November
while the Editor (yes, that is me!) takes a well deserved holiday. I
will be relaxing and visiting family in Taiwan for 10 days.
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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PatBase - New searchable Patent Family Database from Minesoft and RWS
Group
 Minesoft
and RWS Group have launched a new searchable patent information
database which covers over 28 million patent families worldwide for
current and retrospective searching. Called PatBase, it provides fast
search and access to English language titles and abstracts, patent
families, and includes the major patent classifications, as well as
other bibliographic data.
"PatBase provides integrated links to legal
status and patent registers, with full text and copies of millions of
original patent documents displayed through the links buttons.
Offering a single platform with comprehensive data, PatBase includes
data going back almost a century and is updated each week.The
user-friendly platform has been designed to make PatBase simple for
non-patent professionals to search and retrieve documents, as well as
providing a powerful patent project management tool for professional
searchers. Different types of information can be quickly located in a
logical manner and fast, efficient downloading of document baskets
helps save time. Just one query shows in which countries a patent
application has been published".
To find out more about this new service, visit their
website.
| Minesoft Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Minesoft Patent Family Portal
Minesoft have also recently
announced the launch of Minesoft Patent Family Portal, "an easy-to-use
facility to check patent families for over 70 countries and find out
the latest legal status for over 40 patent-issuing authorities".
"Minesoft Patent Family Portal taps into the EPO
Open Patent Service to retrieve data from the highly respected INPADOC
resource and together with additional legal information - with notable
extras – produces clear and precise search results....Minesoft Patent
Family Portal has been designed to be a trouble-free product in every
way. It can be accessed via an Internet connection or through a
corporate Intranet. The Portal is hosted, updated and fully maintained
by Minesoft throughout the subscription period".
To find our more, visit the the Minesoft website.
| Minesoft Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- Europe - Two Presidents for the EPO
It has been report that the EPO has elected two presidents for the EPO,
Alain Pompidou and Alison Brimelow. Apparantly the administrative
council elected Pompidou (French government member) and Brimelow
(chief executive office of the UK Patent Office), to split the
presidency of the EPO between them. Pompidou will take over from
outgoing president Ingo Kober on July 1 2004 and stay in the post
until June 30 2007. Brimelow has been appointed president from July 1
2007 to June 30 2010.
Thanks to Lucy Akers for the information.
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
29 October
2003
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Australia - The Mess
That is IP Australia's Patent Database System Continues........
To no ones surprise but
everyone's continued disappointment and frustration, IP Australia has
issued yet another new "warning" on using their online databases.
Reproduced below.
New Warning
IP Australia has identified an inconsistency in APPS resulting from
different IPC mark formats used in our old and new systems.
The data on APPS is correctly loaded from the APA CD each week.
Unfortunately however, Patadmin IPC marks are loaded with a format of
B63B049/00 while NPS IPC marks are loaded with a format of B63B 049/00
(additional space).
While we work on putting all IPC marks into the former format (no
additional space), customers will need to search for both IPC mark
formats to ensure they are getting full search results
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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MicroPatent - Searchable PDF Specifications
 MicroPatent
have annoucned the release of a new service for searchable PDF patent
specifications. It will be formally released online in 2004 however in
the meantime you can still order them. As usual, MicroPatent provide
the range of delivery options.
*** How To Order ***
1. EMAIL -
searchablepdfs@micropat.com (Please provide a list of the
documents you need and your preferred delivery method.)
2. PHONE - Call our "Searchable .PDF Patent Team" at (USA)
800.648.6787 or +1.203.466.5055
| MicroPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Argentina - Abipcorp
"Abipcorp was formed by professionals within the
Industrial and Intellectual Property industry with over 20 years
experience, to create an Argentine bureau that could offer a
specialized service for foreign colleagues at high quality and with
the best rates. Our goal is to provide of a service without high fees.
Aided by recent technology, we offer a unique service that has a close
attention to detail. We offer prompt responses to our clients needs to
avoid any delays that may be critical in today's competitive markets.
These services is what sets us apart from our competitors, and makes
us proud to offer our service to you."
IP Firms - Suriname - Sjiem Fat &
Mahabir Trademark Consultants N.V.
"Trademark Registration for the Republic of
Suriname. Protect Your Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property
matters. You can entrust us with all matters regarding trademark."
IP Firms - USA - Texas -
Inventor at Work
"Do-it-yourself provisional patent application
kit and other resources for inventors"
IP Firms - USA - Texas -
Karich, Law Offices of Eric
"The Law Offices of Eric Karich practices
exclusively in the field of creating and enforcing patents and
trademarks. Our services are of exceptional quality, and our fees are
reasonable."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
27 October
2003
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INPADOC - New Canadian Legal Status Information
 The EPO has
advised in their latest newsletter advice that the Canadian Industrial
Property Office (CIPO/OPIC) has started to supply the EPO with its
administrative legal data. Backlog data to 1982 is also being supplied
and is being loaded in batches.
The information supplied comprises:
1) the Canadian patent number
2) the date of the official notification (‘PRS date’)
3) the legal status code ( 4 positions)
4) the effective date of the event
The events that are notified are the following:
CA AAFI PATENT APPLICATION FILED
CA AFNE + NATIONAL PHASE ENTRY
CA BBLO + LAID-OPEN
CA EEER + EXAMINATION REQUEST
CA AZWI - WITHDRAWN APPLICATION
CA AZWC + WITHDRAWN (CORRECTION)
CA FZDE - DEAD
CA FZDC + DEAD (CORRECTION)
CA FGGR + PATENT ISSUED
CA NARC RE-EXAMINATION CERTIFICATE
CA NARE REISSUED
CA MZSU - SURRENDER
CA MZSC + SURRENDER(CORRECTION)
CA MKLA - LAPSED
CA MKLC + LAPSED(CORRECTION)
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Dialog - November/December 2003 Chronolog Now Available
The November/December 2003
issue of the Chronolog is now available online and in PDF format. In
this issue articles include:
- Portal Content through Dialog Portals
- Feature: Searching the Drug Pipeline Databases
- Enhanced USPTO Trademark Data Reloaded to TRADEMARKSCAN® - U.S.
Federal
- New In-Depth Disease Data on Dialog
- Major Enhancements Now Available for BIOSIS Previews® on Dialog
- Enhancements to Dialog DataStar
You can
read the Chronolog online which contains additional material which
not available in the print version, or you can
download the PDF version of the print Chronolog.
[Ed. Links to Chronology appear to be down as at
7am 27 October 2003 AEST]
| Dialog Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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MicroPatent - Important Notice Regarding System Downtime
 MicroPatent
have announced a downtime on 1 November to install a new generator.
"As we install a new generator, all PatentWeb®,
Aureka®, Trademark.com™, Faxpat® / Optipat®, and Woolcott® Web
services will be unavailable Saturday, November 1, 2003, from 3:00 am
EST through the remainder of the day. The generator will provide you
with future, uninterrupted access to our services during most power
outages, such as the Northeast grid failure we experienced earlier
this year. Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for any
disturbance to your business caused as a result of this downtime".
| MicroPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
23 October
2003
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PIUG - Membership Renewal
Ken Koubek from PIUG (the Patent
Information Users Group) would like to remind everyone on the PIUG
list that the drive for 2004 membership has begun!
PIUG Memberships expire on 31 December each year and must be renewed
to retain member status. The membership is currently at around 600
from 22 countries. Membership is USD 35.00. It is probably the best
$35 you will spend this year in relation to your intellectual property
work. I am a little biased because I have been a member for many years
and have found that PIUG is one of the most active, helpful and
interesting groups for IP professionals. If you are already a member,
please remember to renew. If you are not a member, please consider
joining this group.
As a Full Member or Associate Member you will
receive:
* The PIUG Newsletter, a semi-annual publication containing member
articles, search tips, information on patent database vendor and
producer developments, member highlights, general patent information
related news, and trip reports from patent information meetings and
related sessions. The member version of the newsletter contains select
information which is not made available on our web-site.
* Membership Directory of the Patent Information Users Group,
published in print form every one or two years. The membership
comprises patent information researchers, patent information vendors,
and patent information / documentation experts from the U.S. and
abroad.
* A reduced registration rate for the PIUG annual conference, held
once a year before June 1. For the past four years, the meeting has
been a three-day event with presentations from experts in the fields
of patent searching, patent law and also presentations by personnel
from patent granting authorities. The meeting also showcases patent
database providers, giving attendees a firsthand look at new search
tools and enhancements in the databases themselves.
* In addition, PIUG supports a Discussion List Server which serves as
a forum for discussion among patent search professionals worldwide.
| PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Australia - Gray &
Perkins Lawyers
"Established over 100 years ago, Gray & Perkins
is a medium-sized firm with a strong intellectual property practice
group which handles litigation as well as commercial work. Clients
include major publishers, fashion designers, record labels, producers
and entertainers."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Wednesday,
22 October
2003
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UK - International Classification for Industrial Designs
On 21 October 2003, the United
Kingdom became party to the ‘Locarno Agreement Establishing an
International Classification for Industrial Designs’.
This agreement establishes a union of states using an international
system for classifying goods in which industrial designs may be
incorporated. This requires that contracting states must apply the
relevant classifications to designs protected under their national
design registration laws.
The UK Patent Office has been operating under the requirements of the
Locarn Agreement for several years so you will not expect to see any
changes in practice at the office, however it does mean that the UK
Patent Office can now take part in the regular discussions that go on
relating to amending the classification system.
| UK Patent Office |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Europe - EPIDOS 3 - 2003
The latest edition of the EPO's
EPIDOS newsletter is now available in
HTML format online.
Open Patent Services, or how raw data can be
served pre-cooked
Open Patent Services (OPS) represents a new way of accessing patent
information via the internet. Unlike the esp@cenet® service, which
offers data via a "rich" HTML interface, OPS is a Web services
application offering the same data in XML format for building custom
applications based on the raw data behind today's HTML-based patent
databases.
Europe's industry needs patent information more
than it realises
The majority of industry in Europe does not use patent information, or
is not even aware that it exists. While this may seem a somewhat
disappointing finding, it does at least give an idea of the enormity
of the untapped market for patent information, and sends a very clear
message to those on the supply side: there is plenty of work to do.
ESPACE® CD-ROM and DVD products
Old documents on a new medium: over 80 000 A3 documents now
available on three DVD-ROM discs. ESPACE® ACCESS and ACCESS-B now on
DVD
Official launch of epoline® Online Public File
Inspection
Previous issues of EPIDOS News have featured items on the epoline®
Public Online File Inspection service, which was officially launched
at the epoline® User Day in The Hague on 18 June this year. In
addition to its existing functions, the Online File Inspection service
now includes the following enhancements:
- file search by application AND publication number
- direct link to the Online European Register and vice versa.
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Belgium - Kirkpatrick
"Kirkpatrick was established in 1852 and is now
the second largest IP firm in Belgium. Services encompass the whole IP
area: patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, licensing, domain
names, etc. Kirkpatrick represents international clients, including
blue chip US companies, before the Benelux and European trademark
authorities and before the Belgian, European and international patent
authorities. Kirkpatrick staff includes experienced lawyers and
engineers."
IP Firms - Israel - Appelfeld Zer
Law Office
"Appelfeld Zer is a boutique law firm
specializing in commercial and intellectual property services,
including all forms of litigation, prosecution, transactional services
and commercialization of IP assets.It's website is a huge information
centre about Israel's IP & Commercial Law."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Tuesday,
21 October
2003
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GetIPDL -
New Version 2.7.1 Now Available
 GetIPDL
have released another update to their Patent Downloading software.
Version 2.x is a Shareware program,
however there is a freeware versions with certain
limitations. These limiations are removed when you register the
product. The cost is US$89.00 to get the
registered version. It should be noted that the tracking or statistic
feature which concerned many users is now removed in the licenced
version.
In this update the changes include:
- Adding patent numbers from the context menu of
Internet Explorer is supported.
- Downloading US design patent from EPO server and DEPATIS server is
supported.
To find out more, please visit the GetIPDL website
here.
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Get IPDL
Website |
Posted by
Rodney Cruise.
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WIPO - Intellectual Property - A Power Tool for Economic Growth (Free
Report)
 An
electronic version of Intellectual Property - A Power Tool for
Economic Growth, a 377-page publication (in English only) is
available from WIPO.
"Intellectual property – or IP – is a term
increasingly in use today, but still little understood. To many people
it remains a mystery – some obscure legal concept of little relevance
to every-day life. Using carefully chosen cases and facts and figures
this book seeks to demystify IP, setting out to explain the “why” and
the “how” of the subject, unlike many previous books that concentrate
on the “what”. This publication is not a legal treatise, it is a
practical guide to IP as a tool for economic growth and wealth
creation aimed at interested nonspecialists, including policy-makers
in both the government and business sectors".
| WIPO Website |
Posted Rodney Cruise.
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Europe - EPO Release Report on "Profiles of Patent Information"
The EPO have just released a
report on the main results of the survey "Usage Profiles Of Patent
Information Among Current And Potential Users" which was commissioned
by the European Patent Office.
"The subject-matter of this study is patent
information. We are aware of previous surveys concerned with
innovation, the use of the patent system and the commercial value of
patents. However we are not aware of any previous survey on this scale
which deals exclusively with the subject of patent information.This
survey was carried out in an attempt to identify the usage profile of
patent information amongst current users. Another aim was to try and
contact non-users to discover what it is exactly, that prevents them
from using patent information, and what could be done to encourage
them to use patent information in the future. The survey was also
intended to determine whether “advanced“ applications of patent
information exist or should be developed, in addition to the
“traditional“ uses of patent information. The overriding philosophy in
carrying out the study was to give the user a voice in determining the
future of the patent information business".
| EPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Delphion - Derwent Enhancement on Delphion
Delphion have recently made an
important improvement to their Delphion/Derwent services. Now, data
from the original patent and INPADOC have been integrated with Derwent
value-added data. Delphion now provides the original title, claims and
INPADOC legal status displayed directly on the Derwent Record.
Similiarly, searching Delphion's other worldwide collections, you can
now choose to display the more meaningful and descriptive Derwent
Title in your Result Set. Very welcome improvements!
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
17 October
2003
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Questel-Orbit - Legal Status
File Reload
The Legal Status file (LGST) on
Questel-Orbit has been reloaded to "reflect the
streamlining of coverage by the EPO".
Questel-Orbit have advised that the reload removes coverage of status
actions that do not impact the legal standing of the patent. This
means more than 550 out of 3000 actions have been deleted.
| Questel-Orbit Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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MICROPATENT® Expands IP Analysis & Management Capabilities in AUREKA®
MicroPatent have announced an
upgrade to its Aureka software, to version 9.1, adding improved
analysis, search, and management capabilities to their AUREKA product.
 Aureka 9.1
enhancements include:
- The addition of German DE-T and DE-U documents
- Behind-the-scenes searching while complex queries are run
- Deduplication/expansion of document lists by patent family
- Combining document lists with Boolean and other operators
- Power Browse review for quickly scanning document lists
- ThemeScape® mapping of delimited corporate documents
- Foreign citations available in citation trees and reports
- IPC code coloration in citation trees
- Improved importing of folder hierarchies and lists
- Ability to import various patent-number formats
- Faster document/list download and printing
- Ability to track individual user usage
- User deletions allowed
- Additional security features, including write-protection and hidden
from view
A free, recorded review of Aureka 9.1 enhancements is available online
by clicking the red box on MicroPatent’s
login page.
Live, online Aureka 9.1 training (via WebEx™) is
taking place Thursday, October 16, Monday, October 27, and Tuesday,
October 28. To register for one of these sessions, go to http://micropat.webex.com,
type “Aureka 9.1” in the search box, and follow the registration
prompts.
| MicroPatent Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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WIPO - Namibia Accedes to WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty
 Namibia
became the 123rd Contracting State of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT) when it deposited its instrument of accession at WIPO on October
1, 2003. The Treaty will enter into force for Namibia on January 1,
2004. The accession by Namibia means that in any international
application filed on or after January 1, 2004, applicants may
designate Namibia (country code: NA) and also that nationals and
residents of Namibia may themselves file PCT applications as of that
date. As Namibia will be bound by Chapter II of the Treaty, it may
also be elected for the purposes of international preliminary
examination.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Australia -
Innovation & Technology Australia
"The Industry Development Centre is a not for
profit organisation that delivers the NSW Department of State &
Regional Development's Innovation Advisory services, assisting over
700 individuals and businesses annually evaluate and commercialise new
technologies. By encouraging increased innovation, investment and
trade through the effective use of intellectual property, we make it
possible for Australian businesses to establish and maintain
international markets for new technologies. "
IP Firms - Germany -
Betten & Resch
"Betten & Resch was established in 1978 by
Jürgen Betten and is a Munich based intellectual property firm
providing a wide variety of services on a national and international
level, including prosecution, litigation and licensing. Betten & Resch
has built up a high reputation as a specialized IP firm focusing on
patent, trademark and design matters. Our clientel ranges from large
multinational corporations, to small and medium-sized companies, and
to the individual. Apart from the legal and technical aspects of each
case, when advising Betten & Resch always takes into consideration the
individual aims, perspectives and potential of each client."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Tuesday,
14 October
2003
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PatentValuePredictor -
US Patent Maintenance Fee Status Data Available
PatentValuePredictor now posts U.S.
patent maintenance fee status data on its web site. The patent
maintenance fee status data is available for free, however you do need
to register (free) to access it.
In order to check the maintenance fee status (enforceable,
unenforceable) of a patent on www.PatentValuePredictor.com, search the
"Patent Valuations" database. Once you enter a patent number, the
database will return the patent number, the title, and the
enforceability status information for that patent.
Rick Neifeld of PatentValuePredictor reminds us that
"U.S. patent maintenance fees are due 3.5, 7.5,
and 11.5 years after issuance of a U.S. patent. Failure to pay the
maintenance fees results in the patent being unenforceable. That is,
the maintenance fee status for that patent is then "unenforceable."
PatentValuePredictor periodically obtain patent
maintenance fee status data from the USPTO and update their
PatentValuePredictor patent database with that data. The date of the
most recent patent maintenance fee status data released by the USPTO
that has been loaded into the PatentValuePredictor database is noted
on www.PatentValuePredictor.com as the "Last Patent Enforceability
Data Update." Currently, this date is "August, 2003".
Great to see someone making it a little bit easier to find our US
patent status information!
| PatentValuePredictor
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Monday,
13 October
2003
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Australia - High Court of
Australia Decisions Complete to 1903
 Austlii
has announced that the complete digital set of the High Court's
decisions from 1903-47 is now available on the High Court of Australia
database on AustLII, making it now among the few complete free access
online national courts databases of any country, back to the first
decision of the Court. The database has been released to coincide with
and celebrate the Court's centenary. The database is available
here.
| AustLii Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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STN -
PIUG E-Seminar 15 October 2003
On 15 October 2003 at 1:00pm
EDT, STN are hosting an e-seminar called "STN: Highlights from the NE
Regional PIUG Patent Forum"
"Join us for highlights from the 2003 Patent
Forum, presented at the Northeast Regional PIUG meeting in Iselin, New
Jersey".
This is a great opportunity for those of us who could not make this
great workshop that is held annually by PIUG.
To register for the e-seminar, visit the STN website
here.
| STN Website |
PIUG Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Canada - Enhancements to the Canadian Copyrights Database
The CIPO has announced some
major enhancements to the Canadian Copyrights Database. These include
the optimization of the search capability, additional result list
display options and, most significantly, the linkage between the
detail pages and the grant of interest detail pages.
Principal changes are:
Searching
1. The company name is no longer a separate searchable field.
An author or an owner/assignee search will now find all names, both
company and non-company.
2. The application number has been removed from the result list and
the detail pages. This is an internal processing number and was not
useful for external clients.
3. Searches may now be conducted by registration number or by
registration date which are of interest to our external clients.
Search Result List
1. There are more choices for the content and display of the
result list allowing you to sort results by relevance, registration
date (ascending and descending), author's name (ascending and
descending) or owner's name (ascending and descending).
2. In addition, you can return greater numbers of documents (100, 200,
500, 1000, 2000 or 5000) per search and choose the number of documents
displayed per page (10, 20, 50, 100 or 200).
3. The client's search query is now displayed on this list. Printed
results can be reviewed at a later time in the appropriate context.
4. In addition to the title, the result list now contains the
registration number, the document type (Copyright, Other Subject
matter and Grant of Interest) the author(s), the owner(s)/assignee(s)
and the registration date. This allows clients to better identify the
document(s) they need.
Detail Page
One of the most significant enhancements is the linkage between
the copyright work detail page and any grant of interest records.
Clients may view the detail page for the work and then link directly
to the detail page of the grant of interest related to that work.
|
Canadian Copyrights Database Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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Intellectual Property Owners Association
- Job Bank
As reported on the
PIUG list by Andy Gibbs, the
President and CEO of PatentCafe,
the Intellectual Property Owners Association has launched its new job
bank which connects intellectual property professionals with IP
opportunities.
"Resumes may be posted into the job bank for
immediate or future access by hiring executives. Candidates may
search, and companies may post available open positions".
Further information is available at the
IPO website.
| IPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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MindMatters Announces Release
3.0 of Leading Enterprise-Class Innovation Management Solution -
Innovator™
MINDMATTERS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
recently announced the commercial availability of Release 3.0 of its
enterprise solution, Innovator™. "Innovator is a
comprehensive management platform for innovation processes that
facilitates capture, collaboration, and commercialization of new and
emerging innovations and intellectual assets".
New features in Release 3.0 include extensive
portfolio management capabilities that enable assets to be managed
through a very efficient and easily customizable workflow process
providing full accountability at each stage of development.
Organizations using this functionality have experienced 30% or more in
immediate process efficiency gains. Other features include the
XML-based Interoperability Interface™ (XII) that speeds the rapid and
seamless interfacing to third-party systems and other data sources for
improved performance measurement and portfolio analysis.
  
To find our more about Innovator™, visit the
MindMatters website.
| MindMatters Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
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StockPricePredictor.com,
LLC - Over 3 Million Patent Valuation Data Records
StockPricePredictor.com, LLC has
continues to add all issued US patents and published US applications
to its valuations database, and that database now exceeds 3 million
records. "We hit the 3 million mark in late September. Since we
have been adding valuations of published patent applications to our
database, the growth rate of the database has increased to roughly ten
thousand records per week. Patents and published application records
are added within a few days of their publication. This allows us to
respond to the immediate demand for valuations that occurs for patents
when they publish" said Martin Goffman, CEO of
StockPricePredictor.com, LLC.
"The Automated Patent Valuation service and the
Automated Published Patent Application Valuation service available at
www.PatentValuePredictor.com allows a user to select published
patent applications and then instantly obtain valuation reports on the
published patent applications for USD$100.00 per patent document. Each
report provides the nominal size of the patent protected market or the
patent application's provisionally protected market and a valuation of
the patent or patent application. This service can be used to
objectively and rapidly value individual patents and patent
applications or corporate patent portfolios including large numbers of
patent and patent applications".
For those readers who are often chasing US file histories, it is
pleasing to note that StockPricepredictor.com, LLC will shortly offer
for sale on its websiteelectronic image copies of official patent file
histories.
To find out more about StockPricepredictor.com, LLC, visit their
website here.
| PatentValuePredictor.com
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
09 October
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Lebanon - Choueiri Law
Firm
"Choueiri Law Firm is a multi-practice law firm
based in Beirut, Lebanon. Our size, diversity, and state-of-the-art
technical resources enable us to offer comprehensive legal services to
individuals and organizations of all sizes in national, and
international matters. Long-standing client relationships are one of
the surest barometers of a law firm's success in meeting its clients'
needs for legal services. Our lawyers pride themselves on developing
continuing client relationships that are productive & professional. We
adhere to the highest standards of legal excellence, and the highest
standards of service. Our attorneys are widely respected for the depth
of their industry knowledge, and for being responsive, efficient, and
easy to work with. Our goal at Choueiri Law Firm is to provide a level
of performance and satisfaction that demonstrates to both clients and
peers nothing less than the best legal service available."
IP Firms - Indonesia -
Prawiranegara International Patent & Trademark Law Office
"Our firm provides services such as registering,
searching and watching all IP Rights such as patent, trademark,
industrial design and copyright, licensing, franchising, monitoring
and checking current status of your IP registrations, as well as
litigation procedure related to IP matters in Indonesia."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Tuesday,
07 October
2003
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STN - PCT
Fulltext Database Now Includes Legal Status Information
The PCTFULL (WIPO/PCT Patents
Fulltext database) which is hosted on the STN network covers the full-
text of PCT published applications, has been enhanced with a new Legal
Status (LS) display field. The Legal Status data is taken from INPADOC
and can be added to any standard PCTFULL display format. For further
information check out the PCTFULL database summary sheet. Thanks to
Robert Austin of FIZ Karlsruhe for the information.
| STN Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Iraq - Abu-Ghazaleh
Intellectual Property
IP Firms - Pakistan - HR
Associates Pakistan Trademark, Copyright, Patent Attorney's
"Our law firm specializes in Patent, Trade Mark,
Copyright, Civil Labour and Industrial company laws"
IP Firms - Saudi Arabia - Al-Fraih
Law Office - Patents and Trademarks Attorneys
"Our office is one of the leading firms which
specialises in IP. It was founded 1984 by Suliman R. Al-Fraih, a Saudi
national who has extensive experience as a Patents and Trademarks
attorney in the Kingdom and the Gulf Region."
IP Firms - United States -
Ohio - Pearne & Gordon LLP
"Pearne & Gordon LLP is one of the largest and
oldest intellectual property law firms in Cleveland. The firm limits
its practice to patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair
competition, and related intellectual property law matters. In patent
matters, the firm has experience in all areas of technology, including
electronics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, computers, software,
biotechnology, polymers, nuclear science, and machine design."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
06 October
2003
-
WIPSGLOBAL - A New Approach to
Patent Database Searching
It is not often we think of
Korea when we think of patent information database suppliers, however
a relatively new player in the area is WIPS Co., Ltd. They have been
providing worldwide patent database for domestic clients since 1999
via www.wips.co.kr and in May this year started an English-based
service www.wipsglobal.com .
Their database coverage includes US, EP, JP, WO, INPADOC, KR(KPA),
JP(PAJ), and CN patent data. You can trial their system using Userid=guest
and password=guest. It is a well thought out service and the ability
to include KR and CN data is a plus.
WIPSGLOBAL claims several advantages compared to other patent
information providers.
"Firstly, in the aspect of data coverage, we
have perfect database for Korea and Japan patent compared to other
providers, Even though clients have to use KPA, PAJ Data for searching
because of language barrier, after searching, they can see the full
patent document of the searched patent directly (downloading and
printing are available). And also for English-based data(US, EP, WO,
INPADOC, PAJ), there is no weakness in the aspects of data update
time, coverage or data reliability compared to other providers such as
Micropatent, Delphion, Dialog, etc.
Secondly, WIPSGLOBAL provides more reliable and up-to-date patent
family information. Generally, other provider uses INPADOC data for
patent family information. However, as you know, INPADOC provides just
a certain part of each country's data and also data update is quite
slow because of the delay of data transmitting from each country's
patent office. To overcome this shortage of INPADOC, WIPSGLOBAL data
are connected and interlinked each other. Therefore, a patent
application No. and priority No. can be matched. It means you can find
the most recent family patent information from each country's patent
data directly.
Thirdly, there are several useful supplementary functions. WIPSGLOBAL
is not just for patent database. WIPSGLOBAL provides visual and
text-based citation analysis for US patent, Cabinet function (searched
patent management tool), Clustering function, and much more other
functions for maximizing the
efficiency of search work.
Fourthly, the automatic linkage of relevant patent data is available.
Usually, a certain patent has a close relation to other patents such
as patent family, cited patent, etc. In WIPSGLOBAL, a user can move to
directly to any relevant patent information just by clicking the
hyperlinked patent
number. This causes the dramatic reduction of search working time".
WIPSGLOBAL is certainly a well thought out and designed system. It is
always great to see competition in this area and I'd encourage all
patent information users to visit WIPSGLOBAL and at least try the
"guest" access.
| WIPSGLOBAL Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
02 October
2003
-
Patent Reports Service
If you are in the market for some
patent profiling on your competitors or simply want to look at a
particular market segment, you may want to check out
researchandmarkets.com. The provide, amongst other things, Patent
Profile Reports which "provide unique
quantitative measures of that quality, allowing one company to be
compared with competitors over time and technology-by-technology".
Company Patent Profile Reports -- available for
each of the approximately 1,400 top patenting companies in the US
patent system -- provide a unique set of indicators of a company's
technological strengths and weaknesses. Using patent portfolio
analysis, Patent Profile Reports replace the information traditionally
used to measure a company's technology such as patchy, aggregated R&D
expenditure data and laboratory visits.
Patent Profiles patent counts make it easy to assess a company's
technological activity and compare it with other companies in the same
industry or technology area.
But Patent Profile Reports go beyond simple patent counts.
The exclusive patent citation indicators measure:
- the technological impact of a company's patents
- the quality of their patent portfolio
- the technological strength of the portfolio
- the speed with which they are innovating
- and their linkage to leading edge research
Further information on these reports is available
here
| researchandmarkets.com
Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Wednesday,
01 October
2003
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USA - Documents in Trademark Disputes Can Now Be Accessed Online
Today, the Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) unveiled TTABVue, a system that
allows users to view images of documents relating to trademark
disputes on the Internet. TTABVue includes images of most documents
filed since January 2003. Some earlier records covering the period
June 2001 to January 2003 also are available.
To access TTABVue click here
| USPTO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
New Zealand - New Online Journal
 The New
Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ) Journal is currently produced in PDF
format and is made available on CD-Rom, at an annual subscription.
Alternatively it can be downloaded free of charge from the IPONZ
website.
During the pilot Journals published after number 1492 (publication
date 31 October 2003) are available via this facility. It is possible
to search Journals published prior to 1492. However, the information
provided may not be complete.
IPONZ have now released a pilot version of the online journal
(patents, trade marks and designs) and this can be viewed
here.
| IPONZ Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Europe - WebRegPro Now Available
WebRegPro (Web
Register Program) is a Java application that works with Windows
operating systems. It is currently available in English. With
WebRegPro you can download an unlimited number of cases for comparing
and tracking changes, using your own tailor-made lists of application
or publication numbers. Using a third-party software tool*, you can
compare Online European Patent Register data and identify changes
immediately.
For further information visit the
epoline website.
| Epoline Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Sudan - Wanni & Wanni
"Intellectual property attorneys, advocates,
commissioners for oaths, notaries, investment, companies, insurance,
labour, litigation, debt collection, arbitration, dispute resolution
and translations."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
29 September
2003
-
Entory - Open Patent Services Client Software Coming Soon
 A company I had
not heard of until recently have recently posted some tantilising news
to the PIUG list regarding new software for patent data research using
the European Patent Office's new service (OPS).
The new software will be presented at the EPIDOS conference in
Luxembourg in November.
Main features are:
- INPADOC family queries
- INPADOC legal data queries
- Bibliographic data from the esp@cenet database
- Schedule queries for execution in regular intervals
- Notification of legal changes (per email)
- Generate reports in different formats (Word, PDF)
- Can be integrated into existing systems
A fully functional demo version will be available to the public
shortly after the EPIDOS conference at a nominal charge of 150,- EUR/USD
per copy (no query limit). Apart from that no further cost will be
incurred by the use of the client.
To find our more about ENTORY visit their
website.
| Entory Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
WIPO
and Trilateral Offices Agree to Reinforce Ties
The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) and the Trilateral Offices - the European Patent
Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), and the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) - have
agreed to reinforce collaboration to ensure delivery of more
efficient services to users and to promote the benefits of the patent
system. "At a meeting in Geneva on the sidelines
of the annual WIPO Assemblies on September 25, 2003 with EPO
President, Mr. Ingo Kober, JPO Commissioner, Mr. Yasuo Imai, and US
Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Deputy Director of the USPTO, Mr. Jon Dudas, WIPO Director General,
Dr. Kamil Idris, stressed the need to move ahead with international
efforts to promote reform of the patent system to ensure easier access
for all users and to ensure that the system continues to serve the
public interest".
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Trade Marks - International Trade Mark System - Now File In Spanish
WIPO -
"Companies and individuals seeking to protect their trademarks in
multiple countries will be able to file their applications in the
Spanish language as of April 1. 2004 following a decision today by
member states attending the annual meeting of Assemblies of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva from September 22
to October 1, 2003. Currently, international trademark applications
under the Madrid System for the International Registration of
Trademarks are required to be submitted in English or French".
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
26 September
2003
Wednesday,
24 September
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Financial Resources - Appraisal
Economics Inc.
"Appraisal Economics Inc. is an international
firm providing independent valuation services to the business,
financial, and legal communities. We have extensive experience valuing
intellectual property for a variety of purposes, including mergers &
acquisitions, tax, accounting, and litigation support. Our clients
include many of the largest corporations in the world, private equity
firms, U.S. government agencies, and prominent legal and accounting
firms."
IP Drafting - EPIC Creative
Services
"Place your patent drawing requirements in the
experienced dependable hands at EPIC. You can depend on us to manage
your projects with individual care and diligence. Our experience
producing more than ten thousand sheets of patent drawings since 1974
translates into high quality, great service and competitive pricing
for you. We're at our workstations and at your service."
IP Employment - Lawyer-jobs.org
"Recruiting attorneys since 1986. Domestic and
international attorney opportunities within law firms and
corporations. We are exclusively in the business of helping law firms
and corporate legal departments build exceptional teams, while helping
attorneys achieve their long term objectives."
IP Firms - Indonesia -
Hadromi & Partners Law Firm
"Hadromi & Partners Law Firm assist its clients
in domestic and foreign registration of trademark and copyright
matters, conduct oppositions, complaints and administrative actions in
regard thereto. The firm frequently renders advice concerning the
protection and utilization of products and for licensing of
intellectual property rights."
IP Firms - Singapore -
Kelvin Chia Partnership
IP Firms - Myanmar - Kelvin Chia
Partnership
IP Firms - Vietnam - Kelvin Chia
Partnership
"Kelvin Chia Partnership is a commercial law
firm established in Singapore offering a full range of legal services.
A team of professionals with a shared passion for excellence, we
deliver practical legal solutions for today's business environment.
With branch offices in Vietnam and Myanmar, and a strong network
established in many other jurisdictions, we provide legal services and
assist our clients in their transactions and business affairs in
several Asian nations. We represent local, regional and international
clients in a variety of matters and transactions from across all
industries. Whoever our clients may be or the size of the matter,
every client represents an important relationship to us. We believe
each client is entitled to the highest quality of legal services,
fullest attention and lawyers who are accessible, effective and
responsive. We provide a wide range of legal services through four
main departments as well as various specialist practice groups that
draw expertise from across the departments to serve our clients'
needs. Our services focus on understanding our clients' business,
needs and objectives structuring practical and effective solutions
protecting and enforcing our clients' rights and interests. Each
department is headed by a partner with many years of experience."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
22 September
2003
-
IP IntelliFile
 Robert
Simpson from LegalStar (IP
LegalForm & IP
LegalDocK) has introduced me to their new software for the
electronic filing of patent applications and related correspondence
with the United States patent and Trademark Office - IP IntelliFile.
LegalStar are one of only three companies currently authorized under
contract with the USPTO to develop and distribute software for the
electronic filing of patent applications with the USPTO. You can find
our more about IP
IntelliFile here.
| LegalStar Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
Inventors Notebooks
Bookfactory, LLC is a new company making custom and standard inventors
notebooks, engineering notebooks, lab notebooks, log books,
registries, and blank books. Bookfactory, LLC are located in Dayton,
OH, USA, but ship worldwide. To find out more, visit their
website.
| Bookfactory Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
19 September
2003
-
IP Discover - Major Update and
Upgrade to Patent Download and Search Software
I have be using IP Discover for
quite a while now and have had the privilege of using the most recent
release for a few weeks now. Keith Nagel of IP Discover has come up
with quite an impressive product.
IP-Discover 2003D Release has arrived!
New features, new functionality, and support for the new Esp@cenet
servers brings you up to the minute
with the 2003D release. IPD turns patent searching on the public
databases from a chore into a pleasure.
New features include:
1) Complex search queries.
2) Download documents from USPTO, Espacenet2, and Espacenet3 Preview
servers. Support includes INPADOC legal data and PDF mosaics.
3) Support for HTML documents from both Espacenet and USPTO.
4) Complete HTML document and separate claims, description and
abstract from USPTO or Espacenet.
5) Autobrowsing of documents.
6) Batch Printing of HTML and PDF/TIFF.
7) Improved document selection for bulk download, browse and print.
There is a Demo available to trial. I certainly recommend that patent
researchers give this software a trial. To find out more, visit the IP
Discover website here.
| IP Discover Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
18 September
2003
-
WIPO Publishes Guide to Trademarks for Business
 "Entrepreneurs
and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can now
consult a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publication
that explains the basics of trademarks from a business perspective.
The guide, entitled "Making a Mark: An Introduction to Trademarks for
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises", is intended to enhance the
reader's understanding of the strategic value of trademarks in
business planning. It is the first in a series of new WIPO guides on
the theme "Intellectual Property for Business."
For more information visit the WIPO website
here.
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Bolivia - Miranda &
Asociados
IP Firms - Ireland - Hanna Moore
& Curley
"Hanna, Moore & Curley are European Patent and
Trade Mark Attorneys specialising in the provision of patent and trade
mark prosecution services before the European Patent Office (EPO) and
the European Community Trade Mark Office (OHIM). Our main areas of
expertise are in the practice of high technology, software and
business methods."
IP Firms - Malaysia - Nathan
"Intellectual property registration,
enforcement, litigation, arbitration, corporate."
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Wednesday,
17 September
2003
-
Minesoft - OPS Portal
Minesoft have annoucned that
they have released their OPS Portal which links through to the Open
Patent Service of the EPO.
"This service allows for INPADOC Family searches
together with the corresponding PRS legal status to be displayed for
one or multiple publication numbers. In addition links to national
registers have been integrated. This service has been devised in
conjunction with customers needing to switch from the existing X25
access at the EPO to the new OPS service which is now open to all".
To find out more about this and the other Minesoft products and
services, visit the Minesoft
website.
| Minesoft Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday,
16 September
2003
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP
Firms - Australia - RED Patents Online
"RED Patents Online's aim of
this web site is purely to display free information in the field of
Intellectual Property to the public. In addition, some of our visitors
describe it as being a database of links pointing to relevant
resources worldwide."
IP Firms - China
- Fang's Zhuoyue Intellectual Property Agency
"We are a specialized IP service
provider in Beijing, China. We boast of a team composed of
professional trademark and patent attorneys, IP investigators and IP
consultants."
IP Firms - Malta - CC Advocates
"Registration of Malta &
Community trademarks, service marks, designs and patents. Copyright
protection & drafting of licensing & franchising agreements. Domain
name registration & dispute resolution. Searches and ancillary
services."
IP Translations - Lingo24 Ltd.
"Translation company Lingo24
offers a range of translation services between English, French,
German, Spanish, Japanese and all other major world languages. Major
clients include Honda, Campari, GuinnessUDV and the Royal Bank of
Scotland. The company offers a high quality, cost-effective solution
to your language translation"
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Monday,
15 September
2003
-
PIUG - North East
Worksop Update
Recently posted to the PIUG list was
details of a free INPADOC on STN Workshop presented by FIZ Karlsruhe
at the PIUG 2003 North East Workshop. Those attending this annual
event should note the following workshop details.
Date/Time:
October 7th, 2003, 8.30 AM - 12.00 PM
Location:
Hilton Woodbridge, Iselin, NJ
Workshop description:
INPADOC on STN comprises bibliographic and family data for patent
documents and utility models of 71 patent issuing authorities and
legal status data of 42 patent issuing authorities. This workshop will
review the basic content and structure of the database on STN, provide
advanced tips for retrieving and displaying patent family and legal
status information, and cover the essentials of running automatic and
manual Alerts/SDIs for both patent family and legal status updates.
Techniques for classification and author abstract text searching will
also be presented.
Register online.
| CAS Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Friday,
12 September
2003
-
Dialog - September/October Chronolog Now Available
The September/October 2003 issue of
the Chronolog is now available. The online version contains additional
information to that of the printed version. In this issue:
COMPANY UPDATE
- From the Editor
- E-mail Address Change
- North America InfoStar Winners for 2003
- Roger K. Summit North America Scholarship Winner for 2003
- Trade Shows
NEW ON DIALOG
- Dialog Company
Profile Enhancements
- New Publishers Added to Dialog e-Journal Links
- Seven New Interactive Alert Titles Added
- Uses for Dialog Company Profiles
- 2003 Database Catalog
- AGROProjects Update
- The Merck Index OnlineSM (File 304) Reloaded on Dialog
- American Medical Association Journals Removed from Dialog
NEW ON DIALOG DATASTAR™
- New Options for
Dialog DataStar™ Alerts and DELIVERs
- Martindale June Update
- BIOSIS Previews®
Click
here for Chronolog.
| Dialog Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
-
IP
Australia - Warning on Bogus IP Services
 IP
Australia has posted a notice relating to bogus intellectual property
services that are unfortunately popping up all around the world.
Examples include false trade mark registers and Fraudulent Invention
Promoters. The notice by IP Australia is worth a read, at least so you
can identify some of the dodgy players in this area.
Read the full IP Australia notice
here.
| IP Australia Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Thursday,
11 September
2003
-
PIUG 2003 -
Northeast Workshop Update
Paterra has announced that a
workshop will be held at the PIUG 2003 Northeast Workshop on Thursday,
October 9, 2003, 8:30 am - noon.
Title: Protys Full Text English Database
of the Latest Japanese Patents
Instructor: Alan Engel
Description: Protys is the first full text database of Japanese
patent documents that can be searched in English. Designed as an
alerting database, Protys covers a five-week moving window of
published, unexamined Japanese patent applications (Kokai). Records
are added to the database within one week of publication. Protys'
presents the user with a rich set of bibliographic and full text
operators. This workshop will introduce Protys to patent information
professionals.
Register here.
| PIUG Website |
Paterra Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise
-
WIPO - September 2003 PCT Newsletter
The September 2003 issue of the
PCT
Newsletter is now available from WIPO.
 
| WIPO Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
- IP
MENU Update
IP MENU has updated the following Intellectual Property Resources:
IP Firms - Canada - Centre for
Innovation Law and Policy
"The Centre for Innovation Law and Policy is a
multi-faceted academic centre devoted to the study of laws,
institutions and policies that affect, or are affected by, innovation
or technological change. The centre supports teaching, research and
policy analysis in a broad range of areas in which law and policy
intersect with innovative activity. These include intellectual
property, telecommunications, electronic commerce and the Internet,
biotechnology and the financing of innovative ventures. The centre's
mission is to help foster a legal and policy environment - in Ontario,
Canada and internationally - that promotes ethical and socially
beneficial innovation and technological progress. The centre supports
teaching that prepares Ontario's law graduates to be effective
advocates, advisors and policy-makers within an economy that is driven
by innovation and a society that is profoundly affected by
technological change. It also supports research and policy analysis in
the field of innovation law and policy that is practical, relevant and
meets high standards of academic excellence. In all of its activities,
the Centre endeavours to serve as a focal point for collaborative
activity involving members of the academic, professional, business and
policy-making communities concerned with innovation law and policy."
IP Firms - Canada - Sisson Warren
Sinclair
Posted by
Matthew Downing.
Wednesday,
10 September
2003
-
Delphion - A German Addition
Great news from Delphion with the
addition of German data. You are now able to search the full-text of
German applications, granted patents, and utility models back to 1987.
With main claims back to 1968.
"Get the full picture by searching full-text
patent specifications from the German national patent collection. With
main claims back to 1968, this is the most comprehensive German patent
collection available. The collection is divided into Applications and
Granted patents. Utility Models are incorporated with the Granted
patents.
German data from INPADOC is integrated with the German national
collection data, and both are presented on the unique Delphion
Integrated View, letting you see legal status and family data in the
same view as text, claims, and other bibliographic information".
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
Tuesday,
09 September
2003
-
Delphion - Free Web Seminar
Delphion are hosting another
free web seminar, "Getting Started With Delphion Research.
"We'll walk through the basics of patent
research so you can be productive right away. Learn about using search
forms, manipulating search results and taking full advantage of the
exclusive Delphion Integrated View".
Topics will include:
- How to use Patent Data
- Quick, Patent Number, Boolean & Advanced Search Methods
- The Delphion Integrated View
- Overview of Worldwide Collections
When:
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
USA
- Pacific: 9 am
- Mountain: 10 am
- Central: 11 am
- Eastern: 12 pm
- GMT: 4 pm
London: 5 pm
Paris: 6 pm
Hong Kong: Midnight
Sydney: 2 am (Thursday)
| Delphion Website |
Posted by Rodney Cruise.
|
Image
Applications Ltd, the company behind the patent download software
PatSee 4 PRO and the patent anayslis software INAS 3 PRO and INAS 3
LITE has moved to a new domain "imageapps.com".
Namibia
(NA) will become the 123nd PCT Contracting State on 1st January 2004.
Further information will be published in Section IV of the PCT Gazette
and in a WIPO Update.
The
Hungarian Patent Office has recently announced a new service whereby
copies of Hungarian patent specifications having already a
registration number are available in PDF via email. Orders can be
place to the following e-mail addresses:
WIPO
has published the September-October issue of the WIPO Magazine. Click
For those who
are attending the JPINFO 2003 meeting in Vienna, you will be pleased
to know that the EPO have posted the first abstracts of presentations
and information on speakers for our the EPIDOS users' meeting on
Japanese patent information.