Director General welcomes the UK Independent Review ...
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Francis Gurry, welcomed the publication today of Digital Opportunity, the Review of Intellectual Prope ...more
5/18/2011 11:07:30 AM Relevant for World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (International Bureau of)
Published by: Andreas Bertagnoll
Design applications using 3D illustrations successfu...
Design applications using 3D illustrations implemented in 2010 by the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) reached 786 cases (1.4 percent of all design applications). ...more
SIPO and JPO to Commence a Pre-Pilot of Patent Prose...
Tian Lipu, Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. China, met with Yoshiyuki Iwai, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office, in Beijing on May 4. ...more
Now available at the WIPO website: The PCT – Interna...
Find the latest yearly review for 2010 now online at the WIPO website.
The report provides a comprehensive view of PCT filings in 2010 and many
additional statistics reg ...more
5/10/2011 10:01:07 PM Relevant for World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (International Bureau of)
Awaiting the new Trademarks Act on 1 July 2011 – May...
1 July 2011, the new Trademarks Act (SFS 2010:1877) enters into force. The Act introduces new provisions for family names and artist names. In addition, the special protect ...more
5/10/2011 9:56:13 PM Relevant for Sweden
Single patent co-operation plan gets committee go-ahead
Plans to use the enhanced co-operation procedure to create a unitary patent system in the EU, as requested by 12 Member States last year, were approved by the Legal Affairs ...more
1/27/2011 6:06:24 PM Relevant for European Patent Office (EPO)
Published by: Andreas Bertagnoll
Regulation change of Turkish Patent Institute may ef...
Turkish Patent Institute prepares a regulation change in the scope of 35th class's "retail and wholesale services" part.
The classification definition for selling servi ...more
1/26/2011 6:48:37 PM Relevant for Turkey
Published by: YUCEL YILMAZ
No European patents for essentially biological breed...
9 December 2010
The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has now rendered its decisions in the so-called "broccoli" (G 2/07) and "tomato" (G 1/08) cases, bearing on the corre ...more
12/9/2010 9:11:41 PM Relevant for European Patent Office (EPO)
Published by: Andreas Bertagnoll
EPO and Google collaborate on machine translation
30 November 2010
The EPO and Google have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve access to patent translations in multiple languages.
Under the agreeme ...more
12/9/2010 9:09:35 AM Relevant for European Patent Office (EPO)
Published by: Andreas Bertagnoll
USPTO Launches Second Peer To Patent Pilot in Collab...
Washington — The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a second Peer To Patent pilot program will be initiated with New York Law School’s Center for P ...more
11/9/2010 6:46:28 PM Relevant for United States of America
Published by: Andreas Bertagnoll