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| Date | Title | Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 21.06.2012 | Clarification of the requirements for the identification of the goods and services in a trade mark application | The Court of Justice (CJ) of the European Union has recently given a judgement in a very interesting case (C-307/10), where it was asked to clarify the requirement of clarity and precision for the... |
| Tuesday, 19.06.2012 | A new member joins the EuroClass: Hungary | Hungary is the newest member of EuroClass. This searching tool can help you to compare the classification databases of all the members who have agreed to provide its data to EuroClass. Currently,... |
| Tuesday, 19.06.2012 | ip4inno - IP strategy for business | The European Patent Office (EPO) has an e-learning platform with several recorded tutorials and lectures on Intellectual Property that you can use without registration.Some IP4inno modules are also... |
| Thursday, 14.06.2012 | New amendments to the PCT regulations as from July 1 | From 1 July 2012 there will be some changes to the Patent Cooperation Treaty's (PCT) system of rules which are now published on the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) website.... |
| Tuesday, 12.06.2012 | "Orphan" works: informal deal done between the EU Parliament and the Council | Representatives from the EU Parliament and the Council informally agreed last week on a draft legislation on "orphan works". For Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg, who led the negotiations, this... |
| Thursday, 07.06.2012 | IP infringement observatory consultation gets under way | The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) has launched a consultation on the tasks and activities of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights... |
| Thursday, 07.06.2012 | Focus on user needs is IP5 Heads' main priority | The Heads of the world's five largest intellectual property offices (IP5) met yesterday in Europe to take stock of the progress achieved since the launch of the IP5 cooperation in 2007 and... |
| Thursday, 07.06.2012 | ACTA now rejected by four EP committees | The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was rejected on Monday by the Development Committee, the fourth committee of the European Parliament, after the Development, Civil Liberties and... |
| Thursday, 07.06.2012 | From ideas to growth: Helping SMEs get value from their intellectual property | The last April, the UK intellectual property office (UKIPO) published a discussion paper to outline how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can be supported to grow.The document sets out the UKIPO... |
| Tuesday, 05.06.2012 | Progress Report on the “Horizon 2020” package | At the end of last week, the Council of the European Union adopted a Progress Report on the “Horizon 2020” package, which includes the proposals for the specific programme, the new Rules... |
| Tuesday, 05.06.2012 | How to deal with IP-related issues in transnational negotiations | We are pleased to inform you that the European IPR Helpdesk has published a new fact sheet dedicated to transnational negotiations.Negotiating intellectual property (IP) transactions is not an easy... |
| Thursday, 31.05.2012 | Intellectual property course design manual | The Academy of the European Patent Office (EPO) has released a handbook for setting up new teaching content to make it easier for university lecturers to introduce intellectual property into various... |
| Thursday, 31.05.2012 | What Patent Law for the European Union? | The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) organized a conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the topic: "What Patent Law for the European Union?"... |
| Tuesday, 29.05.2012 | Defining fair and reasonable conditions in a project for the benefit of SME associations | We are pleased to inform you that we have published our second case study, this time dedicated to the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). This anonymous case study is based in an experience of a... |
| Tuesday, 22.05.2012 | New collaboration between the EPO and Russia on machine translation | Last week, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) signed an agreement that will allow the two organisations to exchange patent documents in... |
| Tuesday, 15.05.2012 | Registration for the second set of webinars in June is now open | We have opened registration for the webinars coming in June (module 6 to 9 aimed at participants on intermediary/advanced level of expertise) today. For further information and registration, please... |
| Thursday, 10.05.2012 | European IPR Helpdesk Quizzes | We are pleased to inform you that we have created two quizzes for you to test and improve your knowledge in the field of IPR. These first two quizzes are on intellectual property rights (IPR) in... |
| Thursday, 10.05.2012 | CEN CENELEC Position on Standardisation in Horizon 2020 | CEN-CENELEC, the European Committees for Standardisation and for Electrotechnical Standardisation, have published their joint position on Horizon 2020.CEN and CENELEC are fully committed to... |
| Tuesday, 08.05.2012 | EPO and WIPO: a new agreement to enhance co-operation | The European Patent Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed a three-year cooperation agreement. This partnership is aimed at “improving the procedural... |
| Thursday, 03.05.2012 | Finland and Latvia have adhered to TMview | TMview is a fee on-line database managed by the Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM), allowing Trade Mark (TM) searches at National, Community and international level. In order... |
