Archive: May, 2014

Lebanon is on the Watch List in 2014

Lebanon is on the Watch List in 2014

The United States stimulates Lebanon to pursue the efforts on IPR legislative reforms and amendments to Lebanon’s patent and copyright laws and the efforts to accede to the WIPO Internet treaties. The Lebanon Parliament is advised to approve several additional IPR treaties-the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Berne Convention for the […]

The United States stimulates Lebanon to pursue the efforts on IPR legislative reforms and amendments to Lebanon’s patent and copyright laws and the efforts to accede to the WIPO Internet treaties. The Lebanon Parliament is advised to approve several additional IPR treaties-the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Berne Convention for the […]
Out-of-Cycle Review for Kuwait

Out-of-Cycle Review for Kuwait

Kuwait is still on the Watch List, but the United States will conduct an Out-of-Cycle Review in September 2014 to “determine whether to elevate Kuwait to the Priority Watch List”. This decision is due to ”Kuwait’s failure for more than 14 years to draft and pass amendments to its copyright law to meet international standards, and […]

Kuwait is still on the Watch List, but the United States will conduct an Out-of-Cycle Review in September 2014 to “determine whether to elevate Kuwait to the Priority Watch List”. This decision is due to ”Kuwait’s failure for more than 14 years to draft and pass amendments to its copyright law to meet international standards, and […]
Canada is on the Watch List in 2014

Canada is on the Watch List in 2014

The US notes that in 2013 Canada presented again the Combating Counterfeit Products Act to strengthen IPR enforcement, which assigns authority to Canadian customs to confiscate pirated and counterfeit goods at the borders.  The United States welcomes Canada’s will to take actions against IPR related issues and counterfeiting industry. According to the 2014 Special 301 […]

The US notes that in 2013 Canada presented again the Combating Counterfeit Products Act to strengthen IPR enforcement, which assigns authority to Canadian customs to confiscate pirated and counterfeit goods at the borders.  The United States welcomes Canada’s will to take actions against IPR related issues and counterfeiting industry. According to the 2014 Special 301 […]
Argentina remains on the Priority Watch List in 2014

Argentina remains on the Priority Watch List in 2014

USTR reminds that Argentina is on the Priority Watch List since 1996. US notes the “little” progress of Argentina the past year, but gives the following statement for the country’s development in the IP sphere, where US concerns for intellectual property laws enforcement prevail:” high levels of piracy and counterfeiting, including in the digital environment, […]

Pakistan remains on the Priority Watch List in 2014

Pakistan remains on the Priority Watch List in 2014

The Special 301 Report for 2014 reveals the challenges (for example book and optical disc counterfeiting and piracy) that Pakistan has to overcome in its way for IP protection improvement. The review regarding Pakistan defines the improvement made for the moment as “not significant”. Therefore, these are some of the recommendations for Pakistan, issued in […]

The Special 301 Report for 2014 reveals the challenges (for example book and optical disc counterfeiting and piracy) that Pakistan has to overcome in its way for IP protection improvement. The review regarding Pakistan defines the improvement made for the moment as “not significant”. Therefore, these are some of the recommendations for Pakistan, issued in […]
Indonesia is on the Priority Watch List in 2014

Indonesia is on the Priority Watch List in 2014

Special 301 presents an analysis of the efforts that Indonesia has made for intellectual property rights awareness and enforcement through the IPR Working Group under the United States-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. Despite these positive touches, the US review states that they are not effective and as a result, there is an increase in […]

Special 301 presents an analysis of the efforts that Indonesia has made for intellectual property rights awareness and enforcement through the IPR Working Group under the United States-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. Despite these positive touches, the US review states that they are not effective and as a result, there is an increase in […]
Kosovo deserves membership in the World Intellectual Property Organisation

Kosovo deserves membership in the World Intellectual Property Organisation

Kosovo meets the criteria for membership in World Intellectual Property Organisation and this should happen, as it does not represent only a right, but a necessity too for advancement of protecting the intellectual property in our country. This is what the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Memli Krasniqi said in the conference titled “the […]

Russia is on the Priority Watch List in 2014

Russia is on the Priority Watch List in 2014

According to the 2014 Special 301 Report, Russia is still on the Priority Watch List due to not resolved issues related to the Intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. As per the Special 301 the major concerns about Russian IP protection system are:”manufacture, transshipment and retail availability of counterfeit goods, including counterfeits of agricultural chemicals, […]

According to the 2014 Special 301 Report, Russia is still on the Priority Watch List due to not resolved issues related to the Intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. As per the Special 301 the major concerns about Russian IP protection system are:”manufacture, transshipment and retail availability of counterfeit goods, including counterfeits of agricultural chemicals, […]
Kosovo deserves membership in the World Intellectual Property Organisation

Kosovo deserves membership in the World Intellectual Property Organisation

Kosovo meets the criteria for membership in World Intellectual Property Organisation and this should happen, as it does not represent only a right, but a necessity too for advancement of protecting the intellectual property in our country. This is what the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Memli Krasniqi said in the conference titled “the […]

Kosovo meets the criteria for membership in World Intellectual Property Organisation and this should happen, as it does not represent only a right, but a necessity too for advancement of protecting the intellectual property in our country. This is what the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Memli Krasniqi said in the conference titled “the […]
U sjedištu Instituta moguće besplatno pretraživanje baza podataka

U sjedištu Instituta moguće besplatno pretraživanje baza podataka

U PATLIB centru u sjedištu Instituta za intelektualno vlasništvo Bosne i Hercegovine u Mostaru omogućeno je samostalno besplatno pretraživanje relevantnih baza podataka registriranog industrijskog vlasništva u BiH. Pristup bazama podataka preko namjenski podešenog računara ostvaruje se podnošenjem usmenog zahtjeva od strane korisnika usluge u prostorijama PATLIB centra, gdje se zajedno sa uposlenikom PATLIB centra definira […]

Free search of databases at the Head Office of the Institute

Free search of databases at the Head Office of the Institute

An independent free search of relevant databases of registered industrial property in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been enabled in the PATLIB Centre at the Head Office of the Institute for Intellectual Property of BiH in Mostar. Access to databases through designated computer is realized by client submitting oral request at the premises of PATLIB Centre, […]

An independent free search of relevant databases of registered industrial property in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been enabled in the PATLIB Centre at the Head Office of the Institute for Intellectual Property of BiH in Mostar. Access to databases through designated computer is realized by client submitting oral request at the premises of PATLIB Centre, […]
Free search of databases at the Head Office of the Institute

Free search of databases at the Head Office of the Institute

An independent free search of relevant databases of registered industrial property in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been enabled in the PATLIB Centre at the Head Office of the Institute for Intellectual Property of BiH in Mostar. Access to databases through designated computer is realized by client submitting oral request at the premises of PATLIB Centre, […]

Croissance de l’industrie informatique au Mexique

Croissance de l’industrie informatique au Mexique

Il y a une croissance de l’industrie de l’informatique mexicaine dans de nombreux domaines. Salomon Garza Castro analyse les aspects de la croissance relatives à la propriété intellectuelle commençant par une disproportion des demandes de brevet et des brevets délivrés au Mexique, ce qu’il explique par le fait que les programmes informatiques ne sont pas […]

China stays on the Priority Watch List

China stays on the Priority Watch List

In the Special 301 Report, The United States exposes a positive tendency in the intellectual property rights protection and enforcement policies in China. Some legal amendments even permit a good cooperation between The US and China. On the other hand, there still exist issues regarding appropriate intellectual property rights protection in China for patents, copyrights, […]

Deuxième mandat pour Francis Gurry  à  l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle

Deuxième mandat pour Francis Gurry à l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle

L’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle a confirmé le deuxième mandat comme directeur général de M. Francis Gurry. Ce deuxième mandat de Gurry durera six ans, à partir d’octobre 2014  jusqu’à septembre 2020. La confirmation de la réélection suit sa nomination par le comité de coordination de l’OMPI en mars.

L’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle a confirmé le deuxième mandat comme directeur général de M. Francis Gurry. Ce deuxième mandat de Gurry durera six ans, à partir d’octobre 2014  jusqu’à septembre 2020. La confirmation de la réélection suit sa nomination par le comité de coordination de l’OMPI en mars.