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The Ten Edition Of The International Classification For Industrial Designs In Force As Of 1 January 2014

The Ten Edition Of The International Classification For Industrial Designs In Force As Of 1 January 2014

For some time the Designs Office has classified Australian design applications according to the Eight Edition of the International Classification for Industrial Designs (IDC 8). The Ten Edition of the International Classification for Industrial Designs (IDC 10) will be in force as of 1 January 2014. All applications filed up to and including 31 December […]

Czech Republic joined e-Learning

Czech Republic joined e-Learning

OHIM announced that the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic, the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania and the Polish Patent Office have joined the e-Learning for SMEs tool. The online tool informs users in a concise manner about the different types of IP rights applicable to the selected products or services and how to […]

OHIM announced that the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic, the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania and the Polish Patent Office have joined the e-Learning for SMEs tool. The online tool informs users in a concise manner about the different types of IP rights applicable to the selected products or services and how to […]
Lithuania joins e-Learning

Lithuania joins e-Learning

OHIM announced that the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic and the Polish Patent Office have joined the e-Learning for SMEs tool. The online tool informs users in a concise manner about the different types of IP rights applicable to the selected products or services and how to protect them […]

OHIM announced that the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic and the Polish Patent Office have joined the e-Learning for SMEs tool. The online tool informs users in a concise manner about the different types of IP rights applicable to the selected products or services and how to protect them […]
Lithuania joins e-Learning

Lithuania joins e-Learning

OHIM announced that the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic and the Polish Patent Office have joined the e-Learning for SMEs tool. The online tool informs users in a concise manner about the different types of IP rights applicable to the selected products or services and how to protect them […]

OHIM announced that the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic and the Polish Patent Office have joined the e-Learning for SMEs tool. The online tool informs users in a concise manner about the different types of IP rights applicable to the selected products or services and how to protect them […]
New Online Licensing System Makes it Easier to Republish the Work of Intergovernmental Organizations

New Online Licensing System Makes it Easier to Republish the Work of Intergovernmental Organizations

A new online licensing tool for intergovernmental organizations will make it easier to bring their published material to a wider audience. The unveiling of the Creative Commons 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisation (IGO) License caps a two-year collaboration led by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) with the support of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development […]

Seminar ’’Evropski patentni sistem i zaštita patenata u Evropi’’

Seminar ’’Evropski patentni sistem i zaštita patenata u Evropi’’

U Podgorici, u hotelu Premier Apart, 24. oktobra 2013. god., održan je seminar’’Evropski patentni sistem i zaštita patenata u Evropi’’, u organizaciji Evropskog patentnog zavoda (EPO), Evropske patentne akademije i Zavoda za intelektualnu svojinu Crne Gore. Seminar je otvorio gospodin Novak Adžić, direktor Zavoda za intelektualnu svojinu Crne Gore, koji je u svom uvodnom obraćanju naglasio […]

Seminar ’’Evropski patentni sistem i zaštita patenata u Evropi’’

Seminar ’’Evropski patentni sistem i zaštita patenata u Evropi’’

U Podgorici, u hotelu Premier Apart, 24. oktobra 2013. god., održan je seminar’’Evropski patentni sistem i zaštita patenata u Evropi’’, u organizaciji Evropskog patentnog zavoda (EPO), Evropske patentne akademije i Zavoda za intelektualnu svojinu Crne Gore. Seminar je otvorio gospodin Novak Adžić, direktor Zavoda za intelektualnu svojinu Crne Gore, koji je u svom uvodnom obraćanju naglasio […]

Speculative trademarks

Speculative trademarks

Principally, everybody can register a trademark, should then, however, also start using the mark after five years, i.e. after expiration of the so-called “five-year grace period”. Nevertheless, if there is a lack of intention to use and the applicant has only registered the trademark as a mere speculative trademark or stock trademark, he cannot derive […]

ESAB holds workshop on the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court

ESAB holds workshop on the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court

The EPO’s Economic and Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB) brought together some 60 international patent experts at the EPO headquarters in Munich last week (3/4 December) for a two-day workshop dedicated to the economic effects of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court. This was the fourth such event organised by the ESAB, following three […]

Global Patent Filings See Fastest Growth in 18 Years

Global Patent Filings See Fastest Growth in 18 Years

A new WIPO report shows that in 2012 global patent filings increased at its strongest rate in nearly two decades as industrial-design registration notched its best-ever rate of growth. Intellectual property (IP) filings have sharply rebounded since a 2009 decline at the height of the financial crisis. The report shows patent filings grew by 9.2% […]

USPTO New Trademark Practice Tips

USPTO New Trademark Practice Tips

The USPTO announced new trademark “practice tips”: Subscribing to Trademark Alert Emails  TMIDSuggest Mailbox for Proposing  New Goods/Services Entries Letters of Protest Overdue Registrations  Trademark Policy Collaboration Site Overview  plus an updated one: Steps When Confronted with an Assignment Against Your Property Filed by Another Party   You may find all Practice Tips at: http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/notices/practice_tips.jsp […]

Requirements to advertisements by companies with identical company name

Requirements to advertisements by companies with identical company name

At the beginning of this year, the Federal Court of Justice dealt with the matter regarding the requirements that must be observed by a company with a nationwide advertisement in print media in case there is an balanced situation under trademark law between this company and a further legally and economically completely independent company with […]

At the beginning of this year, the Federal Court of Justice dealt with the matter regarding the requirements that must be observed by a company with a nationwide advertisement in print media in case there is an balanced situation under trademark law between this company and a further legally and economically completely independent company with […]
Requirements to advertisements by companies with identical company name

Requirements to advertisements by companies with identical company name

At the beginning of this year, the Federal Court of Justice dealt with the matter regarding the requirements that must be observed by a company with a nationwide advertisement in print media in case there is an balanced situation under trademark law between this company and a further legally and economically completely independent company with […]

At the beginning of this year, the Federal Court of Justice dealt with the matter regarding the requirements that must be observed by a company with a nationwide advertisement in print media in case there is an balanced situation under trademark law between this company and a further legally and economically completely independent company with […]
Requirements to advertisements by companies with identical company name

Requirements to advertisements by companies with identical company name

At the beginning of this year, the Federal Court of Justice dealt with the matter regarding the requirements that must be observed by a company with a nationwide advertisement in print media in case there is an balanced situation under trademark law between this company and a further legally and economically completely independent company with […]

At the beginning of this year, the Federal Court of Justice dealt with the matter regarding the requirements that must be observed by a company with a nationwide advertisement in print media in case there is an balanced situation under trademark law between this company and a further legally and economically completely independent company with […]
E-services live in Slovakia

E-services live in Slovakia

The Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic has implemented the e-Services project, developed by OHIM´s Cooperation Fund. The e-Services integration marks another success for the Slovak Office and the Cooperation Fund teams. In July e-filing for trademarks was implemented in the Slovak Office headquarters, a key milestone in the rollout of the Cooperation Fund […]

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