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The USPTO and the European Patent Office (EPO) have agreed to launch a patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot program similar to the PPH pilot programs between the USPTO and the patent offices of Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Korea, and Australia. An exception is that PCT international applications (including national stage applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 371) are excluded. This PPH pilot program will commence on September 29, 2008, and continue for a period of one year ending on September 29, 2009. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. Details of the PPH can be found here. The Law Office of Michael E. Kondoudis, PC Washington Patent Attorney
Queen Mary University of London has been offering Postgraduate IP since 1980. To qualify for the degree, students must take 3 taught Modules and submit a 15,000 word dessertation. Last October, WIPO officially confirmed QMIPRI as one of the national NGOs admitted as permanent observers to WIPO. Entry Requirements: (in general) A degree in Law, or one with a substantial law content, with at least upper-second class Honours or equivalent. Law graduates with high 2.2. honours and at least 5 years of professional legal experience may also qualify. International students are required to show high scores on english proficiency test (TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language, IELTS - International English Language Testing Service, or the like). No interview is required. Some of the
Posted by: Peter Groves in United Kingdom on
May 09, 2008
When Blackburne J not only held that Matthew Fisher was joint composer of A Whiter Shade of Pale, but that notwithstanding the organist's 38-year delay in bringing a claim he was entitled to 40 per cent of the royalties in the future, many people found it hard to understand. Was his claim not statute-barred? (No, it wasn't.) Was his contribution really something that copyright should protect? (Yes, it was, and can you imagine the song without the organ part?) The Court of Appeal, which has taken several months to hand down its judgment, has now reversed the judgment of the lower court - though crucially it did not interfere with the key joint authorship point, which follows a long series of earlier cases. However, on the basis (inter alia) that the implied licence generally accepted to
Posted by: ifat ara in United Kingdom on
Feb 12, 2008
According to a recent report of the bbc.co.uk site Paul McGuinness, manager of rock band U2, calls internet service providers (ISPs) to fight against illegal music downloads. McGuinness accuses record labels and the governments in creating "thieves' charter" for repressing ISPs behavior according to which they can not be held responsible for what passes along their networks. McGuinness claimed that the same legal actions taken in case a certain magazine advertises a stolen cars add should be taken in cases of illegal music downloads and the enforcement in both of those cases should be similar.
Posted by: Meirav Shalem in United Kingdom, claims on
Feb 11, 2008
In a RelatIP recent post I have reported the new approach of the UK intellectual property office (UK-IPO) regarding computer programing related claims [Last Post] stating that the UK-IPO tends towards allowing these claims drafting in UK applications. In a recent judgment in Astron Clinica and other's Applications [2008] ("Astron Clinica") [
The U.K intellectual property office has launched a new service that allows downloading of certified copies of patent applications on their day of publication. All patents published from 1 January will be available for downloading. The service also provides recent updates regarding late declarations of priority. UK-IPO also launched a new web filing system that enables users to apply for patents online and to request a search and examination of their patent application. The new filing system enables to request entering of an international patent application to its UK national phase. Further future enhancements of the aforementioned service will enable downloading of uncertified application's copies and filing of later filed forms via
The UK High Court has decided to change the practice of the English Patent Office to automatically reject patent claims when relating to computer program products. Read about it on IPKat . This may hopefully shift the UK and then the European preconception that the resulting products of computer programs "manufactured" by scientists and software companies are IP that is protection worthy. Of course, that does not mean that computer programming products claims are generally allowed by the UK Patent Office from now on - but it is better than nothing :-).
The USPTO continues to expand its infrastructure of Prosecution Highways with foreign countries allowing shorter pending and more efficiency in examination and other prosecution procedures when patent applications are filed and granted in countries that are linked by the Prosecution Highway. Up to current day the USPTO has signed Prosecution Highway agreements with the UK, Japan and the newly joined Canada and Korea. Currently, the Israeli Patent Office does not have a Prosecution Highway agreement with the US but Chapter 17c of the Israeli Patent Law allows automatic acceptance of patent applications that are accepted and granted in predefined countries – one of which is the US.
Posted by: Amit Zuckerstein in USPTO, United States, United Kingdom, UK-IPO, TTab, Trademarks, trademark, private copying, Patent Legislation, Inventors, indefinite articles, ICANN, Domain names, domain name tasting, defences, cyberlaw, Copyright defences, copyright, consultation, claims, blogging, Australia on
Jan 21, 2008
I'd like to share 10 IP related blog posts that caught my eye in the previous week. Patents 1. Dennis Crouch, in his blog "PatentlyO", writes about one of the suggested changes mentioned in the Senate report on patent reform and in particular to the elimination of
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