• ARIPO joins Designview

    October 31, 2016 European Trademark and Design Network ARIPO joins Designview As of 31 October 2016, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has made its industrial design data available to the Designview search tool. The integration of ARIPO is a concrete result of the EUIPO’s International Cooperation framework in... Continue reading

     
  • The Official Journal 10/2016 is now available online

    Year 39, number 10, articles A83-A89 SHA-1: d96cdb146379e81acdf14aa235098486f9f3044c Official Journal October 2016 loading … Article Article number EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE Information from the EPO Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 September 2016 revising points 5.3 and 7 of the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) A83 PDF View Notice... Continue reading

     
  • When Patents and Trademarks Go Bump in the Night

    When Patents and Trademarks Go Bump in the Night A post about the USPTO from the Department of Commerce Innovation comes in all shapes and forms, and every October the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) uses social media as a fun and timely way to educate the public about... Continue reading

     
  • National Trademark Expo October 21-22

    National Trademark Expo October 21-22 Guest blog by Commissioner for Trademarks Mary Boney Denison I am pleased to invite you to attend the 2016 National Trademark Expo on Friday October 21st and Saturday October 22nd in Washington, D.C. The two-day event is free and designed to educate the public about... Continue reading

     
  • Protecting the Rights of American Innovators in Cuba

    Protecting the Rights of American Innovators in Cuba Guest blog by Russ Slifer, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO President Obama’s historic announcement, just two years ago, paved a new course of history for a more open U.S.-Cuba relationship—and today the Administration... Continue reading

     
  • International co-operation agreements signed in Geneva

    10 October 2016 An EPO delegation has attended the annual Assemblies of the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva last week.  The Assemblies provide an opportunity to meet with partners from around the world. The EPO was there to undertake a series of discussions promoting efficiency,... Continue reading

     
  • University and business collaboration agreements: Lambert Toolkit

    Overview The Lambert working group has created this toolkit to assist academic or research institutions and industrial partners who wish to carry out research projects together. The objectives of the toolkit are to: facilitate negotiations between potential partners reduce the time, money and effort required to secure agreement provide examples... Continue reading

     
  • USPTO Launches New Jobs Pages and Outreach to Hispanic Millennials

    USPTO Launches New Jobs Pages and Outreach to Hispanic Millennials Guest Blog by Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Bismarck Myrick USPTO’s mission, providing timely and high quality examination of patent and trademark applications, could be compromised with 18% of our workforce eligible to retire in... Continue reading

     
  • USPTO Proposes Patent and PTAB Fee Adjustments

    USPTO Proposes Patent and PTAB Fee Adjustments Guest blog by Commissioner for Patents Drew Hirshfeld and Chief Judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board David Ruschke The Patent and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) organizations continue to identify ways to deliver increasing value to the global intellectual property... Continue reading