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European Commission seeks "Capital of Innovation"

European Commission seeks “Capital of Innovation”

Brussels, 3 September 2013 – The European Commission has today started the search for the first European Capital of Innovation, or iCapital. The prize will reward the city which is building the best “innovation ecosystem”, connecting citizens, public organisations, academia, and business. Given that 68% of the EU population now lives in urban areas, it is […]

USPTO Upgrades Patent Database on the Web

USPTO Upgrades Patent Database on the Web

On August 27, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced that it upgraded the USPTO Full Text and Image Database (PatFT) to now use PDF images instead of TIFF images. Patent images may be viewed, printed and saved using a standard PDF-equipped browser. A separate TIFF plug-in is no longer required. In addition […]

Official Gazette of Egypt Now Online

Official Gazette of Egypt Now Online

CAIRO – The Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade has issued its first online Official Gazettes (eOG) for Trademarks and Industrial Designs which contain information about each published trademark and design in Egypt, along with a list of cancelled and renewed registrations; however, this version does not contain Notices on Office Actions. The electronic […]

CAIRO – The Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade has issued its first online Official Gazettes (eOG) for Trademarks and Industrial Designs which contain information about each published trademark and design in Egypt, along with a list of cancelled and renewed registrations; however, this version does not contain Notices on Office Actions. The electronic […]
New page in the Network of ip4all.com - Egypt

New page in the Network of ip4all.com – Egypt

Dear Readers, Colleagues and Friends, We are glad to introduce to your attention the new page of our Network – the one of Egypt. You may visit it at: http://ipegypt.ip4all.com/ We’ll welcome your cooperation in order to promote the page and give our readers a wide range of news in the field of intellectual property. […]

USPTO Added “ID Assistance” Tool Option To TEAS

USPTO Added “ID Assistance” Tool Option To TEAS

On the 24th of August the USPTO added an optional tool to the regular Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) application form (i.e., non-TEAS Plus) to help applicants enter acceptable identifications of goods and services (IDs). The section of the regular TEAS application form for entering free-text IDs was expanded to include a new “ID Assistance” […]

BG Trademark КОРПОРАЦИЯ ТОЧНИТЕ ТАКСИТА (Corporation the Exact Taxis) Permanently Deleted Due to Lack of Distinctiveness for Services in Class 39

BG Trademark КОРПОРАЦИЯ ТОЧНИТЕ ТАКСИТА (Corporation the Exact Taxis) Permanently Deleted Due to Lack of Distinctiveness for Services in Class 39

The team of IP Consulting successfully succeeded in deletion of the improper registration of a Bulgarian trademark which was registered in contradiction with the absolute grounds for trademark registration under the Bulgarian Law on Marks and Geographical Indications, namely: The deleted trademark BG Reg № 63996 is a word trademark and consists of a combination […]

USPTO Added "ID Assistance" Tool Option To TEAS

USPTO Added “ID Assistance” Tool Option To TEAS

On the 24th of August the USPTO added an optional tool to the regular Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) application form (i.e., non-TEAS Plus) to help applicants enter acceptable identifications of goods and services (IDs). The section of the regular TEAS application form for entering free-text IDs was expanded to include a new “ID Assistance” […]

Advanced Summer School on Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology – Registration Deadline August 30, 2013

Advanced Summer School on Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology – Registration Deadline August 30, 2013

Port Elizabeth, South Africa (November 25 to December 6, 2013) This two-week Summer School on IP and Transfer of Technology, offered jointly by the WIPO Academy , the Department of Science and Technology of South Africa, the National Intellectual Property Management Office, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, provides an […]

Port Elizabeth, South Africa (November 25 to December 6, 2013) This two-week Summer School on IP and Transfer of Technology, offered jointly by the WIPO Academy , the Department of Science and Technology of South Africa, the National Intellectual Property Management Office, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, provides an […]
Advanced Summer School on Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology – Registration Deadline August 30, 2013

Advanced Summer School on Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology – Registration Deadline August 30, 2013

Port Elizabeth, South Africa (November 25 to December 6, 2013) This two-week Summer School on IP and Transfer of Technology, offered jointly by the WIPO Academy , the Department of Science and Technology of South Africa, the National Intellectual Property Management Office, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, provides an […]

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Port Elizabeth, South Africa (November 25 to December 6, 2013) This two-week Summer School on IP and Transfer of Technology, offered jointly by the WIPO Academy , the Department of Science and Technology of South Africa, the National Intellectual Property Management Office, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, provides an […]

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Advanced Summer School on Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology - Registration Deadline August 30, 2013

Advanced Summer School on Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology – Registration Deadline August 30, 2013

Port Elizabeth, South Africa (November 25 to December 6, 2013) This two-week Summer School on IP and Transfer of Technology, offered jointly by the WIPO Academy , the Department of Science and Technology of South Africa, the National Intellectual Property Management Office, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, provides an […]

Trademarks boom in 2012

Trademarks boom in 2012

“BY THE END OF 2012, CUMULATIVE TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS IN CHINA REACHED 11.3 MILLION. THERE WERE 7.6 MILLION TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS OF WHICH 6.4 MILLION REMAIN VALID.” The China Trademark Office and China Trademark Review and Adjudication Board have published the Annual Development Report on China’s Trademark Strategy 2012 and made both Chinese and  English versions downloadable […]

The White House's Intellectual Property Chief Stepped Down

The White House’s Intellectual Property Chief Stepped Down

12 August, 2013 – The White House’s intellectual property chief, Victoria Espinel, has stepped down from her role in the administration. Espinel served as the White House’s first intellectual property enforcement officer, a position that was established in the 2008 Pro-IP Act. She was appointed by President Obama in September 2009 and confirmed by the […]

The White House’s Intellectual Property Chief Stepped Down

The White House’s Intellectual Property Chief Stepped Down

12 August, 2013 – The White House’s intellectual property chief, Victoria Espinel, has stepped down from her role in the administration. Espinel served as the White House’s first intellectual property enforcement officer, a position that was established in the 2008 Pro-IP Act. She was appointed by President Obama in September 2009 and confirmed by the […]

PATENT OF THE YEAR - 2012

PATENT OF THE YEAR – 2012

Traditionally for the nineteenth time on December 24, 2012 at Hotel „ Stone Brigde“, was organized the event „Patent of the year-2012“ by the National Office of industrial property of the Republic of Macedonia. The ceremony was attented by inventors, economists and other eminet guests who are directly and indirectly involved in the activites of […]

PATENT OF THE YEAR – 2012

PATENT OF THE YEAR – 2012

Traditionally for the nineteenth time on December 24, 2012 at Hotel „ Stone Brigde“, was organized the event „Patent of the year-2012“ by the National Office of industrial property of the Republic of Macedonia. The ceremony was attented by inventors, economists and other eminet guests who are directly and indirectly involved in the activites of […]

Traditionally for the nineteenth time on December 24, 2012 at Hotel „ Stone Brigde“, was organized the event „Patent of the year-2012“ by the National Office of industrial property of the Republic of Macedonia. The ceremony was attented by inventors, economists and other eminet guests who are directly and indirectly involved in the activites of […]
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