IP Newsflash has been relaunched with a great new look and new functionality, making it an ever more useful tool for IP Menu readers.

The website, run by Dr Rolf Claessen, automatically consolidates intellectual property news, decisions and notices from patent offices and IP resources. The key feature of IP Newsflash is that all this information is displayed on the homepage, along with a patent family search, and now also a free class monitor for EP publications.

With the IP Newsflash homepage now being fully customisable it is now even easier to find relevant information. Each section on the homepage can either be displayed or hidden. Furthermore, the "IP News", "Caselaw" and "Notices" sections can be set to display only updates from certain patent offices or IP resources. Links to RSS news feeds for each of these sections are also available.

The IP Newsflash website is available at http://www.ipnewsflash.com/

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Additionally, a "Common Objections" document has been created to better explain some of the common objections made by the examiners during the examination of industrial designs.

Other useful documents available include A Guide to Industrial Designs and the Industrial Design Office Practices.

Sources and for further information

Canadian Intellectual Property Office News - New Industrial Design Tools

Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Industrial Design Office Practices - Annex B: Sample Drawings

Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Application for the Registration of an Industrial Design

Canadian Intellectual Property Office - A Guide to Industrial Designs

Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Industrial Design Office Practices

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The new version of Inspiro was launched on 11 February 2008 and is now available from here.

Sources and for more information

Avantiq news - Upgrade To Inspiro® Version 2.0 On February 11, 2008

Avantiq website - Inspiro 2 Brochure

Avantiq - Inspiro 2 Access

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