http://www.kluwermanualip.com/http://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103090A Patent Maintenance Fees Electronic Payment system was launched on 5 January 2009 in Canada.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:47:26 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103091The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia became member of the European Patent Organisation on 1 January 2009.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:47:15 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103092New fees for trademark and design right matters entered into force in Finland as of 1 January 2009.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:47:01 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103096The requirements and procedures of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program of CIPO and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will be revised to expand potential participation.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:40:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103097In Canada, a revised chapter of the Manual of Patent Office Practice ( MOPOP), on the subject of biotechnology, became effective on 14 January 2009.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:45:16 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103098In section 17 of the new Act on Utility Model Rights, Finland has introduced an electronic publication of utility models.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:45:24 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103099The Agreement between the Nordic Patent Institute and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization has been revised.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:45:35 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103100A final draft of the new industrial property bill for Namibia has been circulated this month.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:40:50 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103101The South African intellectual property rights bill has been signed into law.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:40:59 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103102On 1 October of this year, a new Chinese patent law will take effect.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:41:07 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103104The new Chilean Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial started its work on 2 January 2009.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:44:39 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103105On 1 April 2009 a new EPO fee structure enters into force, aimed at reducing the length and complexity of European patent applications and international applications entering the regional phase.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:44:49 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103106The first Mexican court specialized in IP cases started its work earlier this month.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:45:06 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103109On 1 April 2009, the Japanese Patent Law will change, extending the appeal period after final rejection of a patent application.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:53:55 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103110The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) have implemented the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) on a full-time basis.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:52:14 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103111The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) announced the launch of a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) on 2 February 2009.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:44:20 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103113On 22 January 2009, the Netherlands Patent Office granted a zero-term SPC to Merck & Co, application 300287.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:56:47 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103114New online service for Decisions of the Commissioner.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:58:38 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103115Denmark has raised the penalties and fines for infringements of IP rights and broadened opportunities to investigate and act in counterfeiting cases.Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:32:41 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103116India has granted the European Patent Office access to its Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL).Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:13:27 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103118The pilot e-Office Action program of the USPTO will be made permanent and available as an option to all applicants beginning this March.Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:14:41 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103123The European Patent Organisation and Montenegro have signed an agreement on the extension of European patents to Montenegro.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:17:55 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103126On February 12, 2009, the Parliament in Macedonia adopted a new Industrial Property law, expected to be in force in March.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:18:35 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103128The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) has finalized preparation of a draft law that would enable the country join the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:57:52 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103129The Korean Patent Act and the Korean Utility Model Act are being revised. The Korean language has been adopted as a PCT international publication language and a request for reexamination has been introduced, among others.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:59:46 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103130Acording to the Locarno Notification No. 63 the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina is notified by the Director General of WIPO of the deposit by the Government of the Argentine Republic, on 9 February 9 2009, of its instrument of accession to the Locarno Agreement.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:17:19 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103131The Canadian Trade-marks Opposition Board will be changing its practice as of 31 March 2009 through the introduction of a new practice notice entitled Practice in Trade-mark Opposition Proceedings.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:02:07 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103132The Korean Intellectual Property Office has officially become an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for Australian applicants filing under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:25:18 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103133The European Patent Office has announced that requests and other documents pertaining to opposition, appeal, limitation, revocation and review proceedings can now be filed online using the online filing software.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:26:00 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103135A PPH pilot project between South Korea and Denmark started on 1 March 2009.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:20:54 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103136Due to currency changes, Sweden adjusted PCT fees for international patent applications as of 1 March 2009.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:24:27 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103138Patent reform legislation has now been introduced in both the House and the Senate in the United States.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:22:47 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103140Chile en Peru have acceded to the international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:39:10 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103142Starting 1 March 2009, the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) has provided an electronic service for filing applications.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:49:52 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103143As of 18 March 2009, the Spanish Office for Patents and Trademarks OEPM offers a new digital filing service for national patents and utility models.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:55:31 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103144Following ratification of the Singapore TLT by Australia as the tenth country on 16 December 2008, the treaty came into force with effect from 16 March 2009.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:56:35 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103145The Venezuelan Patent and Trademarks Office (VPTO) has published an unprecedented decision, dated 18 February 2009, by declaring 13.434 trademark applications as abandoned due to failure to timely reply against oppositions filed by third parties.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:57:56 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103146Fee changes for Community Trade Marks, implying a 40 percent cut in the cost of trade mark protection, have been approved by the Fees Committee chaired by the European Commission in Brussels.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:01:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103147A new law on trademarks, aiming to fill gaps created by a Constitutional Court decision last year, entered into force in Turkey on 28 January 2009.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:02:12 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103148Weblog Afro IP reports the Rwandese Parliament has adopted a new Industrial Property ActFri, 20 Mar 2009 04:03:14 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103149The Montenegrin Intellectual Property Office has begun issuing certificates of registration, which confirm continuous validity of the intellectual property rights obtained before the Serbian Intellectual Property Office, on the territory of Montenegro.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:53:36 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103150Several amended intellectual property laws entered into force in Croatia on 17 March 2009Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:52:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103154The Industrial Property Office of Iran introduced the procedural Bylaw related to the new Intellectual Property (IP) Law on 10 March 2009.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:22:21 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103155The European Commission has announced the planned 40 percent cut in the cost of a CTM is expected to be introduced in early May.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:25:14 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103156The codified version of the council regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trademark has been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:37:54 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103158The Superior Court of Justice of Brazil has issued an important decision against the Brazilian Patent and Trade Mark Office (BPTO).Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:32:02 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103160The republic of Moldova has modified the fees payable under Article 8(7) of the Madrid Protocol concerning the international registration of marks.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:32:55 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103162CIPO has upgraded its patent database.Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:33:33 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103163The Canadian Practice Notice concerning Unity of Invention is in effect as of 24 March 2009.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:33:39 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103165The Trademarks Opposition Board has updated its practice as of 31 March 2009 through the introduction of a new practice notice.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:00:51 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103166The German Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court) recently issued a decision regarding the relevant time for deciding whether a trademark is distinctive enough to qualify for registration.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:03:49 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103167The EPO administrative council has approved a new regulation on divisional applications.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:23:44 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103169Data from Guatemala (GT) have been included in the EPO bibliographic database as of 30 March 2009.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:35:54 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103171The cost of Community trademark will be cut by 40% to EUR 900 for online applications from 1 May 2009, the European Commission has announced.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:38:25 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103172The Japanese IP office has changed its fees for right obtainment procedures.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:46:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103173Japan and Finland launched a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program on 31 March 2009.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:43:43 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103174Three new intellectual property regulations have entered into force in Albania recently.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:45:21 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103175The IP office of Serbia has informed the WIPO that, under Serbian Law, an application for registration of a design must contain a short description of the characteristic features.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:00:53 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103182The individual fee that is payable when Turkey is designated in an international application will change, starting 1 June 2009.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:08:22 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103183In Ethiopia, a Trademark Registration and Protection Proclamation may reportedly come into operation.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:08:41 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103185Guidelines on applications relating to the Swiss-type claims under the Patents Act 1953 have been updated by the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ).Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:07:44 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103186The USPTO has announced it will begin a PPH Pilot Program with the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:08:15 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103189On 6 April 2009, Morocco ratified the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT).Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:08:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103190The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announed the ratification by Poland of the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, on 2 April 2009.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:08:40 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103192The Belarusian government has adopted a new Regulation on the Registration of License Agreements, Assignment Agreements, Pledge Agreements on Industrial Property Rights, and Franchise Agreements.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:08:59 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103194Japan and Russia have agreed to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:14:52 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103196On 7 april 2009, Ukraine acceded to the Strasbourg agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:23:15 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103197The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has introduced new online functionality to simplify the filing of evidence.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:24:40 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103198The German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) has announced that from 30 April 2009 it will publish its official information at the internet platform DPMAregister.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:26:46 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103199The Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) of South Africa has reportedly issued guidelines for non-conventional trademarks.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:28:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103202The Mexican Institute for Industrial Property (IMPI) has introduced a new database for registered trademarks.Mon, 04 May 2009 03:34:57 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103203The EPO has announced measures aimed at improving efficiency in the granting process.Mon, 04 May 2009 03:38:35 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103204The IPO UK recently published a practice amendment notice concerning the procedure governing the appointment of ex parte hearings.Mon, 04 May 2009 03:37:33 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103207On 28 April 2009, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) announced the official launch of its new webservice DPMAregisterMon, 11 May 2009 07:22:01 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103208To improve the quality of certain IP judgments in Korea, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and its Commissioner Jung-Sik Koh plan to reorganize the judgment system.Mon, 11 May 2009 07:21:18 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103211OHIM's new RCD E-Filing service is now live.Mon, 11 May 2009 07:20:18 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103212WIPO has announced changes in the amounts of individual designation fee in HungaryMon, 11 May 2009 07:19:04 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103215In the UK, an initiative has been launched to enable inventions with an environmental benefit to be given priority within the patent system.Fri, 15 May 2009 03:04:36 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103216Ukraine acceded to the Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks on 29 April 2009.Fri, 15 May 2009 03:05:37 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103217The IP Office of New Zealand has introduced two new status descriptions for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications entering the New Zealand national phase.Fri, 15 May 2009 03:06:23 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103218As of 5 May 2009, it has been possible to conduct an online search of the Brazilian PTO's database in order to determine the expiry dates of Brazilian patents.Fri, 15 May 2009 03:08:08 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103219Chinese legal status data can now be accessed in the so called INPADOC database of the European Patent Organization.Fri, 15 May 2009 03:09:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103221More accurate searches on the trademark register of Uganda will soon be possible.Fri, 15 May 2009 02:35:37 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103223The Montenegrin "Regulation on Procedures for the Registration of Geographical Indications" entered into force on 21 April 2009.Fri, 15 May 2009 02:36:56 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103224The Russian Chamber on Patent Disputes, an appeal body of the PTO, has adopted a stricter policy on revocation requests for non-use of trademarks.Fri, 15 May 2009 02:54:57 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103225On 1 May 2009, the Romanian Patent and Trademark Office introduced fees for the publication of trademark applications in the Official Gazette.Fri, 15 May 2009 02:56:07 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103226Estonia has ratified the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:46:27 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103227The Slovak Republic has acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:29:14 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103230For the first time, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland has held a pure melody trademark protectable.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:26:13 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103231Dominica's new trademark legislation - the Marks, Collective Marks and Trade Names Act 1999 - finally came into force last February.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:30:59 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103232Last month, the Federal General Attorney filed a legal action at the Brazilian Supreme Court claiming the unconstitutionality of the so-called pipeline system of the IP Act.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:33:08 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103233The IP office of New Zealand has reviewed its practice with regard to raising objections to patents on moral grounds.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:34:19 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103234The IP offices of Japan and Austria signed a PPH pilot program on 19 May 2009.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:36:06 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103235On 20 April 2009, the Hungarian Parliament enacted a Bill which must lead to the accession of the country to the London Agreement.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:35:09 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103236The French Patent Office (INPI) recently launched a new patent information search site.Tue, 26 May 2009 02:36:58 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103238In Ukraine information and reference systems for domestic and foreign users of IP information were introduced in April 2009. The systems can be used free of charge.Fri, 29 May 2009 10:15:08 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103239The Japanese Patent Office has put English texts of the Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Models on its website.Fri, 29 May 2009 10:16:23 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103240New patent rules entered into operation in Ireland on 21 May 2009.Fri, 29 May 2009 10:17:22 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103241On 21 April 2009, the Republic of San Marino acceded to the European Patent Convention (EPC).Fri, 29 May 2009 10:18:06 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103242The Russian Federation acceded to the Geneva Patent Law Treaty on 12 May 2009.Fri, 29 May 2009 10:19:26 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103243The German Parliament approved a bill for unification and modernisation of the IP Law on 28 May 2009.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:40:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103244In Argentina a decree has been adopted introducing rules for the use of denominations of origin and geographic indications for agricultural and food products.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:41:30 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103245The London Agreement entered into force for Lithuania on 1 May 2009.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:42:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103246The registration of a national (Spanish) domain name (.es) that imitates a registered trademark cannot be cancelled on the grounds of the Unfair Competition Law, but only if the Court case is construed as a trade mark infringement.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:52:16 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103247Since the entry into force of the London Agreement on 1 May 2008, no formalities are required to validate European Patent in France and they take effect immediately upon their grant.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:54:44 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103248New fees have been introduced for the services performed by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO).Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:55:40 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103249The Swiss Federal Council has put the amendment of the Patent Act with regards to the question of EEA exhaustion into force as of 1 July 2009.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:23:18 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103250The US Supreme Court has accepted to issue an opinion in the crucial Bilski v. Doll case, concerning the patentability of software patents.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:24:37 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103251In Moldova, it is possible now to file patent applications electronically.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:25:30 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103252In Spain, the implementing Act of the European Patent Convention was published in the Official State Bulletin on 5 June 2009.Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:01:45 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103253In Mexico fees for several search facilities have been abolished.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:50:47 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103254The Court of Justice of the EC has issued a preliminary ruling on the question of how to establish bad faith in trademark invalidity proceedings.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:45:18 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103255Since 5 May 2009, all requests for the registration of a trademark in Venezuela must be accompanied by official search results.Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:02:07 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103256The Canadian IP office (CIPO) introduced a new Fee Payment Form on 8 June 2009.Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:02:16 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103258Uganda has adopted the Ninth Edition of the Nice Classification.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:45:56 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103259The UK and South Korea have agreed to launch a pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:47:08 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103260The new Madrid fees for European Union designations reportedly will become effective on 12 August 2009.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:43:56 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103261Starting July 2009, data from the Dominican Republic (DO) will be included in the EPO bibliographic database.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:45:02 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103262Japan and Singapore will commence a PPH pilot program on 1 July 2009.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:46:34 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103263On 3 June 2009, Egypt deposited its instrument of ratification of the Madrid Protocol concerning the international registration of marks at the WIPO.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:45:41 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103264The German Bundestag has adopted two laws to improve international protection of designs.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:52:27 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103265In Spain, electronic filing of IP applications has been introduced.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:46:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103266Singapore and the ASEAN have launched a cooperation program on patent examination.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:46:48 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103267The Serbian parliament has recently ratified three international agreements on intellectual property.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:54:14 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103268The Romanian Patent and Trademark Office no longer receives orders for the release of trademark searches in 25 working days.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:21 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103269The Japanese Patent Office has published new examination guidelines for patents and utility models.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:56:02 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103270The Intellectual Property Law Amendment Regulations 2009 entered into force on 1 July 2009 in Australia.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:18:18 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103271The Republic of Moldova has modified the individual designation fees payable under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:17:51 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103272By notification received on 3 June 2009, Indonesia has denounced the 1934 Act of the Hague Agreement with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:22:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103273Oman has made the declaration referred to in Article 8(7) of the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:23:26 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103275In Hungary, trademark fees have recently been reduced by 30 to 40 percent.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:24:32 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103276The Swiss IPO has announced that it will increase the fee for filing a trademark from 350 to 550 Swiss Francs (EUR 365) starting next year.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:25:54 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103277As of 2 June 2009, it is possible to file PCT national phase in Egypt.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:26:37 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103278Yemen has increased publication fees for trademarks and industrial designs.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:27:25 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103279In Libya, new regulations have entered into force which reduce filing requirements.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:48 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103280Finland will centralize its IPR litigation at the so-called Market Court.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103281Starting in July 2009, legal status data for Russian patents and utility models will be included in the INPADOC PRS database of the European Patent Organization.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:36 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103283Confusion reigns in Venezuela with respect to IP rights.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103284The Brazilian Patent Office has established procedures for national phase entry of PCT applications after the 30-month time limit.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:23 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103285The National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have agreed to pilot a Patent Prosecution Highway.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103286Details of valid and pending international registrations under the Madrid Protocol designating Finland are now available online.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:11 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103288The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Hungarian Patent Office (HPO) will commence a PPH pilot program on 3 August 2009.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103289In the case of a trademark application for which it is necessary to obtain urgently a grant of right, it is possible to request the Japan Patent Office (JPO) to begin the examination process earlier than usual.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:58:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103290Georgian President Saakashvili en President Aliyev from Azerbaijan have signed an agreement to provide mutual recognition of intellectual property rights.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:57:51 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103291The Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) started an automatic patent fee payment service in July 2009.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:56:45 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103292Russia and South Korea have agreed on starting a pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:59:36 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103293In China, IPR jurisdiction has been reshuffled.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:47:27 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103294Chile and Peru have designated the Spanish Office for Patents and trademarks (OEPM) as International Searching and International Preliminary Examining Authority.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:56:12 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103295Three HIV/AIDS patients in Kenya have announced they will petition the country's Constitutional Court to declare a new anti-counterfeiting act illegal because it could deny them access to generic medicines.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:11:45 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103296In Canada the Trademarks Opposition Board will change its practice as of 14 September 2009.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:10:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103297South Korea has announced it will launch the Digital Access Service (DAS).Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:09:00 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103298From October 2009, businesses will be able to register trademarks more cheaply and easily thanks to a number of measures announced by the UK Intellectual Property OfficeMon, 13 Jul 2009 02:08:04 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103299In South Korea, examination criteria for designs changed on 15 May 2009.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:05:10 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103300The adoption of the Nice 9th in Uganda does not signify that service marks are registrable there.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:48:36 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103301On 1 October 2009, the Trade Marks Directorate of the Intellectual Property Office is introducing a number of changes that will apply to applications for new trade mark registrations.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:49:06 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103302On the recommendations of the fifth Consultative Working Group on Patents, Designs and Trademarks in India reforms have been introduced for the issuing of electronic notifications to patent applicants.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:05:01 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103304The free-of-charge search tool designed to help users find and access legal resources on the current legislative framework of intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement in China was launched in Beijing, China.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:48:10 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103306The General Secretariat of the EU Council has published Document 11813/09 on 9 July 2009 conveying a Working paper from the Commission Services on the draft Rules of Procedure for a Unified Patent Litigation System.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:47:43 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103307The Federal Court of Australia has held in the "Food Channel" case that a person who applies to register a trade mark must be the owner of the mark.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:56:50 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103308Recently, revisions to the Korean Trademark Act were proposed.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:06:43 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103311A public consultation setting out proposed changes to current patent fees was announced by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on 20 July 2009.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:23:50 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103312The Higher People's Court of Beijing released suggestion on implementing "The Supreme People's Court (SPC) formulation on tasking jurisdictions of patent and trademark right grant and determination cases".Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:23:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103315The information notice N° 15 /2009 concerning a Change in the Amounts of Individual Fee: European Community has been published by the WIPO.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:53:58 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103316In an effort to better serve clients in the Atlantic Region, CIPO has a new designated establishment in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:21:22 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103317The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Hungarian Patent Office (HPO) have concluded an agreement in order to improve the efficiency and the quality of their work.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:22:22 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103318In a press release of 21 July 2009, the USPTO announced the implementation of the e-Office Action program following a successful pilot project.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:20:16 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103324On 25 June 2009, the Serbian Intellectual Property Office (IPO) adopted guidelines for handling incomplete applications.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:53:11 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103325Due to the lack of clear criteria, the Russian PTO has recently issued a list of guidelines in order to clarify what constitutes sufficient interest for filing a request for trademark revocation due to non-use.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:52:11 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103326The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks has issued a notification, effective from 1 July 2009, that from that date it will issue all notifications and communications electronically.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:19:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103327The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) is introducing changes to the process for applying for trade marks online at www.iponz.govt.nz.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:17:28 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103328The Trilateral offices (European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) commenced the search sharing project Triway Pilot Program on 28 July 2008.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:12:46 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103329The weblog Patent Baristas has reported that it is now possible to register provisional exclusive and/or non-exclusive licenses at the Japan Patent Office (JPO) based on a license agreement effective before an application is granted a patent.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:11:27 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103330The Japanese Government's IP Strategic Headquarters has announced plans to revise the patent examination standards for medical inventions of known drug compounds.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:10:45 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103333Japan Patent Office (JPO) announces the handling of the applications related to the publication of the Drafts Revision of Examination Guidelines for "Industrially Applicable Inventions" (Part II, Chapter 1) and "Medicinal Inventions" (Part VII, Chapter 3).Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:02:09 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103335The weblog IP JUR reports that the German Official Gazette ('Bundesgesetzblatt Jahrgang 2009 Teil I Nr. 50, ausgegeben zu Bonn am 4. August 2009') has published the Act for Simplification and Modernisation of Patent Law ('Patentrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz').Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:00:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103336The EPO announced on 6 August 2009 that data from Colombia will be included in the EPO bibliographic database from week 33/2009 (10 August) onwards.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:59:03 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103337The EU has modified the fees payable under Article 8(7) of the Madrid Protocol concerning the international registration of marks.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:25:21 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103338Switzerland has switched from national-only exhaustion of rights to European-style regional exhaustion on 1 July of this year.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:26:13 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103339A Milan court has decided, for the first time in Italian case law, that the individual character of a design may result from the combination of the characteristics of previous designs.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:26:43 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103341The UK IPO has published a Tribunal Practice Notice on its website concerning defences in trademark opposition and invalidation proceedings.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:07:25 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103342Macedonia and Romania signed a cooperation plan for prior art searches in July 2009.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:08:24 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103343As a step towards accession talks with the European Union, Albania has recently announced it plans to ratify the Patent Law Treaty and the European Patent Convention soon.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:09:26 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103344A public discussion on the Serbian draft Law on Geographical Indications began on 22 July 2009.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:10:23 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103345Serbia ratified the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification on 15 July 2009.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:11:39 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103346The administrative council of the European Patent Organization has published a notice on amendments to the EPC which were necessary after changes in the procedure for filing divisional applications.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:12:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103347Serbia has ratified the Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:13:14 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103348In order to clarify the patentability of inventions related to methods of usage of pharmaceuticals, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has revised the examination criteria for patents and utility modelsMon, 31 Aug 2009 08:16:35 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103349The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is holding an official consultation period via its website to collect public feedback on proposed amendments to Patent Rules and Trade-Marks Regulations.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:14:50 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103350In Syria, a decree has been issued on the amendment of articles 44 and 45 of the 2007 Trademarks Law No. 8.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:15:47 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103351The USPTO has issued Interim Examination Instructions For Evaluating Subject Matter Eligibility Under 35 U.S.C. § 101.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:14:07 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103352The JPO has published a draft revision of the Examination Guidelines focusing on the concepts of "industrially applicable invention" and "medicinal invention".Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:01:59 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103353Poland has declared it will apply level two of the standard designation fee for the international registration of industrial designs under the Hague Agreement.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:05:35 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103355The European Court of Justice has issued its decision in an important case on supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:03:11 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103356The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) recently decided a company had the capacity to sue, in its own name and behalf, a third party who infringed an IP right held by its major stockholder, although it did not have the formal power to legitimate such action.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:04:50 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103357A disclaimer in a patent application is not necessarily illegal if the object of the disclaimer has been described explicitly in the application.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:07:32 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103359The European Patent Office has recently set out its practice regarding internet citations in both the European and the PCT procedure.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:06:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103360On 1 September 2009, Korea and the USA started the SHARE project.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:26:56 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103361On 5 October 2009, a resolution will enter into force in Brazil, regulating the procedures to present a sequence listing' with the objective of complementing the specification of patent applications filed at the PTO.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:25:40 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103362Amendments have been proposed to the Trademark Act and the Copyright Act in Thailand, aiming to strengthen IPR enforcement.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:27:56 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103363In Australia, a long awaited court decision, dismissing a university's claim that it owned a number of liver cancer treatment inventions in the field of targeted microsphere technology, was handed down yesterday.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:30:14 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103364Peru acceded to the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) on 6 August 2009.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:31:54 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103365IP Australia launched a new Lodgement Point service in Hobart on 7 September 2009.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:32:41 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103366A new amendment of Chinese Patent Law will enter into force on 1 October 2009.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:49:19 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103368The OHIM has amended Part M relating to International trade marks of its Manual of Trade Mark Practice.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:53:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103369In Vietnam a new IP Law has been adopted by parliament, which will enter into force on 1 January 2010.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:54:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103370In South Africa, a patents database has been launched which provides access to the full original documents of granted patents for the period 1984 to 2005.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:56:55 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103371The Syrian Trademark Office has made public the implementing regulations regarding the new Intellectual Property law.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:53:11 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103373As from 4 October 2009, the UK IPO will introduce two changes to the UK patent system.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:54:46 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103375In Germany the practice as to trademark applications for services rendered to third parties has changed.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:12:18 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103377In Angola, Brazil has been designated competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority for international applications filed by nationals and residents of Angola.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:13:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103379The Directorate General of Intellectual Property of Indonesia has notified a change in the time limit applicable for entry into the national phase under PCT Article 22(3) before it as a designated Office.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:35:22 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103381In Sao Tome and Principe, Brazil has been designated as competent International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority for international applications.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:36:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103385Applicants filing a divisional application are released from their obligation to file a certified copy of the previous application within two months, provided the latter was a European application or an international one filed with the EPO as receiving office under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:39:20 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103386On 6 October 2009, the USPTO will begin sending electronic Notices of Publication to trademark applicants who have authorized e-mail communication with the USPTO.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:40:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103387The IP office of New Zealand has introduced an online service which will enable clients to keep track of their correspondence with IPONZ.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:39:12 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103388On 1 October 2009 new civil procedure rules (CPR) will enter into force in England and Wales, including rules governing IP claims.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:40:28 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103389The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has recently removed the 'should have known' test from the fraud standard in trademark cases.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:43:50 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103390Fees for patent applications in Germany will change as of 1 October 2009.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:45:24 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103391With help from the WIPO, the Kenyan Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) will start the digitization and dissemination of Kenyan patent documents via WIPO's PATENTSCOPE® service.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:46:57 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103392The EPO and the United States Patent and Trademark Office will extend their trial period for the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme for another 12 months, effective as of 30 September 2009.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:47:41 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103393As of 22 September 2009, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO), will offer users a new application method that enables applications to register trademarks and trade names to be made in groups or batches.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:48:26 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103396Finland and South Korea have agreed to start a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program next year.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:52:32 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103398TIPO has decided not to include this new legislation into the current Patent Act draft amendment.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:54:58 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103399The ECJ's Advocate General has said that Google has not committed a trademark infringement by allowing advertisers to select, in AdWords, keywords corresponding to trademarks.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:35:36 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103403The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) have signed a historic Workplan for Bilateral Cooperation on intellectual property issues.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:56:55 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103405Thailand has acceded to the Patent Cooperation Treaty on 24 September 2009.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:39:55 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103406The German Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) has lowered the fees for online patent applications as of 1 October 2009.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:03:24 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103408United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director David Kappos has unveiled a series of proposals to bring significant change to the examiner "count system".Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:06:49 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103409The United States Patent and Trademark Office has published two Trademark Examination Guides regarding deceptiveness refusals for non-geographic and geographic marks.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:07:54 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103410The Indian Supreme Court has issued a judgment in which it condemns the practice in India that IP law suits are hardly ever decided finally.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:01:34 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103411In Greece, the time-bar for unfair competition claims have been extended under the recently adopted Act No. 3784/2009.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:34:19 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103412The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand has introduced a new status for trademark applications called "45 - Ready for examination".Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:27:22 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103413The Bulgarian Patent Office has implemented the Operational Program Administrative Capacity Project (OPAC).Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:32:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103417Agreements to launch two-year pilot programs between Canada-Japan, Canada-Denmark, and Canada-Korea were signed in Geneva, Switzerland by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on 1 October 2009.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:34:42 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103418Patent prosecution highways will be open between South Korea and the UK, Canada and Finland shortly.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:37:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103420The Moldovan Regulation on the procedure for filing, examination and registration of the trademarks entered into force in August 2009.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:37:58 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103421In Moldova, a new Regulation on the procedure for filing, examination and registration of patent application and on issue of a patent came into force in September 2009.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:39:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103423The Trademark Law of Lybia has been changed.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:22:11 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103424The Syrian Trademark Office no longer demands an Israel Boycott Declaration for trademark applications.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:23:23 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103425The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is expanding its First Action Interview Pilot Program.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:24:22 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103426The European Court of Justice has ruled that a trademark is protected in the whole EU as a "trademark with a reputation" for the purposes of Article 9(1)(c) of Regulation 40/94 if it has a reputation only in one member state.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:37:02 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103427The French INPI launched a new database in week 41 of 2009.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:53:54 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103430The South Korean IP office has been applying the online Priority Document Exchange to Spain and the UK from 1 and 4 October 2009, respectively.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:54:46 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103432Starting week 44 of this year, Polish legal status data will be included in the EPO INPADOC PRS database.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:20:38 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103433The Industrial Property Tribunal of Kenya has ruled that it has no jurisdiction to hear applications to revoke patents granted by ARIPO.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:21:19 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103435As of 1 November 2009, only the Paris based "tribunal de grande instance" (TGI) and the "cour d'appel" (CA) will be competent in patent litigation cases.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:17:38 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103437In a press release dated 8 October 2009, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it rescinds the controversial new regulations proposed by the previous USPTO administration concerning the number of claims and continuations allowed in a patent application.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:16:06 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103439On 5 October 2009, the French government deposited its instrument of ratification of the Patent Law Treaty, which was adopted on 1 June 2000.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:19:48 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103440On 15 October 2009, the European Patent Office issued a Notice concerning amendments to the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (EPC).Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:19:08 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103441Serbia accedes to the Geneva (1999) Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:18:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103444The European Commission has proposed amendments to the EPC to pave the way for a Community patent.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:43:01 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103445A presidential decree which grants obligatory patent licenses to some pharmaceuticals has been enacted in Ecuador.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:16:13 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103446The European Patent Office issued a notice on refunding of examination fees last week.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:17:56 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103447In Italy, changes in IP law and criminal law were introduced in summer.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:18:49 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103448Although under a Notice issued last year it is not always obligatory to file a Declaration of Intention to Use (DIU), it is safer to do so anyway.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:19:51 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103449Liberia has ratified the Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:20:34 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103450Finland and Hungary will start a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme on 4 January 2010.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:21:43 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103451The United States Patent and Trademark Office is revising the Trademark Rules of Practice to set forth the requirements for signature of documents filed in the Office, recognition of representatives, and establishing and changing the correspondence address in trademark cases.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:22:36 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103452The Albanian Patents and Trademarks Office (PTO) has recently changed its official fees.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:23:27 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103453Legal status data for Russian and Polish patents and utility models are now available in the International Patent Documentation Center's (INPADOC) legal status database.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:29:26 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103456Macedonia has changed its fees for the maintenance of patents.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:30:08 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103459The EPO and Russia will start a project to bring Russian patent legislation more in line with European legislation.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:01:40 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103460In view of the London Agreement, the EPO has published updated information on patent protection in the Hong Kong SAR on its website.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:05 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103461The OHIM plans to edit a database for the comparison of goods and services.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:17 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103462Switzerland has created a special federal trial court with exclusive jurisdiction over all Swiss disputes regarding validity and infringement, as well as applications for pre-trial relief.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:29 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103463Oman acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants on 22 October 2009.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:03:09 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103465The EPO issued a notice this week on the establishment of the date of the Examining Division's first communication for calculation of the time limit for filing divisionals as from April next year.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:46 GMThttp://www.kluwermanualip.com/news-item.aspx?id=103466Green applications will be eligible, on a trial basis, for the accelerated examination program of the Japan Patent Office from 1 November 2009.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:57 GMT