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World Intellectual Property Organization
March 05, 2010
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(Interview with VOA News - in French)January 28, 2010
- The Global Congress on Counterfeiting and Piracy is looking for an independent, dynamic and motivated individual as from March 2010 to coordinate preparations and act as Secretariat for its 6th meeting to be held in Paris on February 2-4, 2011.
January 22, 2010
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- WIPO?s Summer Schools, held in several locations worldwide, provide students and young professionals with a deeper knowledge of all areas of IP.
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European Patent Office
March 07, 2010
Twelve candidates from nine countries have been short listed for the European Inventor Award 2010. The winners will be announced in Madrid on 28 April.
March 02, 2010
The EPO opposition division came to this decision after hearing the parties in opposition oral proceedings.
March 01, 2010
EPO President Alison Brimelow gave the 2010 Francis Gurry Intellectual Property Lecture at the Melbourne Law School.
March 01, 2010
An EPO opposition division has to decide on Wednesday and Thursday whether to maintain a patent granted in the field of agriculture and opposed by a coalition of organisations, including Greenpeace Germany.
February 28, 2010
French candidate received the required qualified majority of the votes cast.
February 25, 2010
The negotiations are part of the European Patent Office's support to the EU's Neighbourhood Policy.
February 25, 2010
The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation will once again vote to elect the next President of the European Patent Office (EPO).
February 21, 2010
ECAP III, a European Commission-funded initiative aimed at strengthening IPRs in ten Asian countries, builds on the success of two earlier projects.
February 02, 2010
The same procedure will continue, with the existing pool of candidates, at an extraordinary Council meeting on 1 March 2010
February 02, 2010
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO will hold public oral proceedings in cases G2/07 ("Broccoli") and G1/08 ("Tomatoes") on 20 and 21 July 2010 in Munich.
January 31, 2010
At an extraordinary meeting in Munich on 2/3 February, delegations of the 36 member states of the European Patent Organisation will vote to elect the next EPO President
January 19, 2010
The study will be carried out in all the EPO member states plus the USA, and the findings will allow us to identify ways of improving the accessibility and comprehensibility of patent information.
December 28, 2009
The first findings of the "Patents and clean energy" study conducted by the EPO with UNEP and the ICTSD were presented at a side event at the Climate Change Summit.
December 14, 2009
The Russian patent office, the European Commission and the EPO have agreed on next steps in the implementation of a project aimed at aligning the Russian and EU patent systems.
December 16, 2009
With their decision of 4 December in the Competitiveness Council, the EU Ministers have paved the way forward towards a supranational patent system in Europe.
December 07, 2009
The basic concept underlying the future EU patent system is that the EU accedes to the European Patent Convention and that the EPO grants EU patents.
December 07, 2009
The new website will provide information on co-operation among the world's five biggest patent offices.
December 03, 2009
The EU Council agreed on a general approach to the draft Regulation on the EU patent.
November 24, 2009
The first findings of a study on patenting and climate change will be presented at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference on 18 December.
November 23, 2009
The agreement confirms the two organisations' commitment to work together on patents and standards to better serve industry in Europe and beyond
November 22, 2009
Major progress is being reported in the creation of a professional qualification for patent information specialists, with mock examinations due to take place next year
November 16, 2009
Taking place in Stockholm, The Hague, Milan and Munich, the seminars will feature addresses by experts on Chinese patent law and workshops aimed at stakeholders and intellectual property rights professionals.
November 12, 2009
Both Offices believe that this pilot is a major step forward in the JPO-EPO co-operative efforts to manage workloads. The pilot will begin in January.
November 12, 2009
The EPO, JPO and USPTO have agreed to begin a pilot programme in the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) framework utilising PCT work products
November 10, 2009
Speakers at the Patent Information Conference in Biarritz last week discussed the links between the quality of patent applications and the quality of patent information.
November 04, 2009
Respondents believe that patent quality at the EPO has improved over the past 12 months, according to interim findings of an IAM/Thomson Reuters benchmarking survey.
November 04, 2009
The EPO has signed a contract with the European Commission to implement a EUR 500,000 EU-funded project aimed at aligning the Russian and EU patent systems.
October 29, 2009
The Administrative Council heard four candidates for the Presidency at its meeting this week, but none of the candidates obtained the required three-quarters majority.
October 20, 2009
Work-sharing is the way of the future, bringing benefits for applicants and patent offices world-wide, Alison Brimelow told the AIPLA Annual Meeting.
October 13, 2009
Industry, patent offices and policy makers met in Vienna last week for the second "Patent statistics for decision makers" conference.
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Recent News
February 2010 – IP Forecaster commence work on new trademark module
Development of our new trade mark module has started as is well underway and we expect beta testing with a select group of clients later this year. If you are interested in becoming a beta tester, please contact us.January 2010 – IP Forecaster - Latest software update
In Financial Forecasting, at step 3 which shows filing, prosecution, grant and renewal costs in the countries you have selected to file in, there are now some additional features:- On both the "View NRPH costs as a PDF" and "View NRPH costs as Excel Document", there is now the ability to add in EPO validation costs to these reports.
- If you choose to export the whole report to either pdf or Excel at this stage of the Financial Forecaster, ("View as a PDF" & "View as an Excel document") there is now the ability to choose whether to add in annuity (renewals) costs for these reports, and also to select the number of renewal years to be shown on the reports.
December 2009 – Thailand joins the PCT
The treaty entered into force for Thailand on 24th December 2009 and is the 142nd member of the PCT. IP Forecaster has been updated to reflect this change.Name Change and New portfolio of NetsPat products
IP Pragmatics acquired the company NetsPat and its own branded patent management software in 2007. Since then, the NetsPat patent management software system has been extensively redeveloped and now features much additional functionality. The new version of the software was launched at a user forum meeting held in London in September 2008.In October 2009, the software was rebranded to IP Forecaster, and expanded to include three new products:
IP Forecaster – an online patent cost budgeting tools including:
- Instant and accurate patent budgets online
- Costs are shown over a time line
- We use real data from attorney firms worldwide
- Full customisation to your currency and home attorney rates
- Forecast spend on an individual case or portfolio basis
IP Forecaster Integrated – all the functions of IP Forecaster integrated with your existing patent records or docketing system including:
- No need for double data entry, updating is carried out automatically from your existing records system
- Add patent budgeting and cost forecasting functionality to your existing records system
- Let your clients produce their own budgets direct from your existing records system
- Upgrades available to include the full functionality of Forecaster Pro as part of the integrated offering
IP Forecaster Pro – a comprehensive case management and cost forecasting system which can be used to collate and database your entire patent portfolio to give a clear picture of its current and future status including:
- All the functions of IP Forecaster PLUS
- A case management system including document storage
- A timeline mapping critical IP-related events
- A diary and reminder system
- The ability to model the cost implications of different filing programs
Adam Wylie, IP Pragmatics' Managing Director, Services said:
"The new name for NetsPat, IP Forecaster reflects the software's growing capabilities and future development plans. The new product set provides our customers with a number of flexible options which allows them to select a patent costing tool that fulfils their patent management and budgeting needs. All of the new products offer the high levels of functionality and delivery of accurate, up-to-date costs that have always been associated with NetsPat products."
September 2009
Thailand becomes the 142nd Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) contracting state. Thailand (TH) became the 142nd PCT Contracting State on 24 September 2009. The PCT will enter into force for that State on 24 December 2009. IP Forecaster will be reprogrammed to reflect this change, effective December 24th 2009.Find more news articles in our corporate IP Pragmatics site.