Date : 14/09/2015 – Office Benelux de la Propriété intellectuelle – Lien
Entre le 13 septembre 2015 et le 14 novembre 2015, chaque déposant de marque en recevra un exemplaire entoilé à accrocher. Cette action est un des aspects de la campagne « Mijn merk is goud waard » (Ma marque vaut de l’or) que l’OBPI lance aux Pays-Bas
Date : 17/09/2015 – Source : United States Patent and Trademarks Office – Lien
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today launched PatentsView (link is external), a new patent data visualization platform. The PatentsView beta search tool allows members of the public to interact with nearly 40 years of data on patenting activity in the United States
Date : Septembre 2015 – Source : Commission européenne – Lien
This consultation aims at gathering views and opinions on the different restrictions faced by users, consumers and businesses when they access or provide information, shop or sell across the borders in the European Union
Date : Septembre 2015 – Source : Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle – Lien
Shinya Yamanaka, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2012, has revolutionized our understanding of how cells develop and specialize. His pioneering work on induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells makes it possible to reprogram mature cells so they are capable of differentiating into any cell type within the adult body
Date : Septembre 2015 – Source : Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle – Lien
Q: I am the agent for a soon-to-be-filed international application in which we would like to claim the priority of an earlier application. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond our control, we have not been able to file the international application within the 12-month priority period, which expired a week ago.
Date : 10/09/2015 – Source : Office européen des brevets – Lien
Meeting in Rome today, EPO President Benoît Battistelli and Italy’s Under Secretary of State to the Ministry of Economic Development, Simona Vicari, discussed the role of patents in supporting innovation and the upcoming introduction of a European patent with unitary effect for the EU member states
Date : 11/09/2015 – Source : International Federation Reproduction Rights Organisations – Lien
Richard Malka, a famous lawyer and author who has been, inter alia, the lawyer of Charlie Hebdo since 1992, has been commissioned by the French IFRRO member Syndicat National du Livre (SNE) to publish a book on the planned reforms of copyright in France and in the EU
Date : Septembre 2015 – Source : Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle – Lien
The WIPO-administered Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure plays an important role in the field of biotechnological inventions. Where an invention involves a microorganism or other biological material (hereinafter referred to as “microorganism”), or the use of it, which is not available to the public, it may not be sufficient to provide only a written disclosure of it – it is also necessary, in numerous countries, to deposit a sample of the microorganism with a specialized institution
Date : 15/09/2015 – Source : European IPR Helpdesk – Lien
The World Intellectual Property Organization IP Advantage database contains a wide range of case studies giving real examples on intellectual property protection (patents, trade marks, and industrial designs), management and exploitation
Date : 10/09/2015 – Source : Office de l’harmonisation dans le marché intérieur – Lien
Chaque année, la vente d’équipements et d’articles de sports, tels que des ballons de football, des casques pour la pratique sportive, des raquettes de tennis, des skis, des équipements de gymnase et des planches à roulettes se traduit par une perte de 500 millions d’euros au préjudice des fabricants légitimes de ces produits dans l’Union européenne