New video tutorials on PATENTSCOPE

Date : Juin 2015 – Source : WIPO – Lien

Take advantage of new video tutorials to learn how to use PATENTSCOPE. Six short videos explain the PATENTSCOPE search system, tell you what is included in its database, how to use the different search interfaces and how to read your result list

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30 juin, 2015|

Patent Information News numéro 2/2015 est disponible en ligne

Date : Juin 2015 – Source : Office européen des brevets – Lien

La lettre d’information de l’Office européens des brevets présente dans son édition de juin 2015 deux nouveaux services lancés au permier trimestre 2015 : le Registre fédéré de l’Office européen des brevets ainsi que la plateforme J-PlatPat de l’Office japonais des brevets. Pour en savoir plus sur ces nouveaux services ainsi que pour disposer d’autres informations pratiques sur les brevets, le lecteur est invité à consulter Patent Information News

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29 juin, 2015|

Dutch court refers case to CJEU regarding the digital exhaustion of copyrights

Date : 04/06/2015 – Auteurs : Hogan Lovells et al. – Source : Lexology – Lien

Since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered its well-recognized decision on the exhaustion of software rights in 2012 (CJEU, judgment of 3 July 2012 , Case Ref.: C-128/11 – UsedSoft), there is a lively discussion whether and under which conditions rights to digital works are subject to the principle of exhaustion […]

26 juin, 2015|

Morally questionable trade marks – trade mark offices deal with applications following tragic events

Date : 04/06/2015 – Auteurs : Virginia Beniac-Brooks et al. – Source : Marks & Clerk – Lien

Several recent tragic events around the world have been followed by trade mark applications apparently seeking to take commercial advantage. Trade mark rules in many jurisdictions have exclusions for scandalous, immoral and/or offensive marks. Here we review the situations in four jurisdictions: the UK, Europe, Australia and Canada […]

24 juin, 2015|

EUA seeks university industry partnerships

Date : 05/06/2015 – Auteur : Thierry Heles – Source : Global University Venturing – Lien

The European University Association (EUA) has been campaigning for harmonised policies across Europe for many years to facilitate university-industry co-operation. Lidia Borrell-Damián, the association’s director of research and innovation, in April shared her insights on what further changes EUA wants and why they are important in the week that Rolf Tarrach, former rector of University of Luxembourg, was elected president for a four-year term […]

22 juin, 2015|