http://jamber.info/blogs/user/IPPro.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:56 +0200 jamber.info ru-ru http://jamber.info/avatars/default_avatar.jpg http://jamber.info/blogs/user/IPPro.html 90 90 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10491.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10491.html Geneva, November 17, 2009PR/2009/618 WIPO has launched an enhanced online patent information service that will improve public access to information on patents filed and granted around the world. WIPOandrsquo;s PATENTSCOPEandreg;, which currently hosts data on more than 1.6 million international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), has been extended to include several collections of national and regional patent information. In this first phase, WIPOandrsquo;s PATENTSCOPEandreg; includes the patent data collections of eight patent offices: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), Cuba, Israel, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa and Vietnam. WIPO has been working closely with these patent offices to ensure the data collections are fully searchable. The expansion of WIPOandrsquo;s PATENTSCOPEandreg; data collection makes it possible to conduct high-quality, detailed and free-of-charge searches of the patent information of the participating offices. Many of these collections had previously not been digitized and were not easily searchable. This initiative is taking place within the context of WIPOandrsquo;s commitment to supporting the development of a fully integrated global IP infrastructure and to increasing participation by developing and least developed countries in the benefits of the knowledge economy. The availability of good quality patent information which contains detailed technical specifications of new technologies is an important step towards narrowing the knowledge gap in technological information. WIPOandrsquo;s PATENTSCOPEandreg;, which facilitates the search and retrieval of patent information, is designed to enhance access to the wealth of technical information contained in patent documents and thereby to promote the broad dissemination of this knowledge. Patent information is of significant practical value to businesses when planning product development, marketing strategies or when seeking partnership opportunities for joint ventures. In addition to technical information, patent documents offer an indication of who is active in a given field of technology and the legal status of the patents granted to those actors. This information can also be of value to researchers and others seeking information on state-of-the-art technologies, particularly in developing countries, as it can help optimize Randamp;D investment by reducing the chances of unnecessarily duplicating Randamp;D efforts. WIPOandrsquo;s expanded PATENTSCOPEandreg; platform offers tools that enable a high-level analysis of technology trends, as well as country and company-level patenting trends. The new service is the result of cooperation agreements between WIPO and the participating national and regional patent offices. WIPO provides technical assistance to offices to assist them in the digitization and dissemination of their patent data. Similar agreements are underway with several additional offices, and others will be added over time. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; *пишу* Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:45 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10525.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10525.html andldquo;Rapprochement of aspects for intellectual property protection rights in European union and in Russian Federationandrdquo; On 17th November, 2009 in RosPatent the starting meeting on project realization andlaquo;Rapprochement of aspects for intellectual property protection rights in EU and in Russian Federationandraquo;, the first joint project using the mechanism of the General spaces, provided by the agreement between Russia and EU has taken place. The meeting was spent for coordination of actions on start and further realization of the project, and also for the coordination for approaches of all interested in realization of the project parties. Partners within the limits of this Project are: RosPatent, the European commission and the European patent department (EPO). With a view of realization the project by the European commission and the European patent department (EPO) the agreement according to which EPO has appointed an executive under this project and the addressee of the means allocated within the limits of the given project with the European commission is signed. In meeting, RGIIS, European business association representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, State Duma, FGU, FIPS also have taken part in Russia, and also representatives of mass media. Head RosPatent, B.P. Simonov conducted meeting. Participants have discussed concrete components of the project and time frameworks of its realization. Within a year it is supposed to realize actions for following directions: 1. Comparison of legislative base in sphere of patent protection in Russia and in European patent convention (EPC). Within the limits of the given component it is planned to conduct research of the operating Russian legislation in sphere of intellectual property about its conformity to positions of the European patent convention (EPC) and to prepare recommendations about possible entering into it of changes. By results of research it is supposed to hold a seminar and to publish the booklet so that representatives of interested parties, in particular the Russian science, industry and business, could on the basis of the received information on various aspects of European and Russian systems of granting of a right protection to inventions, to develop the approaches to patenting in Russia and abroad. 2. Working out and the management publication on carrying out of patent expert examination for experts of RosPatent. For the purpose of improvement of quality of consideration of applications and increase of predictability of expert decisions, and also to consideration of applications the Management on patent expert examination carrying out is planned to develop and publish developments of the uniform interdepartmental approach. Experts of RosPatent will be the basic users of the publication, but under the offer of participants of meeting the question on the document publication on a Federal Agency web portal to make procedure of patent expert examination more transparent will be considered and to remove some questions arising at interaction of the applicant and the expert. 3. Comparative research: registration of applications and office-work in EPO and RosPatent. The purpose of the given component is optimization of procedure of registration of applications and office-work in RosPatent. For this purpose it is supposed to conduct comparative research and to consider procedures of document circulation EPO and RosPatent, to define the high lights which rapprochement could promote increase of efficiency of office-work in department. By results of research visit of the Russian experts in EPO for studying of practical application of approaches EPO to the document circulation organization is planned. 4. Economy and management of objects of intellectual property. For the purpose of development already existing in RGIIS curriculum on economy and management of intellectual property it was offered to organize a round table with participation of representatives of other institutes which offer courses on economic aspects of intellectual property. Within the limits of round table the exchange of opinions on which basis new system approach to the organization for training on economy and management of intellectual property in Russia can be developed was supposed. 5. Courts practice of EU countries on prolongation on validity period of patents for medical products. Considering that possibility of prolongation on validity period of patents for medical products is rather new sphere of regulation which has already found reflexion in positions of the Russian legislation, it was offered to organize in Moscow a round table on exchange of opinions and experience of experts in the field. On its results creation of the collection containing the information on approaches to rights-applications, realized in the different countries is planned. After discussion of concrete aspects of the project, in particular to necessity to consider that in Russia, unlike the EU countries, protection is given to ways of treatment; participants have confirmed interest in realization of the given project. The meeting has passed in meaningful dialogue atmosphere, and project partners have highly appreciated its efficiency. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:38 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10629.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10629.html Domain-name is your individual and unique address in the Internet network. By means of such address any Internet user can find the information about your company. To top level domains carry domains .RU; .SU; .COM; .NET; .ORG; .BIZ; .INFO etc. For example, domain .RU says that the resource is in Russia; .COM says that the resource concerns commercial activity; .INFO andmdash; an informative resource. In the near future registration of domain names will be in zone of the Russian Federation. Domain-name in Russia has gradually become a high-grade means of individualization. Protection of legal owners interests on the Internet andndash; important direction in work of patent attorneys. JSC andldquo;IPProandrdquo; will help you with legally and competently to organize work with domain-names. We are the official partner of JSC "Regional Network Information centre" (RU-CENTER), the leading registrar of domain-names. Owing the partnership with the largest Registrar of domains, we can offer you registration of domains in all largest zones. Domain registration is made directly to the customer. All rights to the domain are delegated to the consumer. Registration of domains in the zone .РФ [Cyrillic] Dear clients! Since 25th of November, 2009 the acceptance of applications on priority registration of domain names in the zone .РФ [Cyrillic] for owners of Russian-speaking trademarks has began. The acceptance of applications on priority registration will last till 25th of March, 2010. Within this period-limit of priority registrations, an application can be submitted for the receipt of .RF domain-names ownership on operating for Russian-speaking trademarks, officially registered within the territory of the Russian Federation. Owners of trademarks have the right to apply for the domains, completely reproducing a verbal designation of the trademark belonging to them or coinciding with its verbal designation after removal from it backspace and replacement of backspace by the sign andlaquo;-andraquo; ("hyphen"). Thus the verbal designation of a trademark should include not less than one protected element. Only the owner of exclusive rights to a trademark can act as the administrator of the registered domain. Priority registration of domains in zone .RF for legal owners of trademarks, registered on various classes of goods and services, is made on the principle of the andldquo;first addressedandrdquo;. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:33 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10922.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10922.html Geneva, December 18, 2009PR/2009/628 WIPOandrsquo;s top copyright negotiating forum has agreed to move forward with discussions that could lead to better access to copyright-protected works by the blind, visually impaired (VIP) and other reading-disabled persons. The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), meeting from December 14 to 18, 2009, decided to accelerate the work on copyright exceptions and limitations for the benefit of persons with reading disabilities. In concluding remarks, the Chairman of the SCCR, Mr. Jukka Liedes, noted that the Committee accepted the initiation of focused, open-ended consultations in Geneva andldquo;aimed at an international consensus regarding exceptions and limitations for print-disabled persons.andrdquo; A proposal for a treaty (based on text prepared by the World Blind Union) was submitted in May 2009 by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay. A number of delegations supported working towards an appropriate international instrument and agreed to continue discussions at the next session of the SCCR in 2010. Delegates welcomed progress in implementing a series of practical measures to facilitate access to copyright-protected materials by reading impaired persons. These include the continuing work of a stakeholdersandrsquo; platform which aims to identify and develop solutions that improve the availability of copyright-protected published works in formats accessible to readingand#8209;disabled persons and in a reasonable time frame. Progress was also made in talks relating to the protection of performers in their audiovisual performances. In 2000 a diplomatic conference on the protection of performers in their audiovisual performances made significant progress with provisional agreement on 19 of the 20 articles under negotiation, but did not agree on the questions of whether and how a treaty on performersandrsquo; rights should deal with the transfer of rights from the performer to the producer. The Committee noted that the 19 articles provisionally adopted in 2000 provide a good basis for treaty negotiations. The SCCR agreed to the organization of open-ended consultations on outstanding issues during the early months of 2010. The adoption of a new instrument would strengthen the position of performers in the audiovisual industry by providing a clearer legal basis for the international use of audiovisual works, both in traditional media and in digital networks. An international instrument would also contribute to safeguarding the rights of performers against the unauthorized use of their performances in audiovisual media, such as television, film and video. The SCCR also continued discussions on the protection of broadcasting organizations and examined the first part of a study on the socio-economic impact of the unauthorized use of signals in the broadcasting sector. The second part of the study will be presented to the next session of the Committee. The SCCR asked the secretariat to organize regional seminars to ascertain views on the objectives, specific scope and object of protection of a possible draft treaty following a signaland#8209;based approach. Discussion on all items will continue at the next session of the SCCR. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:28 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9144.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9144.html DEVELOPING GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PROMOTING SCIENCE, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONWORLDWIDE Geneva International Conference Center (CICG) WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION The Symposium will discuss issues relating to the modernization and administration of IP Offices (Patent and Trademark Offices), brainstorm the vision for the future on the global IP infrastructure including common tools and databases for facilitating international collaboration, study the value of IP statistics for managing IP Office operation, and exchange experiences on different financial models of IP Offices.Invitations: The Symposium will be open to the public. Format: Plenary sessions and three breakout sessions Participation: Open to the public Speakers and Panelists: Heads of IP Offices and users of the IP system (industry, IP professionals and IP information vendors, etc.) Interpretation: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish at the Plenary sessions; and English, French and Spanish at breakout sessions Topics will include: Theme 1: IP Office Modernization - timely and cost-effective delivery of services Theme 2: Tools, the International Patent Classification (IPC) and International Technical Standards for Data Interchange; What common tools and WIPO standards will IP Offices need in the inter connected world for possible international collaboration? Theme 3: Financial models for IP Offices and IP statistics Theme 4: Patent Information - how can we improve the utilization and dissemination of patent and technology information? Theme 5: Trademark and Design Registration Services and the IP Infrastructure andndash; How can we enhance registration and information services? Theme 6: IP infrastructure for better management of IP assets: public and private partnerships, universities and Industry Collaboration; and international, sub-regional and regional collaboration Objectives: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing a Global Symposium of Intellectual Property Authorities to be held on September 17 and 18, 2009, at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG). The Symposium will: andmiddot; provide heads of IP authorities, industry leaders and other stakeholders with an international forum in which to discuss how the present intellectual property infrastructure, could be developed in a coherent way to support increasingly borderless activities for innovation within science and technology communities and industries; andmiddot; Present WIPOandrsquo;s new vision and strategy for reinforcing and integrating different technical components for developing the global IP infrastructure; andmiddot; involve users of the IP system in the process and create stronger networks between IP authorities and industry/IP practitioners. On andamp; in behalf of Leonov Aleksandr Samir Rahman (IPProLaw) *пишу* Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:19:49 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11360.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11360.html The international exchange of the patent documentation which are carried out with patent departments of foreign countries and foreign information centers, within decades is one of sources of formation GPF. The exchange of official publications in the late fifties began the last century and throughout these decades qualitatively varied with development of a new information technology. The exchange of the patent documentation is carried out taking into account such requirements, as: performance of the international obligations of Rospatent as international search body, and also the obligations following from the Contract on patent cooperation (РСТ); a supply with information of the state scientific and technical examination, according to "Position about the state patent fund", the confirmed order of Rospatent from 12/30/2005 № 156; maintenance of information requirements of broad specialists at carrying out of patent researches. Now the international exchange passes to the modern, higher, qualitative stage of development connected with prompt development of electronic databases and search possibilities, refusal of an exchange of the documentation on firm carriers (paper, disks) both transition to reception and an unloading of the data directly from sites of departments and search systems or a different way of data transmission without firm carriers. So since 2010 the European patent department has made decision to stop the edition of disks of series ESPACE WORLD containing complete descriptions of international demands РСТ, and also of some other series of disks. An unloading of patent documents from site ЕPO in 2010 it is planned to carry out in the automated patent-information system of Rospatent with use Open Patent Services (OPS). The exchange of the patent documentation for the firm carrier proceeds also. As of January, 1st, 2010 the international exchange is carried out with patent departments of 57 countries and 6 international organizations. FGU FIPS, from its part, carrying out of the international obligations, also dispatches official publications on disks in foreign patent departments. The patent documentation of foreign countries which is presented only on sites of patent departments of these countries and is accessible to free viewing and an unloading of the data, is unloaded for acquisition GPF directly from sites of departments. The decision on an unloading of the data is accepted separately on each concrete country. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:13:58 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11332.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11332.html Geneva, February 5, 2010PR/2010/631 A workshop hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from February 2 to 5, 2010, brought together over 180 persons from some 32 organizations to promote awareness about accessibility for people with disabilities and to encourage webmasters within the United Nations system and other organizations to implement principles of accessibility in their daily work. The workshop, co-organized with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was opened by WIPO Director General Francis Gurry, who underlined the importance of accessibility in general and reaffirmed WIPOandrsquo;s commitment to establishing an accessible web environment that promotes easy access to intellectual property information. This, Mr. Gurry said, is in line with WIPOandrsquo;s visually impaired persons (VIP) initiative launched in 2008 to explore ways to facilitate and enhance access to literary, artistic and scientific works for the VIP community. The initiativeandrsquo;s website andndash; www.visionip.org andndash; is dedicated to disseminating information and exchanging views on this subject to all interested parties. Mr. Gurry noted that only 5% of all published works are currently available in formats accessible to the VIP community. He said WIPO and its member states are actively seeking to improve this situation. WIPO member states have acknowledged the special needs of the blind, visually impaired and other print-disabled persons. The Organizationandrsquo;s key copyright committee, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), is currently considering a draft treaty that would create an enabling legal environment to address exceptions and limitations to international copyright law . Also, a stakeholdersandrsquo; platform hosted by WIPO brings together representatives of organizations representing the blind and visually impaired community and publishers to facilitate import-export of published works in a trusted and secure environment. Noting that an estimated 650 million people live with disabilities worldwide, ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Tourandeacute; underlined the need to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies (ICT). andldquo;The key to the information society is universal access and no one should be denied the potential benefits of ICTs, not least because they are hampered by their disabilities,andrdquo; Dr Tourandeacute; said. andldquo;ICTs have the great merit of serving as a powerful equalizer of abilities, empowering persons with disabilities to fulfil their potential, realize their own dreams and ambitions, and take their place as active members of society.andrdquo; ITU focuses on a series of strategic issues ranging from the rights of the disabled, to making technical design standards accessible, to providing education and training on accessible ICTs. Speaking at the opening session, Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Director of ITUandrsquo;s standardization bureau highlighted the potential of ICTs in improving accessibility to persons with disabilities and noted that ITU has been andldquo;embracing the challenges of accessibility through standardization efforts and has long championed the principles of inclusion and Universal Design enshrined in the UN Convention.andrdquo; A first web accessibility workshop was hosted by WIPO in May 2009 following a request from the VIP community for WIPO to share its experience in implementing principles of accessibility. These workshops are in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities which entered into force on May 3, 2008. Article 9 (g) and (h) of this Convention require that measures be taken to ensure that accessibility is taken into account in the design of new information technologies and systems. This weekandrsquo;s workshop brought together experts from the World Wide Web consortium, Mobile web initiative, Yahoo!, Adobe Systems Incorporated and the Royal National Institute for Blind People. The workshop also featured a full day of training sponsored by Adobe. Participants agreed on the need for an annual workshop to keep abreast of technological developments and to share knowledge and experience of the issue within the UN system. In and on behalf of Samir Rahman (IPProlaw) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:53:09 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11327.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11327.html Geneva, February 8, 2010PR/2010/632 International patent filings under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fell by 4.5% in 2009 with sharper than average declines experienced by some industrialized countries and growth in a number of East Asian countries. Provisional data indicates that 155,900 international patent applications were filed in 2009 as compared to the nearly 164,000 applications filed in 2008. "The decline in PCT filings is not as sharp as originally anticipated andndash; last year's results bring us back to just fewer than 2007 levels, when 159,886 international applications were filed," said WIPO Director General Francis Gurry. "Interestingly, the rate of decline in international filings is lower than that experienced in some national contexts. This is an indication of a broad recognition that it makes good business sense, whatever the economic conditions, to continue to protect commercially valuable technologies internationally." International patent filings in a number of East Asian countries continued to enjoy positive growth in spite of the challenging global economic conditions. Japan, the second largest user of the PCT, experienced a 3.6% rate of growth with 29,827 applications; the Republic of Korea (ROK), ranked fourth largest user of the system, experienced 2.1% growth with 8,066 applications; and China became the fifth largest PCT user with a strong growth rate of 29.7%, representing some 7,946 international applications. International patent filings experienced a sharper than average decline in a number of industrialized countries. For example, the filing rate dropped by 11.4% in the USA and by 11.2% in Germany in 2009. Declines were also experienced in the United Kingdom (-3.5%), Switzerland (-1.6%), Sweden (-11.3%), Italy (-5.8%), Canada (-11.7%), Finland (-2.2%), Australia (-7.5%) and Israel (-17.2%). The United States of America (USA) maintained its top ranking (annex 2), filing just under a third of all international applications in 2009 (45,790), followed by Japan (+3.6%, 29,827 applications), Germany (-11.2% or 16,736 applications), ROK (+2.1%, 8,066 applications), China (29.7%, 7,946 applications), France (+1.6%, 7166 applications), United Kingdom (-3.5% or 5,320 applications), the Netherlands (+3.0% or 4,471 applications), Switzerland (-1.6% or 3,688 applications) and Sweden (-11.3% or 3,667 applications). Top Applicants: Panasonic Corporation (Japan) returned to the top spot in the list of PCT applicants, nudging Hawaii Technologies, Co., Ltd. (China) into second place. Panasonic Corporation had 1,891 PCT applications published in 2009; China's Hawaii Technologies Co. Ltd. had 1,847, followed by Robert Bosch GMBH (Germany, 1586 applications), Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Netherlands, 1,295 applications) and Qualcomm Incorporated (USA, 1280 applications). Four Japanese companies, Panasonic Corporation (ranked 1st), NEC Corporation (ranked 8th), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (ranked 9th) and Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (ranked 10th) featured in the list of top 10 largest filers. The University of California accounted for the largest number of applications published in the category of educational institutions. Most top-filing universities, however, experienced declines in the number of international patent filings in 2009. Developing Countries: The largest number of international applications received from developing countries in 2009 came from the Republic of Korea (8,066) and China (7,946) followed by India (761), Singapore (594), Brazil (480), South Africa (389), Turkey (371), Malaysia, (218), Mexico (185) and Barbados (96). Developing countries make up over 78% of the membership of the PCT, representing 112 of the 142 countries that have signed up to the treaty and accounted for 14% of the total number of filings (with China and ROK accounting for 10%). "In implementing the WIPO Development Agenda, WIPO is working very closely with member states to develop and roll-out projects that will enable all countries to reap the benefits of innovation and the knowledge economy" said Mr. Gurry. "In this context, maximizing participation in the PCT is a key priority. Membership of the PCT offers an opportunity for countries to bring their national patenting processes in line with international standards helping to create a more attractive investment environment. It further offers local companies a cost-effective means of obtaining patent protection in multiple countries" he added. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:44:21 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11249.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11249.html Dear Colleagues! In 2009 Rospatent signed bilateral agreements with the Patent departments of Japan and Republic of Korea about a mutual account of results of substantial examination under the same applications for inventions in each of these departments. Since 25th of January 2010 a similar agreement with the Patent department of the US came into enforce. This year Rospatent joins the program of PPH (Patent Prosecution Highway) and in this connection they shall organize a round table, planned first of all, for developers of new techniques and innovative technologies, which will be held in the Rospatent office (Moscow) on 15th of March 2010. РРН it is based on the international division of labor between experts of patent departments of the different countries in case of consideration of the same application submitted designating these countries. РРН makes possible to use the results of experts after substantial examination of the country while considering the application by experts of another country, which allows to reduce the consideration- term of the application in each country, and also to lower material inputs of the applicant on patenting of the invention abroad. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:18:14 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11234.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11234.html It is an important update to be noted for Patent holders/clients who hold the Patents (already granted) in India. Recently, Indian Patent Office has issued a circular to submit the andldquo;Statement Regarding Working of Patented Invention on Commercial Scale in Indiaandrdquo; latest by 31 March 2010. Failure to submit the information leads to the huge penalty of one million rupees (about US$ 21,000.00) prescribed under the Indian Patent Act, 1970. The copy of the circular issued by the Controller General recently (24/12/2009) may be downloaded from the link for your reference: http://www.ipindia.nic.in/iponew/publicNotice_24December2009.pdf Please be advised or hereby intimated to advice your clients about this situation/development and send us the instructions for filing the above statement by filling form 27. Incase if you / your clients' holds any granted Indian Patents, please reply to this email with a request to send you the necessary format. In andamp; on behalf of Leonov Alexandr Samir Rahman (IPProlaw) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:57:15 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11226.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/11226.html From 30th March till 2nd April 2010, in CEC "Sokolniki", Moscow From 30th March till 2nd April 2010 in the Cultural-exhibition centre "Sokolniki ", pavilion № 4 will be held the XIII Moscow international Salon of inventions and innovative technologies andlaquo;Archimedes andndash; 2010andraquo;. Organizer of the Salon "Archimedes" is JSC Center of assistance to invention and rationalization development, VOIR. The most interesting and perspective exhibits in the industrial application will be decided by the experts commission and the international jury, participants will be handed over with a Salon "Archimedes" medals, diplomas and awards from the Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation, RosPatent, Government of Moscow, VOIR, medals and prizes, including 10 monetary prizes from Russian and foreign organizations and departments, salons of inventions, Salon partners. The higher award of the Salon - Grand prix "Gold" Archimedes andraquo;is annually handed over for the complex of presented exhibitors. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:32:54 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10975.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10975.html 11й сессии Рабочей группы по стандартам и документации Постоянного комитета (RSAD) ВОИС по информационным технологиям прошел в штаб-квартире ВОИС (Женева, Швейцария) 25й до 31ул Октябрь 2009 Представители 40 стран и 6 международных и межправительственных организаций, принявших участие в работе этой сессии, одна неправительственная организация (Pat COM) на правах наблюдателя и Международного бюро ВОИС. Исполнительный директор ВОИС г-н Джо Такаги приветствовал участников, подчеркнув важность печатных листов, которые были вывезены в повестку дня сессии. Г-н Такаги проинформировала участников заседания о рассмотрении на Генеральной Ассамблеи ВОИС, страны-члены предложения МБ Постоянный комитет ВОИС по замене по информационным технологиям (PCIT) с двумя новыми DEPT. ВОИС: Стандарты ВОИС комитета по (ВСЦ) и Комитетом по глобальной инфраструктуры в области промышленной собственности (CGI). Комитет по стандартам ВОИС будет продолжать деятельность реализован в пределах RSAD; запрос на формирование комитета по глобальной инфраструктуры еще не решен сейчас, его мандата и принципов работы, будут дополнительно обсуждаться. В соответствии с принятой на заседании повесткой дня члены Рабочей группы обсудили следующие основные вопросы, касающиеся стандартизации в сфере промышленной собственности. Согласно повестке дня, принятой на сессии члены рабочей группы обсудили следующие основные запросы, касающиеся стандартизации в сфере промышленной собственности. Стандартный art.67 "Рекомендации об электронной обработки на графических элементов торговых марок" На новый стандарт ВОИС art.67 сессии "О рекомендациях по электронной обработке графических элементов торговой марки" была принята. Стандарта, в частности, содержит рекомендации по форме и размерам электронные изображения, оборудование, которое используется для их обработки, а также методические рекомендации об электронной обработки графических элементов торговой марки. В будущем году планируется провести работу по расширению действия данного ВОИС Стандартная на другие объекты промышленной собственности. Статья 10 / C andlaquo;представлении элементов библиографическойandraquo; данные По результатам работы группы действовать для обсуждения на сессии предложения в изменение флага, на основных представлениях относительно кодов для внутреннего пользования в отделениях, а также оценочные данные были представлены. Кроме этого, вопрос об использовании системы идентификаторов для патентных документов, переданных в сети Интернет, по аналогии с системой, созданной для научных публикаций (URI) не обсуждалось. Решение оставить вопросы по поводу использования таких департаментах система для будущего обсуждения было принято только после того, Международное бюро ВОИС подготовит документ о соотношении затрат и преимуществ внедрения в практику URI департаментов. Статья 3 andlaquo;Рекомендуемый стандарт на две буквенные коды для представления стран, административных единиц и межправительственных организацияхandraquo; Члены Рабочей группы обсудили предложения Международного бюро ВОИС по упрощению процедуры принятия стандартов. Было принято решение сделать изменения названий государств и организаций, автоматическое после получения соответствующего запроса со стороны правительств государств или управления организацией; для случая изменения двух алфавитно-процессуальный кодексы изменения координации с государствами-членами ВОИС предоставляются странам. Другие решения RSAD Исследования, проведенные по внедрению стандарта ст.22 ВОИС "Рекомендации по представлению патентных заявок в печатном формате, подходящие для оптического распознавания знаков (OCR)". Обзор обновлений andlaquo;О порядке исправления в патентные ведомстваandraquo; в отношении atr.7 из "Справочник ВОИС". Информационные доклады MB презентацию о ходе работ по созданию службы цифрового доступа к приоритетным документам. MB презентацию о ходе работы над проектом ВОИС STAD (стандартами администрирования баз данных). MB презентацию об использовании WIKI административной работы группы, действующие в пределах RSAD. Первая сессия Комитета ВОИС по стандартам является предварительным назначены на 8й-12й Ноябрь 2010. Г-н Самир Рахман О andamp; в имени Патентные и юридическая фирма 'IPPro' Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:48:40 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10895.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10895.html Today in Brussels, 14th Dec. 2009, the European Union and its Member States ratified the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, the so-called "Internet" Treaties. These Treaties were concluded to make the world's copyright laws 'fit for the internet'. Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy commented on the WIPO ratifications : "Today is an important day for the European Union and its Member States and WIPO. We, as a group have shown our attachment to the international system of protection of copyright and related rights. These two treaties brought protection up to speed with modern technologies. As the technological evolution accelerates, protecting creators and creative industries is more urgent than ever." By ratifying these Treaties, the European Union and its Member States hope to breathe new vigour into the current treaty-making work of WIPO and encourage renewed commitment to moving forward on a high level of protection for creators and creative industries. The European Union and its Member States participated fully in the Diplomatic Conference of 1996 that aimed to upgrade the rights of authors, performers and phonogram producers to withstand the challenges of the digital age. The two WIPO copyright treaties contain rules on distribution, rental, the right of public communication and the "making available" of protected content online. In 2000, the European Union and its Member states took the formal decision 1 to ratify the WIPO Treaties together. Indeed, negotiations on these two Treaties marked the first time that the European Union was accorded full Contracting Party status in the field of copyright, as opposed to the observer status it enjoyed so far in WIPO on copyright issues. Immediately after the Diplomatic Conference in 1996, work started at the European level to adapt European copyright law to the WIPO "internet" Treaties. A European Copyright Directive 2 was adopted in 2001. All EU Member States have meanwhile transposed the provisions of the 2001 Copyright Directive into their national legislation. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing an international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest. WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. 1: Council Decision of 16 March 2000 on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Official Journal L 89 of 11 April 2000,p. 6 2: Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. Official Journal L 167 of 22 June 2001. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; *пишу* Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:29:46 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10877.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10877.html Geneva, December 14, 2009PR/2009/624 From Monday, December 14, 2009, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center will launch essentially paperless UDRP procedures. This removes the requirement for mandatory filing and notification of paper pleadings in WIPO cases filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). This latest development of the UDRP is expected to substantially improve the efficiency of the mechanism by reducing the time and cost involved in submitting WIPO UDRP filings and to save up to one million pages of paper filed per year making it a greener and largely paperless procedure. While this leaner, more efficient procedure will become mandatory from March 1, 2010, ICANN in an announcement dated December 7, 2009, has signaled that UDRP providers may begin accepting electronic filings with immediate effect as long as parties also have the option of submitting hard copies. The modified Rules arose from a WIPO Center proposal made to ICANN in December 2008. Following an ICANN public comment process on the proposal in August 2009 which reflected broad support from UDRP stakeholders, an amendment package was submitted by WIPO to ICANN in September 2009. These modifications to the Rules governing the UDRP were approved by the ICANN Board at its Seoul meeting on October 30, 2009 with an implementation process subsequently announced by ICANN on December 7, 2009. In line with ICANNandrsquo;s announcement the WIPO Center will, from Monday December 14, 2009, allow all parties in UDRP cases administered by WIPO to submit electronic-only filings, using email. Those parties who elect to do so may be further guided by the modified WIPO Supplemental Rules, which have been slightly revised for this specific purpose (as pre-published with the WIPO amendment package sent to ICANN in September 2009). The modified WIPO Supplemental Rules contain guidance on formatting modalities for electronic-only filing of UDRP cases. Parties who do not yet wish to use the new paperless option remain guided by the existing WIPO Supplemental Rules; such parties may continue to file in hard copy until February 28, 2010. The newly modified UDRP Rules continue to contain safeguards to ensure fair and effective notification of the complaint to the respondent. Additional information about the new procedure, including modified filing guidelines, model pleadings for both parties and FAQs will be available on the website of the WIPO Center. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:29:00 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10839.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10839.html The regional public organization andlaquo; Guild of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels andraquo; was created on 1st October, 2009. andlaquo;The guild of patent attorneysandraquo; is a noncommercial organization and is created with a view of association of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels for protection of general laws and legitimate interests, and as for assistance of professional work of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels. The activity purposes andlaquo;Guild of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counselsandraquo;:Protection of general laws connected with the professional work and legitimate interests of patent attorneys, patent counsels and the patent organizations andndash; guild members, including protection of the rights and legitimate interests patent attorneys, patent counsels and the patent organizations andndash; guild members in disputes and conflicts, in judicial and administrative trials.Representation of interests of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels andndash; guild members in their relations with state governing authorities, federal enforcement authorities, state authorities and executive power of subjects of the Russian Federation, local governments, and also with the Russian and international organizations of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels, mass media. Assistance to the patent attorney and patent counsels - guild members in defense and protection of subject matters of intellectual property of the Russian andamp; foreign organizations and businessmen. Assistance in the order established by the current legislation to state governing authorities, federal enforcement authorities in working out of projects legislative and regulatory legal acts, in development and realization of the balanced state policy in the field of professional work of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels, right protection, protection and use of intellectual property and intellectual rights.Assistance in the order established by the current legislation to Federal enforcement authority on intellectual property (RosPatent) and the organizations subordinated to it in realization of their activity, including representation of nominees of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels andndash; guild members in content of qualifying commission, appeal commission, scientific council, public advisory council, other authorities of the RosPatent and other organizations subordinated to it. Patent and Law firm andldquo;IPProandrdquo; is an active member of this andlaquo;Guild of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counselsandraquo; organization since its very formation. We (IPPro) would like to introduce ourselves to you as a leading Russian firm providing a range of services in the field of legal protection and intellectual property protection throughout Russia , in the Commonwealth of Independent States and abroad. We are to serve you with any assistance in the above mentioned. Please feel free to me at the under mentioned contact for details in the event of any query. Sincerely yours, Alexander Leonov General Director of IPPRO, Russian Patent and Trademark Attorney, Eurasian Patent Attorney, Patent Agent No. 653 Senior lecturer of Plehanova Russian Academy of Economics. Office:- Russian Federation 107113, Moscow Str.Lobachika, 17, Office 610 Tel./fax (495)232 3968 ; e-mail: msk@ipprolaw.com / website www.ipprolaw.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:07:42 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10649.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10649.html On 10-12th November, 2009 in Moscow has taken place (subsequently the sixteenth) the twenty second session of Administrative council of the Eurasian patent organization (AC EUPO). In work of the session which were passing in the Eurasian patent department (EAPD), plenipotentiaries of the Azerbaijan Republic, Republic of Armenia, Byelorussia, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kirghiz Republic, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Republic of Tajikistan, and also members of delegations of Republic Moldova, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kirghiz Republic and Russian Federation have taken part. As observers representatives of the World organization of intellectual property participated in session work (WIPO), the European patent department (EUPD), African regional organization on intellectual property (ARIPO) and the African organization of intellectual property (OAPI). Session was conducted by the chairman AC EUPO, by the plenipotentiary of Republic of Moldova Mr.D.Kiroshka. Administrative council EUPO taking into account recommendations of the fourteenth session of Budgetary working group AC EUPO (October, 2009) has unanimously approved annual report EUPO for 2008 and have confirmed budget EUPO for 2010 Administrative council EAPO has taken into consideration the report of president EAPD of Mr. A.N.Grigoriev on performance of the Program of development of the Eurasian patent organization from 2004 to 2009 Participants of session have discussed the document andlaquo;the Basic directions of development of the Eurasian patent organization for 2010-2014andraquo;, prepared EAPO, and have charged to president EAPO to develop on its basis the program of development of the organization for 2010-2014 for consideration at following session AC EAPO. Within the limits of session AC EAPO has considered changes and additions in the Administrative instruction to the Eurasian patent convention, Rules of procedure of Administrative council EAPO and in Position about working conditions of employees of the Eurasian patent department. By results of discussion AC EAPO has made the decision on necessity of completion of separate points of the specified documents and has charged EAPO to prepare a full package of documents taking into account results of discussion and to submit to its consideration of the next session AC EAPO. At session AC EAPO has accepted the decision on carrying out of seminar in 2010 concerning intellectual property protection in the Kirghiz Republic. During session elections of vice-presidents AC EAPO have taken place. Vice-presidents AC EAPO Mr. Melisbek Uhlan Melisbekovich, the plenipotentiary of the Kirghiz Republic Mr. Abdrahim Nurlan Ergaliuly, plenipotentiary of Republic Kazakhstan are unanimously selected. Following next session Administrative EAPO is planned to hold in November 2010. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:49:15 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10544.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10544.html Administrative regulations of Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks on execution of the state function upon control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget. I. General provisions 1. Administrative regulations of Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trademarks (further andndash; RosPatent) on execution of the state function upon control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget (further andndash; Regulations), define sequence of actions, terms, and also order of interaction of RosPatent with other organizations and departments upon control in sphere of right protection and use of scientifically - research results, skilled-design and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out at the expense of means of the federal budget. The present Regulations do not extend on control in the field of research results, developmental and technological works of military, special and double appointment, and also results of scientific and technical activity in agriculture, animal industries and plant growing. 2. Control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment (further-RNTD), is carried out on means of the federal budget account, - administrative procedures connected with realization by RosPatent in functions under the control and supervision in sphere of right protection and use of objects of intellectual property, patents and trade marks and results of intellectual activity involved in economic and civil-law turn, observance of interests of the Russian Federation, Russian physical and legal bodies at distribution of the rights to results of intellectual activity, including created within the limits of the international scientific and technical cooperation, and realization when due hereunder checks of activity of the organizations disposing of rights of the Russian Federation on objects of intellectual property and results of intellectual activity. 3. Control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget for federal state needs (further andndash; research and development), is carried out with a view of realization of state policy in the field of creation and use of scientific results and technical activity in civil turn and maintenance of protection of the rights of Russian Federation, Russian physical and legal bodies on the created results of scientific and technical activity. 4. Execution of the state function on control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget (further andndash; the state function) is carried out by RosPatent. 5. According to Position about control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out at the expense of means of the federal budget, confirmed governmental order of Russian Federation from 18th November, 2006 № 696 number of the controllable organizations concern: a) Organizations disposing of rights of the Russian Federation on results of scientific and technical activity; b) Organizations-executors of the state contract on performance of research, developmental and technological works for federal state needs; c) Academies of sciences having the state status, and federal officials performing research, developmental and technological works for federal state needs, financed in account of means of the federal budget under an estimate of incomes and expenses. 6. Object of control is the activity of organizations subject to control specified in point 5 of the present Regulations, in part concerning: a) Maintenance of right protection RNTD, created at the expense of the federal budget; b) Distributions and fastenings of the rights on RNTD, created at the expense of the federal budget; c) Maintenance of the rights and interests of Russian Federation on RNTD, created within the limits of state contracts on performance of research and development for federal state needs, and also under the estimate of incomes and expenses; d) Maintenance of the account of research results and development within the limits of the state account of RNTD, and also within the limits of the internal administrative account of the legal owner and the works executor; e) Organizations using the rights on RNTD. 7. At control observance and execution by the controllable organizations of laws instructions, certificates of the President and Government of Russian Federation and other standard legal certificates in sphere of right protection and use of RNTD, means of the federal budget carried in this account, and acceptance of measures on elimination of the revealed deviations and infringements are checked. At controlling RosPatent is guided by the Constitution of Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, certificates of the President and the Government of Russian Federation, international contracts of the Russian Federation, standard legal certificates of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation. 8. At control following indicators are used: a) Presence in the state contract and other contracts on performance of research and development of positions about distribution of the rights on RNTD and duties concerning intellectual property rights; b) Maintenance of right protection created by protection-capable RNTD; c) Conformity of volume on right protection of research results and development in conditions of the state contract on research and development performance; d) Execution in conditions of the state contract on performance of research and development regarding distribution, fastening and RNTD right protection received; e) Execution in conditions of the state contract on performance of research and development regarding RNTD use received; f) Conducting state RNTD account, and also the internal administrative account of the organization-legal owner and the organization-executor; g) RNTD use, including objects of intellectual property, in self manufacture of the organization-legal owner or within the limits of license-contracts and contracts of concession of the rights. II. Requirements for an execution order of the state function 9. Order of informing about execution of the state function 10. Results of execution of the state function 11. Sentence of information on actions and about administrative procedures to both legal and physical persons. Information about results of checks is published neither the less than once in 6 months on the official site of RosPatent. The information about the results of checks includes data of the checked-up organizations, terms of carrying out of checks. Interaction with representatives of mass-media, transfer of office information by it or RosPatent documents in control sphere are carried out when due hereunder with the permission of the head of RosPatent, its assistant, authorized division of RosPatent, and on occasion andndash; other officials under the permission of (instructions, commission) the head of RosPatent or its assistant. III. Administrative procedures 12. Preparation for carrying out check 13. Procedure in realization of check 14. Results of check 15. The right to sign of documents The Act about the results of check is signed by the chairman of the commission and committee-men. Instruction and notice on the revealed infringement (deviation) in organization activity are signed by the head or deputy head of RosPatent. Representative of the controllable organization has the right to vise the check act, and also other documents made by the commission based on the results of testing. 16. Order and forms of control over execution of the state function 17. Order of the appeal of action (inactivity) and the decisions, carried out (accepted) during regulations performance When due hereunder the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation cancels decisions of RosPatent contradicting the federal legislation if other order of cancellation of decisions is not established. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; *пишу* Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:31:37 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10454.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10454.html Geneva, November 13, 2009PR/2009/617 WIPO Director General Francis Gurry wrapped up a five day official visit to New Delhi on November 13, 2009 in which he held a series of high level meetings, including with the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh - that addressed a range of issues of specific interest to India and areas of joint cooperation with WIPO. The role of balanced national intellectual property (IP) systems in promoting development and growth and in addressing key public policy challenges, such as the environment and public health, was a common theme of these discussions. An agreement to strengthen cooperation between India and WIPO was also signed during the visit. Mr. Gurry welcomed efforts by the Government of India to promote innovation and creativity in the country through strategic use of the IP system. He underlined the role of IP in driving innovation, creativity and transfer of technology, and emphasized the need to ensure that the IP system produces social and economic benefit. Talks were held with: Minister for Industry and Commerce, Mr. Anand Sharma, Minister of Human Resource Development, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Mr. Prithvi Raj Chavan, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Secretary, Department of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Ajay Shankar, Secretary, Information and Broadcasting, Mr. Raghu Menon, and Secretary, Ministry of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Vijai Sharma. Discussions covered international treaty talks under WIPO auspices relating to the protection of broadcasting organizations and to the rights of performers in their audiovisual performances. Officials noted Indiaandrsquo;s continued interest in these issues and committed to actively participate in the negotiations. Emphasis was also made on the structural problems facing copyright in the digital environment, with Mr. Gurry noting the need for global reflection on the question of financing culture in the 21st century. The role that IP can play in mitigating the consequences of climate change was also discussed. Mr. Gurry said WIPO is committed to building broader understanding of the important contribution that IP can make in generating and disseminating technological solutions to address the multi-faceted challenges that climate change presents. He said that policies that stimulate the creation and diffusion of technology are directly relevant to an effective response to the challenges of climate change. Officials noted that questions relating to climate change are at the forefront of Indiaandrsquo;s policy concerns and that New Delhi is committed to finding global solutions to meet these challenges. Mr. Gurry noted that WIPO had a positive contribution to make in relation to technology mapping and landscaping to identify existing technologies and their legal status, as well as in the area of capacity building. A recurring theme was the importance of advancing international discussions on the protection of traditional knowledge (TK), genetic resources (GRs) and folklore. Mr. Gurry observed that there is a real opportunity to achieve tangible results in this area with the renewed mandate of the WIPOandrsquo;s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). Officials stressed that this question is very important for India and developing countries in general. Mr. Gurry said India is a pioneer in dealing with questions relating to TK, noting its impressive, and publicly available, Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), which contains a vast encyclopedic database of thousands of formulations in patent search compatible formats in various languages. Officials said India is ready to share its extensive experience in developing its TKDL and to strengthen cooperation in developing and populating other databases. Talks also covered Indiaandrsquo;s possible accession to the Madrid system for the international registration of trademarks. A proposal is currently under consideration by the Indian Parliament and a decision is expected in early December. Mr. Gurry said this would be andldquo;a major event and would signal a new phase in the Madrid system.andrdquo; On November 13, 2009, Mr. Gurry and Mr. Shankar signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which commits to strengthening bilateral cooperation andldquo;through a more intense, active and systematic organization and conduct of joint activities that will promote the goal of using IP for economic, social, cultural and technological development in India.andrdquo; WIPO and India will cooperate more closely in a variety of fields, ranging from the formulation and implementation of a national IP strategy that is aligned with Indiaandrsquo;s national development priorities, to raising awareness of IP as a critical tool for promoting innovation and creativity. Cooperation will be tightened with respect to technology transfer to address global challenges such as health, food security, climate change and the environment, as well as IP issues regarding TK, GRs and folklore and building respect for IP. The MOU also calls for cooperation in the strategic use of trademarks, geographical indications and industrial designs for promoting enterprise competitiveness and market access, as well as use of the copyright system to promote creativity, particularly in the digital environment, and strategic management and use of IP by companies, particularly SMEs. IP training and research will be reinforced under the MOU through stronger cooperation between the WIPO Worldwide Academy (WWA) and the National Institute for Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM) of India . WIPO will also support Indiaandrsquo;s IP authorities in modernizing their infrastructures and will support greater use of WIPOandrsquo;s global protection systems which facilitate the process of obtaining IP rights in multiple countries, (e.g. the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Madrid System for the International Registration of Trademarks). Both sides also committed to exchanging patent and trademark data (national, PCT, and Madrid) for inclusion in their respective databases. Mr. Gurry also visited the Intellectual Property Office of India and met with its staff, including the Controller General of Patents, Designs andamp; Trade Marks, Mr. P.H.Kurian. The Director General underlined the importance of the Officeandrsquo;s function in light of the increasing use of IP rights by Indian enterprises. A roundtable organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) brought together some 50 enterprise leaders, from various sectors for a discussion on WIPOandrsquo;s activities. The Director General outlined recent developments at WIPO as well as future priorities and their relevance for Indian enterprises. A separate roundtable was organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) with representatives of the entertainment sector. Mr. Gurry this week also participated in the following events: 5th International Forum on Creativity and Inventions - A Better Future for Humanity in the 21st Century, a meeting with Indiaandrsquo;s community of visually impaired persons (VIP), and the International Conference on Traditional Knowledge. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:41:43 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10416.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10416.html Geneva, November 13, 2009PR/2009/616 WIPO Director General Francis Gurry, joined by Indiaandrsquo;s Secretary, Department of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Ajay Shankar, opened on November 13, 2009 an international conference by highlighting the importance of developing a balanced international legal framework for the effective protection of traditional knowledge (TK), genetic resources (GRs) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). The one-day meeting, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in cooperation with WIPO and Indiaandrsquo;s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry brought together international experts to discuss these questions in a frank and informal context. Experts from India, Australia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, the United States of America and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization, FICCI and WIPO participated. Mr. Gurry said that the meeting offered a welcome opportunity to support international negotiations on intellectual property and TK, GRs and TCEs, noting that last month WIPOandrsquo;s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) received its strongest mandate to date when WIPO member states agreed to launch negotiations to ensure the effective protection of TK, GRs and TCEs through the development of an international legal instrument. The decision to move ahead with these negotiations is of great significance, Mr. Gurry said, because it recognizes TK, GRs and TCEs as part of a more universal knowledge base upon which the IP system rests. Mr. Gurry said negotiations need to be approached in a constructive manner with a sense of pragmatism. andldquo;We have complex issues before us in adapting the IP system in providing protection for TKandhellip;We have to find pragmatic solutions. Pragmatism is the only way we will move forward,andrdquo; he said. At the international level, solutions must be found at a level of generality that allows national jurisdictions the flexibility to operate. Informal forums for dialogue such as this Conference were vital, and Mr. Gurry paid tribute to FICCIandrsquo;s initiative in organizing the event. The Director General applauded Indiaandrsquo;s achievements in establishing frameworks to protect its ancient traditional knowledge systems, such as the andldquo;Indian Systems of Medicineandrdquo; initiative which covers traditional healthcare systems and medicine. Mr. Gurry also noted the enactment of legislative protections for TK and GRs (Biological Diversity Act 2002; Patents (Amendment) Act 2005) and the establishment of a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) to supplement these laws. Mr. Shankar said issues relating to TK and GR had moved to center stage in India and internationally in the past 10 years, propelled into the limelight by foreign patents granted over age-old Indian resources such as neem and turmeric. The Indian TKDL has been developed to defend against misappropriation of TK. The issues were conceptually novel and considerable discussion and rigorous analyses were needed. DIPP had requested FICCI to set up a Traditional Knowledge Taskforce to explore the issues and options, Mr. Shankar said. The TKDL had been a great success. An agreement had been entered into with the European Patent Office and a fair number of patents have been denied by EPO since. The new mandate at WIPO was a good development, Mr Shankar said. The international community was moving into new unchartered territory but should be able to arrive collectively at a balanced agreement. India was committed to remaining active in this work, he observed. The TKDL is owned jointly by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sidh and Homeopathy (AYUSH). It comprises a vast encyclopedic database of thousands of formulations in patent search compatible formats in various languages. The New Delhi meeting brought together international and local speakers and covered developments at the WIPO IGC as well as national initiatives and programs in countries such as India, Kenya, Mexico, the USA, Australia, Bangladesh and South Africa as well as at ARIPO. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; *хай* Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:46:51 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10375.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10375.html Geneva, November 11, 2009PR/2009/615 WIPO Director General Francis Gurry met representatives of Indiaandrsquo;s visually impaired (VIP) community at a conference on the andldquo;Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challengesandrdquo; organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11, 2009, and reaffirmed WIPOandrsquo;s commitment to supporting international attempts to improve access to copyright protected works by visually impaired persons (VIPs). andldquo;Let me assure you that this is a priority area for the World Intellectual Property Organization,andrdquo; Mr. Gurry said. More than 314 million blind or visually impaired people around the world stand to benefit from a more flexible copyright regime adapted to current technological realities. Individuals with reading impairment often need to convert information into Braille, large print, audio, electronic and other formats using assistive technologies. It is estimated that only 5% of published books in developed countries are converted into formats accessible to the reading impaired. In India, however, only 0.5% of works are published in accessible formats. This has an adverse impact on the educational and employment opportunities of the countryandrsquo;s nearly 70 million reading impaired citizens. While, today, sighted individuals enjoy unprecedented access to copyright-protected content, in some contexts, social, economic, technological and legal factors, including the operation of copyright protection systems, can combine to seriously impede access to such works by the blind or other reading impaired persons. Widespread use of digital technologies, in particular, has prompted reconsideration of the question of how to maintain a balance between the protection available to copyright owners, and the needs of specific user groups, such as reading impaired persons. During the meeting, members of the Indian VIP community endorsed WIPOandrsquo;s role in steering the VIP Initiative at the international level. Mr. Gurry reaffirmed his personal commitment to the specific needs of this community, particularly in developing and least-developed countries: He said innovation and affordability are key considerations when addressing the specific requirements of the VIP in developing countries. To move forward on these questions, Mr. Gurry noted, we will need to take join ranks with UN partners, namely the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), among others, to make best use of the expertise and skills that are available. The ITU for example, is particularly well placed to provide important technological inputs in the field of telephony and communications and to foster public-private partnerships in this area. Mr. Gurry welcomed Indiaandrsquo;s readiness to test the prototype guidelines for trusted intermediaries recently adopted by the WIPO Stakeholdersandrsquo; Platform. The Director General said that WIPO was ready to explore options to support training/capacity building activities in India for VIPs within the framework of the VIP initiative. The New Delhi meeting reviewed a series of operational arrangements that could enable fast track access to certain copyright-protected works, particularly educational materials, in local Indian languages. It also focused on the need to incorporate the necessary flexibilities in the Indian Copyright Act 1957 for the benefit of print impaired persons. Representatives of key organizations such as the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH), the Regional Resource Centre of the Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY), the Centre for Internet and Society and the Federation of Publishersandrsquo; andamp; Booksellersandrsquo; Associations in India presented their views and concerns on the subject. The meeting was opened to a larger audience of authors, publishers, collective management organizations and librarians, among others. Indiaandrsquo;s former Ambassador of India to the United Nations in Geneva, Mr. Swashpawan Singh, honorary advisor on the VIP Initiative to the Director General of WIPO, also participated in the discussions. Background In its May 2008 session, the WIPOandrsquo;s Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) acknowledged the special needs of VIPs and stressed the importance of dealing, without delay and with appropriate deliberation, with the needs of the blind, visually impaired, and other reading-disabled persons, including discussions at the national and international level on possible ways and means of facilitating and enhancing access to protected works. In this context, WIPO is currently hosting a global Stakeholdersandrsquo; platform to explore the specific needs, and concerns, of both copyright owners and reading impaired persons. The aim of the platform is to explore and identify possible operational arrangements to make published works available in accessible formats to the VIP community and within a reasonable time frame. The Platform has recognized the importance of building trust among all parties and has agreed on a first set of principles to facilitate the cross border transfer of published works to print-disabled people, particularly among charities. A draft treaty on the visually impaired persons and for other people with reading disabilities was put forward by the delegations of Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay in May 2009. This, together with other possible proposals and contributions by the members of the SCCR, will be discussed at the 19th Session of the SCCR in December 2009, with a view to establishing a multilateral legal framework in the field of limitations and exceptions for the benefit of VIPs. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:21:11 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10338.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10338.html Geneva, November 11, 2009PR/2009/614 The need for a balance in the intellectual property (IP) system between effective incentives for innovation and the diffusion of the benefits of innovation, as well as the interface between IP and public policy objectives, such as the environment and public health was emphasized by Indiaandrsquo;s Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma at the opening of the 5th International Forum on Creativity and Inventions - A Better Future for Humanity in the 21st Century, on November 11, 2009 in New Delhi. WIPO Director General Francis Gurry also underlined the need for balance and outlined the challenges and opportunities facing the IP community in a rapidly evolving economic and technological environment. Mr. Sharma said intellectual property is in the spotlight, receiving more focus and attention than ever before. He noted that technological innovation is driving economic development and underlined the Indian Governmentandrsquo;s commitment to ensuring a robust IP environment andndash; both in terms of a legal and administrative framework. andldquo;Those who are behind new innovations need assurances from multilateral organizations and also from the governments andndash; we in India remain mindful of that and we have really strong IP regimes,andrdquo; Mr. Sharma said. The Minister said that while IP needs a secure environment, it is equally important to ensure that the benefits of innovation and knowledge are shared. In this respect, he underlined the need to ensure universal health and education, to alleviate poverty and to reduce the knowledge divide. Mr. Sharma underlined the need to improve the capacity of developing and least developed countries (LDCs) to benefit from the knowledge economy and the imperative of improving access to the benefits offered by the IP systems. Mr. Sharma said the Indian generics sector has succeeded in driving down the global price of life-saving medications. On climate change, the Minister said there has to be free transfer of relevant technology to poor countries, as well as the availability of resources. andldquo;That is where the balance has to comeandhellip;it is not easy to create the balance, but there is no way forward if that balance is not there. We should be addressing these larger issues too.andrdquo; Mr. Gurry underlined the critical role of IP in developing solutions to key policy questions, including public health, climate change, and food security. He said countries must work together to ensure that the IP system serves as a stimulus for developing solutions to the global challenges confronting policy makers across the world. The Director General said the recent economic crisis has had a visible impact on demand for IP rights. Despite the short term effects of the economic crisis, he noted, it is clear that the long term trend is one of intensified use of the IP system in which knowledge and education are at the center of the economy, development and social change. The need to develop an effective and balanced normative framework in a way that stimulates innovation and creativity and balances the interests of owners, users and society as a whole was also addressed by Mr. Gurry. He outlined several challenges confronting the IP community andndash; huge backlogs of unprocessed patent applications, a digital environment that is placing stress on traditional copyright models, the capacity of IP to contribute to reducing the knowledge divide, and the need to overcome policy tensions between IP and public policy objectives. Background The Forum, from November 11 to 13, 2009, is organized by WIPO, in cooperation with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Government of India and with the assistance of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Previous Forums have been held in Helsinki (Finland), Beijing, (China), Cape Town, (South Africa) and San Jose, (Costa Rica). Themes for discussion include the implications of the global economic downturn for IP and how IP can mitigate the impact of the economic crisis, IP for economic resurgence and development, new innovation models and strategies, and the role of IP in fostering the development of new technologies. The advantages of developing a national IP and innovation strategy as a cohesive framework for the development of dynamic innovation ecosystems together with the critical role of public research institutions, universities and industry will also be explored. Discussions will also focus on examining ways to harness the potential benefits of using IP strategically to create opportunities for improved business competitiveness, market expansion and economic development. Speakers from Asia including India, Africa, Latin America, Europe and the United States of America will address the following themes: The Evolving Global Economy and its Impact on IP, The Role of IP in Promoting, Generating and Accessing New Technologies, The Innovation Paradigm: Effective National IP and Innovation Eco-systems, The Creativity Challenge: Sustained Generation of and Access to Knowledge, Dynamic Use of IP for Business Competitiveness, and Building Respect for IP. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:27:56 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10178.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/10178.html Geneva, November 2, 2009MA/2009/52 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting an international conference in Geneva on November 5 and 6, 2009 to help improve understanding among the donor community of the key developmental role of IP, to encourage their support for intellectual property-related development projects and improve access by developing countries, particularly least developed countries (LDCs) and countries in Africa, to donor funding for such projects. The Conference will demonstrate, in particular, to bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, the relevance of intellectual property (IP) to development and to explain how developing countries can use IP to facilitate their economic, social and cultural development, in particular in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Conference will focus on three main themes: Aid for Trade; Science, Technology and Innovation for Development; and the Digital Divide. It will bring together presentations of real life examples of IP in action in developing countries from a diverse set of presenters such as: a film producer from Nigeria (Madu Chikwendu, MCM Group, Nigeria), two African designers involved in exporting to developed country markets (Ronel Jordaan and Cheick Diallo), a rose breeder from Kenya (Bas Smit of Kordes Roses), a coffee producer from Ethiopia (Tadesse Meskela, General Manager, Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), a South African publisher (Brian Wafawarowa, New Africa Books), the Senegalese music industry (Rokhaya Daba Sarr, Bureau Export de la Musique Africaine andamp; Tringa Musiques et dandeacute;veloppement) and a traditional knowledge expert (Ann Sintoyia Tome, Maasai Cultural Heritage Foundation Kenya). These real life experiences will be accompanied by a series of high level roundtable discussions with senior policy-makers. The Conference will be opened by WIPO Director General Francis Gurry followed by introductory keynote speeches by the United Nations Under-Secretary General, Special Adviser on Africa, Cheick Sidi Diarra and the Brazilian Under-Secretary for Economic and Technological Affairs, Ambassador Pedro Carneiro de Mendonandccedil;a. The conference is an important step in building a relationship between WIPO, its member states and the donor community and offers an opportunity for developing countries to engage with the donor community on IP-related issues and for WIPO to foster partnerships in support of improved access to funding. While implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda is provided for under the Organizationandrsquo;s regular budget, the mobilization of extra-budgetary resources is seen as a means of broadening the impact of WIPOandrsquo;s development work in general and speeding up implementation of recommendations under the WIPO Development Agenda in particular. This initiative is in support of the WIPO Development Agenda which calls for the mobilization of additional resources through donor funding, the establishment of funds in trust and other voluntary funds within WIPO specifically for LDCs and countries in Africa to promote the use of IP for social, economic and cultural development. In and on behalf of Mr.Samir, IPPro *пишу* Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:44:22 +0200 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9790.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9790.html Geneva, October 1, 2009PR/2009/611 WIPO member states, at their annual Assemblies from September 22 to October 1, 2009, signaled strong support for the Organizationandrsquo;s strategic realignment with the endorsement of a program and budget for the 2010/11 biennium that boosts WIPOandrsquo;s development-related activities, emphasizes the need to advance the Organizationandrsquo;s normative work, and further upgrades its services to the private sector. The member states also agreed to renew the mandate of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, Folklore and Genetic Resources (IGC). After intense yet constructive discussions held over several days, member states adopted a clearly defined work plan and terms of reference to guide the IGCandrsquo;s work over the next two years. States agreed that the IGC would undertake negotiations with the objective of reaching agreement on a text of an international legal instrument (or instruments), which would ensure the effective protection of genetic resources (GRs), traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). The decision also provided for three inter-sessional meetings of working groups to take place in 2010/11, in addition to the four regular sessions of the IGC. Work over the next two years will build on the previous work of the IGC. The basis for text-based negotiations will be the existing WIPO working documents on GRs, TK, and TCEs. The IGC is to submit to the 2011 General Assembly the text (or texts) of an international legal instrument(s) which would ensure the effective protection of GRs, TK and TCEs. The 2011 session of the General Assembly would then decide on convening a Diplomatic Conference. WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said this andldquo;significantandrdquo; decision gave the IGC andldquo;a robust and clear mandate over the next two years.andrdquo; He called this andldquo;a real step forwardandrdquo; for the Organization. Member states approved a budgetary allocation for 2010/11 amounting to 618 million Swiss francs (CHF), which represents a 1.6% (CHF 9.8 million) decrease compared to the current financial period, reflecting the impact of the global economic crisis on WIPOandrsquo;s services. Almost one-fifth (some 118 million CHF) of the Organizationandrsquo;s budget is allocated across programs for capacity-building and development-related activities to strengthen the participation of developing and least developed countries in the benefits of the knowledge economy. An additional 4.5 million CHF was specifically allocated for the implementation of Development Agenda projects. Delegations expressed strong support for the project-based approach proposed by the Committee and Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), which will accelerate efficient implementation of the Development Agenda. Member states reaffirmed their commitment to the Development Agenda which they identified as a key priority for the Organization, and stressed the importance of ensuring that adequate human and financial resources are allocated to its implementation. The General Assembly also urged the CDIP to develop a coordination mechanism for monitoring, assessing and reporting on the implementation of recommendations. The CDIP is to submit a report on this matter to the General Assembly at its 2010 session. Member states took note of the status of work relating to the three issues currently under discussion within the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), namely, the rights of broadcasting organizations, the rights of performers in their audiovisual performances and exceptions and limitations. Delegations expressed support for continued work in these areas with a view to concrete progress. The General Assembly noted a report on the work of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), including the Committeeandrsquo;s decision to commission five studies on exclusions, exceptions and limitations, including a public policy, socio-economic and developmental perspective; on technical solutions to improve greater access to, and dissemination of, patent information; on the client-attorney privilege; and on transfer of technology and on opposition systems. The Assembly of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) appointed the Egyptian Patent Office and the Israel Patent Office as International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities under the PCT, bringing the total number of such offices to 17. The appointments will become effective from future dates to be notified by the respective offices when they are ready to begin operation. Member states also adopted a number of amendments to the regulations under the PCT which will enter into force on July 1, 2010. These concern clarification of the extent to which authorities may define the scope of supplementary international search which will be offered, a requirement for applicants filing amendments to indicate the basis of those amendments in the application as filed, and improvements to the process for establishing equivalent amounts of certain PCT fees in different currencies. The Assembly also noted a report of the second session of the PCT Working Group, held in May 2009, and approved the convening of a further session of the Working Group in 2010. The Madrid Union Assembly took note of the study prepared by WIPO on the possible introduction of additional filing languages (Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Portuguese) in the Madrid system in a way that would be operationally and economically viable. The introduction of additional filing languages would be subject to specific agreements with the offices of interested contracting parties. As a first step, the Assembly approved the implementation of a pilot project involving the participation of interested offices. Member countries of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration amended a number of rules governing that system to improve accessibility of information regarding the fate of international registrations in the countries of the Lisbon system. This will better enable interested parties to determine the status of protection of an internationally registered appellation of origin in a given member country, by establishing a formal framework for the communication of a andldquo;statement of grant of protection.andrdquo; The Assemblies also approved the construction of a new conference hall with a capacity of 900 seats as well as several new smaller meeting rooms in the main headquarters building to cater for increasing demand for multilateral and bilateral consultations associated with intergovernmental meetings at WIPO. Member states earmarked 64 million CHF for this project to be covered from WIPO reserves (24 million CHF) and the extension of an existing commercial loan (40 million CHF). The new hall, designed by Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart, Germany, gives priority to sustainability: local wood, natural light, hybrid ventilation combining natural and mechanical means, and a cooling system drawing water from Lake Landeacute;man. These are among the most significant environmentally-friendly features of the new hall. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:16:47 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9665.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9665.html Geneva, September 28, 2009MA/2009/51 WIPO will host an open forum on October 13 and 14, 2009 at its Geneva headquarters to present projects relating to the Development Agenda to be discussed at the next session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) from November 16 to 20, 2009. The projects that will be presented at the forum are: (i) IP and Technology Transfer; (ii) Developing Tools for Access to Patent Information; (iii) Evaluation and Impact Assessment; and (iv) three proposals made by Japan and the Republic of Korea. The Forum, the first of its kind, will enable all stakeholders, notably non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations to join WIPO member states in providing substantive input into Development Agenda projects. The Forum is open to the public. WIPO has stepped up efforts to translate the 45 recommendations under the Development Agenda into tangible results. Nine projects with clearly defined objectives, strategies and evaluation criteria are already under implementation. A further three thematic projects on the public domain, intellectual property and competition policy, the digital divide and access to knowledge received preliminary approval from the CDIP and implementation is scheduled to begin in January 2010. Additional projects are expected to be discussed and approved by member states at the next meeting of the CDIP in November 2009. This thematic project-based approach is designed to deal with interrelated issues identified under the recommendations of the Development Agenda and to generate concrete results. The Development Agenda is effectively andldquo;mainstreamingandrdquo; development across WIPOandrsquo;s operations. It provides a framework within which to examine a broad array of issues which reflect the cross-cutting relevance of IP within policy-making spheres, including areas such as public health, food security and the environment. It is designed to ensure greater participation by developing and least developed countries in the benefits of the knowledge economy. It offers clear guidance for the effective delivery of WIPOandrsquo;s technical services, in order to ensure that all countries are equipped with the legislative framework, the operational capacity and the know-how to use the IP system andndash; and the flexibilities, rights and obligations under current international IP agreements andndash; to spur economic growth and socio-cultural development. In and on behalf of Mr.Samir, IPPro Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:58:15 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9639.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9639.html Geneva, September 24, 2009PR/2009/608 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed on September 23an agreement with the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) and the International Federation of Actors (FIA) to support efforts to improve recognition of the significant contributions made by actors and musicians around the world. The agreement, signed by WIPO Director General Francis Gurry, FIA President Agnete G. Haaland and FIM President John Smith, seeks, in particular, to help improve the status of performers in developing countries. The agreement highlights the connection between IP and labor and the special concerns of cultural workers from the viewpoint of development and cultural diversity. It provides for the organization of joint activities to strengthen performersandrsquo; networks and improve their economic and legal status, as well as for raising awareness of the need to support performers. Actors and musicians are an essential element in the development of the creative potential of all economies, particularly in developing countries. It is further anticipated that the agreement will help to galvanize support for the protection of performers at international level. Treaty negotiations on the protection of audiovisual performances were deadlocked in December 2000 because of a lack of agreement on the issue of transfer of rights from the performer to the producer. Since that time, WIPO has undertaken extensive international consultations to develop information materials on outstanding differences and to improve the flow of information and understanding of the situation of performers. Recent consultations among Member States, held in Geneva, allowed for an open debate on this issue, which remains under consideration of the WIPO General Assembly. FIA and FIM gather, respectively, unions of musicians and actors from all regions in the world. Together they represent hundreds of thousands of professional performers working both in the sound and audiovisual industry. In and on behalf of Mr.Samir, IPPro Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:11:14 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9598.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9598.html Geneva, September 22, 2009PR/2009/605 In his opening statement to the annual meetings of the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Director General Francis Gurry called on member states to work together to ensure that the IP system serves as a stimulus for developing solutions to the global challenges confronting policy makers across the world. Mr. Gurry welcomed over 40 ministers to the first ever high-level segment of these meetings. He said their participation reflected the expanding recognition of andldquo;IP as a major means of creating a secure environment for investment in innovation and creativity and for the diffusion of innovative and creative products and services.andrdquo; Mr. Gurry appealed to the Organizationandrsquo;s 184 member states to find a andldquo;balanced way forwardandrdquo; in advancing the Organizationandrsquo;s norm-setting agenda, and urged them to demonstrate flexibility and understanding in addressing the issues before them. Mr. Gurry outlined progress in organizational renewal under the Organizationandrsquo;s strategic realignment program, and outlined the various initiatives that have been launched to develop a service-oriented culture within the Organization. He went on to outline some of the major challenges confronting the Organization and the IP community at large. With regard to the impact of the global economic crisis, Mr. Gurry said negative growth rates in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (-5%) and the Madrid System for the international registration of trademarks (-10%) were anticipated for 2009. He noted that while demand was expected to be sluggish through 2010, he was confident that 2011 would see positive growth in demand for the Organizationandrsquo;s services, which generate 93% of the Organizationandrsquo;s revenue. Mr. Gurry noted that, despite the short term effects of the economic crisis, andldquo;it is clear that the long term trend is one of intensified use of the IP system in which knowledge and education are at the center of the economy, development and social change.andrdquo; In addressing the question of development and poverty reduction, Mr. Gurry said improving the capacity of developing and least developed countries (LDCs) to benefit from the knowledge economy was the principle underlying the adoption of the WIPO Development Agenda. andldquo;We are now at the stage where we must transform that idea into an operational reality,andrdquo; he said. andldquo;That transformation will occur only if there is a collaborative effort and engagement on the part of the member states and the secretariat.andrdquo; Mr. Gurry stressed the need for member states and the secretariat to andldquo;be ambitious and identify and execute projects that make a difference.andrdquo; He said WIPOandrsquo;s traditional capacity-building activities will endeavor to andldquo;create better linkages between the economic objectives, priorities and resources of countriesandrdquo; ensuring that andldquo;IP speaks the language of the economic circumstances and the social context that it addresses.andrdquo; The Director General appealed to member states to find common ground in advancing the normative work of the Organization. Failure to do so, he said, would damage multilateralism and open the way to bilateral and plurilateral arrangements at a time when use of technologies is increasingly global. Mr. Gurry said, andldquo;Global use of technology calls for a global architecture of norms to ensure that technologies are indeed available everywhere.andrdquo; andldquo;If we are to retain in this Organization our relevance in rule making we must be able to deal with all the frequencies of the spectrum of technological development,andrdquo; Mr. Gurry said. andldquo;We must be able to make rules both for the latest developments in technology and for traditional knowledge systems . . . the reality of a global organization is that we must be able to deal with all parts of the spectrum.andrdquo; In this regard, he called on member states andldquo;to show flexibility and understandingandrdquo; in renewing the mandate of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) on terms that will allow tangible results at the international level. On the question of copyright in the digital environment, Mr. Gurry outlined the andldquo;tumultuous developmentsandrdquo; that were occurring which signaled andldquo;a fundamental challenge for the institution of copyrightandrdquo;. He said that while the objective of copyright was to andldquo;provide a market-based mechanism that extracts some value from cultural transactions to enable creators to lead dignified economic existence while at the same time ensuring the widest possible availability of affordable content,andrdquo; the question was andldquo;how to realize that objective amid the convergence of the digital environment.andrdquo; The Director General called on member states to consider a andldquo;global consultation or reflectionandrdquo; in the coming year on the fundamental question of how to finance culture in the 21st Century. He noted that piracy was a global issue and called on governments to reflect on andldquo;how we can make copyright work in a digital environment where there is no difference in quality between the original and the copy and where the means of reproduction and distribution are available to everyone at insignificant costandrdquo;. In relation to the new strategic objective andldquo;Coordination and Development of Global IP Infrastructureandrdquo; to build platforms to exchange and disseminate best practices, the Director General cited some early concrete results. These include digitization programs for IP offices in developing countries and the establishment of technology and innovation centers as well as database tools offering access to scientific and technical publications free-of-charge to least developed countries. Within this context, the Director General referred to the PCT roadmap which aims to improve the functioning of the PCT, a procedural treaty that links together the patent offices of the world. He added, andldquo;itandrsquo;s about finding ways to increase, on a voluntary basis, work sharing to decrease unnecessary inefficiencies and to improve the quality of the output of the international patent system and thereby contribute to management of the unsustainable backlog of 4.2 million unprocessed patent applications around the world.andrdquo; Mr. Gurry stressed that this andldquo;is not a norm-making exerciseandrdquo;. He referred to various plurilateral initiatives to address this question stating that the andldquo;objective of the roadmap is to bring all of these initiatives under the multilateral umbrella of the PCT.andrdquo; Lastly, the Director General highlighted WIPOandrsquo;s renewed engagement in debates on global public policy issues, such as climate change, stating that andldquo;technological innovation will be central to global efforts to deal with the challenges of climate change.andrdquo; He added andldquo;the experience of the IP system and the IP community in the creation and the commercialization and the diffusion or transfer of technology can make a very valuable contribution.andrdquo; Mr. Gurry also referred to the establishment of the stakeholderandrsquo;s platform to improve access to published works by the visually impaired. Mr. Gurry thanked the outgoing Chairman of the WIPO General Assembly, Ambassador Martin I. Uhomoibhi, who is also Nigeriaandrsquo;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, for his work as Chair. Ambassador Uhomoibhi urged delegates to work together to find solutions to the challenges facing WIPO and the IP community in general. The newly elected Chairman of the General Assembly, Ambassador Alberto Dumont, who is also Argentinaandrsquo;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, said the Assemblies provide an opportunity to identify strategies to meet new challenges and urged delegates to collaborate, demonstrate flexibility in their discussions to support the common goal of ensuring that WIPO continues to develop programs for the general good. Ambassador Dumont welcomed the convening of a high level ministerial segment, which is taking place for the first time in WIPOandrsquo;s history. This, he said, is a andldquo;clear demonstration of the importance which IP has gained in the area of public policy and therefore at the high level of decision making in our governments.andrdquo; The high level segment is a unique forum for the almost 50 ministers who honor us with their presence andndash; will identify opportunities and challenges which policy makers have to address in the future. The Assemblies are meeting in Geneva from September 22 to October 1, 2009 to review the Organizationandrsquo;s status of activities and discuss future work. In andamp; on behalf of Mr.Samir, IPPro Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:56:12 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9574.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9574.html Geneva, September 18, 2009PR/2009/604 A two-day international symposium concluded on September 18, 2009 with broad agreement on the need to pool efforts at the international level to address the problem of backlogs in patent applications. Closing the first Global Symposium for Intellectual Property Authorities, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry referred to recently published data that showed that the global backlog in unprocessed patent applications around the world in 2007 was a staggering 4.2 million. These backlogs have grown on average at a rate of 8.7% over the past five years. andldquo;This is unsustainable,andrdquo; Mr. Gurry said. andldquo;We have moved beyond consciousness of the need to address unsustainable processing of patent applications to action,andrdquo; Mr. Gurry said, noting that the main challenge of the future is to promote coordinated international action to enhance efficiency of operations and encourage dissemination of best practices in modernizing the infrastructure, operations and management of IP offices. Work sharing for prosecuting patent applications was suggested as a solution to existing inefficiencies. Patent prosecution highway (PPH) projects were extensively discussed at the Symposium. Participants concluded that the PCT should serve as the backbone for work sharing in relation to patent prosecution to support existing bilateral PPH agreements. Representatives of the Trilateral Offices (European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office), attending the Symposium signaled their agreement in principle to integrating PCT work products (PCT international preliminary reports on patentability) into their ongoing PPH projects. Pilot projects are to start in early 2010. The Director General said this was a major development that WIPO warmly welcomed. New initiatives for work sharing were announced at the Symposium. These include the Vancouver group (Australia, Canada, and UK) project for mutual exploitation of search and examination documents; and a Latin American project to exchange search and examination data on patents and trademarks involving nine partners (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank). Mr. Gurry welcomed new collaboration projects. In response to a call for technical assistance from WIPO in these projects for building a common international patent platform, Mr. Gurry said that WIPO is pleased to provide technical assistance in developing the common platform to ensure global compatibility and interoperability of such initiatives. More than 40 heads of IP offices participated in the event, together with users of the IP system. Appreciation was expressed for new WIPO initiatives outlined by Mr. Gurry on the enhancement of IP databases, including steps to upgrade PATENTSCOPEandreg; with national patent data collection and the recent launch of aRDi (Access to Research for Development and Innovation) to narrow the knowledge gap in least developed countries. In facilitating the efficiency of patent searches, participants reaffirmed the need for WIPO to play a proactive role in collecting information on the legal status of patents for inclusion in PATENTSCOPEandreg;. The Symposium also provided a forum for the exchange of experiences and best practices in the area of trademark and industrial design registration, arbitration and mediation services for IP-related disputes, financial management of IP offices, and IP officeandrsquo;s role in promoting innovation in partnership with science and innovation institutions. In andamp; on behalf of Mr.Samir,IPPro Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:10:58 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9226.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9226.html In 2008 cooperation of Rospatent with the CIS Countries (the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ukraine) was carried out not only in the line of bilateral contacts but also in the line of participation in the work of authorities of branch cooperation of the CIS Countries In March (Minsk, the Republic of Belarus) and in November (Kishinev, the Republic of Moldova) within the framework of the Agreement on Cooperation for Combating Intellectual Property Infringements the delegation of Rospatent took part in the regular sessions of the Joint Working Commission under the chairmanship of Dr. Boris Simonov. In the course of the sessions the work on the draft Agreement on the Cooperation of the Member-States of the CIS Countries on Organization of Intergovernmental Exchange of Information and Development of Copyright and Related Rights National Databases prepared by Rospatent was continued. In accordance with the decision of the Joint Working Commission in December 2008 Rospatent sent the Draft of the said Agreement to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation subject to further submission to the Executive Committee of the CIS. The delegation of Rospatent also took part in discussion of the Draft Agreement on Legal Regime of the Signs Used before the Date of Establishing of the CIS elaborated by Belarus. In spite of the concern expressed by the delegation of Rospatent about the existence of the considered problem and the necessity of finding ways for solving it, particularly, on the basis of proposals of the Byelorussian side, the Draft Agreement was not supported by most of the participants of the session. According to the results of the discussion the participants of the session reached the decision of inexpediency of continuation of work on the Draft Agreement and continuation of finding ways for solving the said matter on the bilateral basis. Moreover, the delegation of Rospatent provided the participants of the session of the Joint Working Commission with the information for the reporting period of the latest changes in the legislation of the Russian Federation in the sphere of protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights and of the main activities carried out by internal affairs and the customs Authorities of the Russian Federation for efficient protection of intellectual property rights. In March 2008 (Tbilisi, Georgia) Rospatent as a coordinator participated in holding a regular session of the Coordination Council of the Project for the Industrial Output of Regional Patent and Informational Product of the CIS Countries on Optical Disks CD-ROM. In the course of the session of the Coordination Council the report of Rospatent on industrial output of regional patent and informational product on CD-ROM in 2007, the plan on output of disk andlaquo;CISPATENTandraquo; for 2008, issues of further development of the Project for the Industrial Output of Regional Patent and Informational Product of the CIS Countries and also the issue of switching to information publication in XML format were considered. During 2008 Rospatent executed a coordinating role on unification of approach on submission of information in XML format according to WIPO Standard ST.36. In June 2008 (Astana, the Republic of Kazakhstan) the delegation of Rospatent took part in the Joint Meeting of the Intergovernmental Council on Issues of "Industrial Property Protection (hereinafter referred to as "MGS OPS") and the Joint Working Commission of the Member-States of the Agreement on Cooperation for Combating Intellectual Property Infringements. In the course of the meeting the delegation of Rospatent took part in discussion of the report on the results of the Working Group activity on improvement and harmonization of national legislation of the CIS Member-States within the framework of MGS OPS and the establishment of the Intergovernmental Register of Appellations of Origin of the MGS OPS Member-States. Rospatent informed the participants of the meeting on the cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization on organization of work with the purpose of carrying out the studies on development of inventive activity and support of the small and medium-sized innovative business with the use of mechanisms of intellectual property protection and enforcement. At the same time Rospatent made the statement on the progress of the implementation of the Agreement on Mutual Protection of Intergovernmental Secrets in the Field of the Legal Protection of Inventions dated June 4, 1999. Following the decision of the 17th meeting of MGS OPS the Ad hoc Working Group was created, the provision of organizational and technical support of which according to the Agreement was put on Rospatent. The list of members of the said Working Group was confirmed, the representative of Rospatent Mr. D.B. Klefortov was elected as a head of the Group. In the framework of the MGS OPS meeting, the delegation of Rospatent participated in discussion of the conception of foundation of the Intergovernmental Council on Issues of Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement by means of combining functions of MGS OPS and the Joint Working Commission of the Member-States of the Agreement on Cooperation for Combating Intellectual Property Infringements and widening the scope of activity to the copyright and related rights. On the results of the discussion the Working Group on Improvement and Harmonization of the National Legislation of the CIS Member-States was decided to complete drafts of main normative documents that define new functions of the Intergovernmental Council. The important result of the MGS OPS meeting was a signing of the Protocol on Joining the Committee for Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Agreement on Output of Joint Regional Patent and Informational Product on Optical Disks CD-ROM. In the reporting period the representatives of Rospatent took part and made the presentations on the following international academic and research activities that are organized in patent offices of the CIS Countries: andmiddot; Seminar andlaquo;Intellectual Properly, Information Technology and Innovationsandraquo; (May, the Republic of Tajikistan); andmiddot; Symposium andlaquo;Traditional Knowledge and Folkloreandraquo; (June, the Kyrgyz Republic); andmiddot; Seminar andlaquo;Intellectual Properly and SME Innovationsandraquo; (June, the Republic of Kazakhstan); andmiddot; Symposium andlaquo;Modern Management of Intellectual Property System for Economic, Social and Cultural Developmentandraquo; (July, the Azerbaijani Republic); andmiddot; VII Science and Practical Conference dedicated to Economic Issues of Intellectual Property (November, the Republic of Moldova); Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; *пишу* Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:42:37 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9217.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9217.html During 2008 RosPatent in the framework of the Russian-Chinese Working Group on Cooperation in Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement (hereinafter referred to as "the Working Group") continued its collaboration with the Chinese party according to coordinated directions of cooperation. RosPatent as the head office from the Russian side carried out coordination of activities of the Russian Ministries and Offices on agreement of proposals aimed at both development of the Russian-Chinese cooperation and establishment of direct contacts between the law enforcement and customs Authorities of the Russian Federation and the Peopleandrsquo;s Republic of China on the basis of interoffice agreements. As previously agreed RosPatent sent twice to the Chinese party (in April and December) the materials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation on the results of operational and service activity as well as positive experience on revelation and combating intellectual property infringements. In November 2008 RosPatent prepared and forwarded proposals to the State Office for Intellectual Property of the Peopleandrsquo;s Republic of China (SIPO) with the purpose of continuation of discussion of the Chinese party initiatives concerning probations of the Chinese specialists in RosPatent and in RGIIS. At the same time the Chinese party was offered to discuss the possibility to conclude the relevant agreement within the framework of Chinese-Russian Sub-Committee on Cooperation in the Educational Field. On July 17-18, 2008 in Beijing (the Peopleandrsquo;s Republic of China) the Russian delegation, headed by RosPatent, took part in the second meeting of the Working Group. From the Russian side on the delegation there were representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. From the Chinese side there were representatives of the Ministry of Commerce of China, the Main Customs Authority of China, the State Committee on Intellectual Property of China, the Ministry of Public Security of China. In the course of the meeting the delegation of RosPatent informed of the latest changes in the intellectual property legislation of the Russian Federation, and, in particular, on provisions of Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, took part in exchange of opinions on initiatives of the European Community, the USA and other developed countries on conclusion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The delegation of RosPatent noted the increasing role of cooperation within the framework of the APEC Forum. The parties agreed to strengthen cooperation within the framework of the APEC Forum in the field of intellectual property including exchange of information. In the course of the meeting the initiatives on conclusion of interoffice agreements between the law enforcement and customs Authorities of both countries were being discussed. The achieved accords were reflected in the final document of the second meeting of the Working Group. In August 2008 RosPatent prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation the proposals on inclusion of issues, considered within the framework of the Working Group, in the Plan of Actions on implementation of provisions of the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Neighborhood, Friendship and Cooperation for 2009andndash;2012. In Augustandndash;September 2008 in the course of preparation to the 13th regular session of the Heads of Government of the Russian Federation and the Peopleandrsquo;s Republic of China RosPatent submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation with reference materials on issues of the Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of intellectual property to form position of the Russian party. The Director General of RosPatent, Dr. Boris Simonov, took part in the third Russian-Chinese Economic Forum that took place on October 28, 2008 within the framework of the regular session of the Heads of Government of the Russian Federation and the Peopleandrsquo;s Republic of China and that was one of the first key activities of economic character of the past year in bilateral cooperation. In pursuance of decisions of the IX session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation in 2008 two rounds (in Russia and Switzerland) of expert consultations on the draft of bilateral Russian-Swiss Intergovernmental Agreement on Protection of Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin took place. Representatives of the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property of Switzerland, the Swiss Embassy in Russia, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (RosPatent), FGU FIPS and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation took part in the consultations. In the framework of two rounds of expert consultations on the Draft Agreement the parties achieved essential progress in search of mutual understanding on format, structure, scope, purposes and the main contents of the document. The clause-by-clause discussion of the Draft was carried out in the course of which most part of disagreements was released. Work of experts was mentioned as positive in the course of the X session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation on the results of which RosPatent and the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property of Switzerland were instructed to carry out two rounds of negotiations in 2009 on the basis of the work that had been already done to complete not later than by the end of 2009 work on preparation of the Draft and the report in the framework of the XI session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation. In the field of Russian-Vietnamese cooperation the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (RosPatent) carried out work on preparation and coordination of the Draft Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Cooperation in the Sphere of Intellectual Property Protection in 2007andndash;2008. The signing of the agreement took place on October 27, 2008 in the framework of the official visit to the Russian Federation of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet. On behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation the Agreement was signed by the Director General of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (RosPatent), Dr. Boris Simonov. For the purpose of coordination of cooperation in the framework of the Agreement the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks and the National Office on Intellectual Property of Vietnam were appointed as authorized bodies. In 2008 RosPatent continued its work within the framework of the Russian-French Working Group on Intellectual Property Enforcement and Counterfeit Combating, established within the framework of the Russian-andshy;French Council on Economic, Financial, Industrial and Trade Issues (SEFIK). In June the Third session of the Working Group took place where the French party were represented by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security and Liberty Protection, the National Institute of Appellations of Origin, the French Embassy in Russia, the branch offices of the European Commission in Russia and also a range of French companies. From the Russian part there were representatives of 10 federal authorities, the General Prosecutorandrsquo;s Office of the Russian Federation, the Arbitration Court of Moscow, business communities. In the course of the plenary session the parties exchanged the information on the experience in fight against counterfeiting, its legislative and law-enforcement aspects. The French party was informed in detail of the changes that took place in the system of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the sphere of intellectual property since the last session of the Working Group and also of the statistical information of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation on the activity of offices aimed at combating illegal trafficking and crossing the boarder of counterfeit and pirate products. As the most urgent and vital issues were defined: combating infringement of intellectual property rights in the Internet, operative exchange of information, cooperation in training, organization of joint seminars and workshops, exchange of experience on-site, etc. Furthermore, some work in parallel sections was carried out that was dedicated to: 1. law enforcement and operational aspects of combating counterfeiting; 2. cooperation in the field of geographical indications and appellations of origin; 3. combating counterfeit of pharmaceuticals. On request of the French side there was organized a study visit to the Russian Customs Point. On the results of the meeting the parties defined the further scope and directions of cooperation and also particular activities concerning fulfillment of the entered engagements achieved in the course of discussion. According to the decisions of the XV meeting of the Russianandshy;-French Council on Economic, Financial, Industrial and Trade Issues (SEFIK) (St. Petersburg, July 23andndash;25, 2008) and the XIII session of the Russian-andshy;French Commission for Issues of Bilateral Cooperation on the Level of the Heads of the Governments (Sochi, September 20, 2008) in the reporting year the work on preparation of bilateral Intergovernmental Agreement on Cooperation in the Area of Legal Protection of Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin was initiated. To comply with the interests of the Russian Federation in relation to the use of prior and newly created intellectual property considering the contribution of Russia in 2008 the specialists of RosPatent carried out the work on analyzing and submitting conclusions on drafts of Intergovernmental Agreements on Science and Technology Cooperation with the Republic of Austria, the Swiss Confederation, the Federal Republic of Germany. In October andmdash; November, 2008 the working visits of the delegations from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Korean Industrial Property Office (KIPO) to RosPatent took place. The visits were aimed at the development of bilateral cooperation between the Offices on quite a number of directions, including automatization and optimization of procedures of patent examination procedure, cooperation in the field of patent documentation and databases use, computer-aided translation, cooperation within the framework of the initiative andldquo;Patent Prosecution Highwayandrdquo; (PPH). The PPH is aimed at speeding up examination and allows the applicants to receive faster and with more efficiency the corresponding patents. The PPH gives the offices the opportunity to use the results of works already done by the other office that allows reducing the workload and improving the quality of patents. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; *пишу* Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:55:00 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9189.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9189.html Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Within the framework of Russiaandrsquo;s participation in the Forum andldquo;Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperationandrdquo; (APEC), leading dialogue mechanism in the Asia-Pacific Region, RosPatent prepared the reported materials for the 2007andndash;2008 bienniums to the Chapter andldquo;Intellectual Property Rightsandrdquo; of the Individual Plan of Actions of Russia on the Liberalization of Trade and Foreign Investments. Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) To increase the role of intellectual property in the economic development of the EurAsEC member-states (Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Republic, Republic of Tajikistan) in 2008 the Council on Intellectual Property Issues under EurAsEC Integration Committee (hereinafter referred to as andldquo;the Councilandrdquo;) was established. The Council activity is aimed at elaborating within the EurAsEC framework coordinated policy in the intellectual property field to provide further growth of economic potential and increase competitive ability of the member-states of the Community. The Director General of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks Dr. B. Simonov was elected unanimously as the Chair of the Council. During 2008 two meetings of the Council (June, November) were held in Moscow. At the first meeting the Work Plan of the Council on Intellectual Property Issues for 2008-2010 and future period was approved, the activities of which provide for direct involvement of RosPatent. The representatives of RosPatent were included in two working groups under the Council, one group on Elaboration of Draft Agreements and the other one on Conception of the EurAsEC Innovation System Creation. Following RosPatentandrsquo;s initiative the elaboration of the Draft Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Patents for Inventions in the Member-States of the Eurasian Economic Community and the Draft Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Legal Protection of Trademarks and Service Marks in the Member-States of the Eurasian Economic Community were included into the Working Plan of the Council for 2008. The Drafts of these Agreements elaborated by RosPatent were under discussion at the second meeting of the Council in November 2008. European Union (EU) In the reporting year RosPatent hold two regular sessions of experts in the framework of the Russia-EU dialogue on the intellectual property in pursuance of Section 1.3 of the andldquo;Road Mapandrdquo; of the Common Economic Space of Russia-EU. The European party at these meetings was presented by the experts of the European Commission and the European Commissionandrsquo;s Delegation in Moscow; Russian party was presented by the specialists from RosPatent, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Federal Service on Supervision in Healthcare and Social Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, General Prosecutorandrsquo;s Office of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. The representatives of the interested right holders were also invited. In the course of these meetings topical issues of both legislative initiatives of the parties and law enforcement practice, internet piracy, geographical indications and other issues were under discussion. The agreements on the joint organization of the activities aimed at training, exchange of experience and public awareness were reached. European Patent Office (EPO) Cooperation between the European Patent Office (EPO) and RosPatent is carried out on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation between the two offices signed by the Director General of RosPatent Dr. B. Simonov and President of the EPO Pr. A. Pompidou on April 17, 2007 at Munich (Germany). The Memorandum has the goal to establish a wide-ranging and flexible mechanism for guiding and furthering coandshy;operation between RosPatent and the EPO in the field of industrial property. On the EPO side the cooperation is implemented within the Project on Cooperation with the CIS countries and Mongolia hold by the EPO Directorate for International Relations. To develop a Russian Segment of Esp@ce.net the creation of the educational module Esp@ce.net Assistant in Russian was finished in 2008. The module will be published on the website of the Russian segment at the beginning of 2009. At the end of 2008 the Russian segment of Esp@ce.net database contained more than 274and#8197;000 Russian patent documents published since the year of 2000. In 2008 RosPatent and the EPO jointly held preparatory work to transfer the Russian segment to the EPTOS platform. It is supposed to update the file of documents containing in the Russian segment and to increase the effectiveness of its management. RosPatent continued the joint work with the EPO regarding wider use of the patent information searching system EPOQUE, which allows carrying out a full text search. It is expected, that the use of the EPOQUE system would enable to reduce efforts and increase the labor productivity of RosPatent examiners. In 2008 four stages of the project andldquo;Patent Information for Innovationsandrdquo; aimed at preparing a group of specialists in various regions of Russia who hold different activities on popularization of patent information, in particular Internet-Service Esp@ce.net as a means of electronic access to the patent information databases. A number of seminars, round tables, conferences and discussion forums for students, postgraduate students, young researches, professors of universities, experts, intellectual property specialists and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises, and also of industrial enterprises were held in Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg. A new course on patent information for postgraduate students was developed in Yugoslavs University, and RGIIS already enlarged existing courses on patent information. On the results of these events in December 2008 in the EPO branch office one more meeting of the participants of the project aimed to exchange an experience and elaborate plans on further collaboration was held. The participants marked definite advantages of the work carried out within this project and suggested to continue the cooperation getting the EPO to take part in the events for the Russian audience. The seminar held in October 2008 in Novosibirsk showed that the participation of the specialists from the EPO and RosPatent considerably increased the interest to this event and allowed to enlarge the circle of its participants. On June 9-10, 2008 a workshop andldquo;Aspects of Applications Examinationandrdquo; organized jointly RosPatent and the EPO were held at RosPatent. Common issues of examination, in particular, the EPO approach to the determination of inventive step, and also specific aspects of the examination in the field of medicine and biotechnology were under consideration at this workshop. Moreover, specialists of FGU andldquo;Chamber of Patent Disputesandrdquo; took part in the Regional forum on intellectual property issues for judges from the CIS countries held with the support of the EPO on May 27-29, 2008 in Kiev. Mr. Samir Rahman On andamp; in behalf of Patent and Law firm andlsquo;IPProandrsquo; :-D Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:27:14 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9145.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9145.html Francis Deblauwe andmiddot; Saratoga, CA (United States) andmiddot; Nov 05th, 2008 9:01 pm andmiddot; 12 votes andmiddot; 1 comment Coca-Cola Beijing 2008 Olympics ad, Jing'an Temple Metro Station, Shanghai, by Sinosplice The International Olympic Committee (IOC) organizes the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. That also entails promoting the Olympic ideals of international co-operation and the like. Lately, these competitions have become gigantic in scale and expense. While there were only 241 participants (14 countries) in the first Olympics in Athens (1896), the Beijing Summer Olympics had 10,500 athletes (204 countries). The bidding process for hosting the Olympics has become enmeshed in allegations of bribery. Four members of the IOC resigned and six more were expelled for taking bribes from the organizing committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Concurrently, especially since the Atlanta Games in 1996, there has been a trend toward increased commercialization. "Sponsorship" was initially justified to help offset the costs of staging the Games. However, it has now become apparent that the forces set loose in this rush to get sponsoring and expand the Games, are no longer under control.Damnatio MemoriaeThe Beijing Games this year provided a prime example: lucrative sponsorship contracts had been signed with companies that guaranteed them exclusivity in their product category. This was then enforced into the absurd. A Wall Street Journal article earlier this year reported that everywhere in the Olympic venues the brand logos of "offending" companies, i.e., those that were not official sponsors, were obscured by putting tape over them. For instance, one would get into an elevator and the brand name or logo was "erased," never mind that their product was the one actually being used. The sign on top of the InterContinental Beijing Beichen hotel, attached to the Olympic Main Press Center, was hidden behind an Olympic cover. Even more incredibly, a legion of inspectors armed with tape dispensers were continuously checking on the logos on and if needed reapplying tape. Even brands that were in a category where there wasn't an official sponsor, were convicted to the same damnatio memoriae. No exposure without paying up! It is estimated that the Beijing Olympics received a cool $1.5 billion from sponsors. With Glowing HeartsThe brand protection efforts don't stop there. The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games are already casting a long shadow. Recently, the Canadian Olympic Committee applied to the authorities for trademark rights to the phrase "with glowing hearts," a phrase from the Canadian national anthem O Canada, a work that is in the public domain. They want to use it as the official motto. Of course, they will claim that they only wish to protect Olympic merchandising and sponsorships from unfair competition but there are bad precedents. The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has threatened and legally harassed businesses in Washington state for using "Olympic" in their names. The Olympic Cellars Winery near Port Angeles received a "cease-and-desist" letter from a USOC lawyer in 2007, even after they had in 1999 gotten USOC's permission to use the website www.olympiccellars.com. They have now reached a settlement with the USOC: graciously, they can keep their name as long as they don't market their wine east of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. The "Olympic" in their name and numerous other companies' names refers to the Olympic Peninsula, a major geographic feature that contains, you guessed it, Mount Olympus. Maybe the Native American gods living on its top can take a cue from their Greek counterparts and strike down the USOC scoundrels by lightning... In andamp; on behalf of Leonov Alexandr Samir Rahman (IPProLaw) *хай* Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:22:39 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9094.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9094.html Copyright and related rights Copyright and related rights provide an incentive for the creation of and investment in new works and other protected matter (music, films, print media, software, performances, broadcasts, etc.) and their exploitation, thereby contributing to improved competitiveness, employment and innovation. The field of copyright is associated with important cultural, social and technological aspects, all of which have to be taken into account in formulating policy in this field. Copyright and the Internal Market There has been significant harmonization of the substantive copyright law to reduce barriers to trade and to adjust the framework to new forms of exploitation. Common ground is also needed with respect to the rules on the enforcement of rights, i.e. on access to justice, sanctions and remedies regarding infringements. In order to grasp the full potential of marketing intellectual property rights in the Internal Market, complementary measures on the management and licensing of these rights may also prove necessary. The Internal Market DG's task is to enforce the "acquis" on copyright and related rights; to advance it further and to modernize and adapt it to new developments in technology or the markets concerned as this is an evolving scenario. The economic impact of copyright The copyright industries are critically important to the European Community because they involve media, cultural, and knowledge industries. Development in the industries is indicative of performance in post-industrial society especially where related to the information society. The international aspects of copyright Directorate-General Internal Market is also responsible for conducting negotiations on industrial and intellectual property within World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (e.g. audiovisual, broadcasting, resale right, databases, etc.), for participating in the relevant WIPO General Assemblies, and for contributing to the work of other international fora on IPR related matters with a view to ensuring adequate protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) internationally. In andamp; on behalf of Leonov Alexandr Samir Rahman (IPProlaw) *пишу* Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:53:52 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9075.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9075.html Geneva, August 5, 2009PR/2009/599 In a community ceremony, under the shade of an acacia tree, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) formally handed over digital recording equipment to Chief Kisio and other elders of the Maasai community, at Il Ngwesi, Laikipia, Kenya to assist the Maasai people in preserving and documenting their rich cultural heritage. Some 200 members of the community participated in the ceremony in late July. This marked a milestone in a pilot program initiated by WIPO to help indigenous communities document and preserve their own cultural traditions while simultaneously managing their intellectual property interests. New technologies provide these communities with fresh opportunities to document and digitize expressions of their traditional cultures. Yet, these new forms of documentation and digitization can leave this cultural heritage vulnerable to unwanted exploitation beyond the traditional circle. By empowering the community to record its own traditions and creative expressions, the program allows the community to create its own intellectual property in the form of photographs, sound recordings and databases. The IP training component of the program enables the community to make informed decisions about how to manage intellectual property assets in a way that corresponds with its values and development goals. The program also stimulates creativity within the community, can promote local economic and cultural development and helps to bridge the andldquo;digital divideandrdquo;, key objectives of both the Millennium Development Goals and WIPOandrsquo;s Development Agenda. The training program enables the Maasai to acquire the requisite technical skills and provides the necessary equipment to document and digitize their cultural heritage on an on-going basis. The equipment provided to the community by WIPO includes a digital camera and sound recording equipment, as well as a state of the art laptop. WIPO will continue to provide ongoing IP advice and support to the community. The training program is offered by WIPO, in partnership with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in the United States of America. The National Museums of Kenya also participated in the program offered to the Kenyan Maasai community. This pilot is part of WIPOandrsquo;s Creative Heritage Project, which is developing an integrated set of practical resources and guidelines for cultural institutions such as museums and indigenous communities on managing intellectual property options when digitizing intangible cultural heritage. In and on behalf of Samir Rahman (IPProLaw) Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:07:13 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9065.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/9065.html July 2009 From the shopping mall to the local hardware store, we are exposed every day to a stunning array of trademarks andndash; distinctive signs that transmit a myriad of subliminal messages relating to authenticity, origin, quality, reliability, prestige, advantage andndash; that scramble for consumersandrsquo; attention, whispering andldquo;buy me, I am better than the competition. I am what you need!andrdquo; Trademarks and the legal protection they afford play a pivotal role in commerce. On the one hand, they contribute to market order by defining various important rules of business and on the other; they help consumers in their buying decisions. Extremely valuable assets, even in tough economic times, trademarks strongly influence purchasing behavior as consumers make more careful decisions, often reverting to andldquo;tried and trustedandrdquo; brands. So in good times and bad, investing in trademarks and brand development makes sound business sense. Trademarks and the legal rights associated with them underpin the complex network of licensing and franchise agreements that can be the source of highly lucrative revenue streams. As an increasing number of companies enter the international arena, and the electronic marketplace expands, recognition of the importance of securing trademark rights has risen. In this context, companies must be able to register marks and manage trademark portfolios in a timely and cost-effective way. Advantages of the Madrid System WIPOandrsquo;s international trademark System is an affordable, user-friendly and attractive option for companies seeking trademark protection in a large number of countries. The System has several advantages for trademark owners. By simply filing one application with WIPO (through oneandrsquo;s national or regional trademark office), in one language (English, French or Spanish) and on payment of one set of fees, it is possible to obtain an international trademark registration. The System is a cost-saving alternative to filing multiple national applications in each of the countries in which protection is sought andndash; a complex process involving several different languages, different national procedural rules and regulations as well as different (and often higher) fees and currencies. While the System is not a substitute for securing trademark rights in the country of origin, it facilitates the process of protecting national trademarks abroad, acting as a legal bridge between national and global marketplaces. The Madrid System also supports judicious management of company trademark portfolios by offering the possibility to renew a registration every 10 years through a straightforward, streamlined procedure. Additionally, if a given international trademark registration changes hands, is assigned to a third party, or if there are other changes in the holderandrsquo;s details (such as a change in name and/or address), this is recorded centrally through a single procedure and has effect in all designated contracting parties. Throughout the Madrid Systemandrsquo;s 118-year history, WIPO and its stakeholders have fostered its development to ensure it keeps pace with evolving user needs and continues to offer value for money. The geographical expansion and sustained growth of the System andndash; with 84 contracting parties (83 countries and the European Community), and a robust 5.3 percent growth rate in 2008 andndash; point to both the commercial importance of trademarks and the continued relevance of the System. Enhancing Madrid services Recognizing the need to further enhance the scope and quality of Madrid services, WIPO is rolling out a comprehensive modernization program that will ensure users are able to benefit from a highly efficient, modernized information technology (IT) infrastructure. The IT modernization program, costing some 15.3 million Swiss francs, was launched in 2008 and is due for completion in 2011. According to WIPO Assistant Director General Ernesto Rubio, in charge of trademark operations, andldquo;WIPO is committed to the progressive development of the Madrid System.andrdquo; He adds, andldquo;Our aim is to continue to deliver value-added services that meet the evolving needs of the business community.andrdquo; In addition to ongoing discussions on the feasibility of expanding the linguistic range of the System andndash; which currently operates in English, French and Spanish andndash; various other initiatives are in the pipeline. These include a change to the Common Regulations whereby, as from September 1, 2009, designated offices will provide holders of a registration with a statement of grant of protection. According to Mr. Rubio, andldquo;This is a major improvement as, instead of having to wait for the end of the refusal period to be sure where they stand, holders will have, earlier on in the process, a clear picture of the status of their international trademark applications. This will provide early legal certainty and thereby help boost business confidence.andrdquo; Mr. Rubio also referred to a number of other new services currently under development. n particular, he pointed to an electronic trademark classification tool designed to serve as a failsafe mechanism to avoid delays in processing applications where erroneous classification of goods and services are indicated. The first edition of this e-classification validation tool andndash; expected to be available shortly in English, French and Spanish andndash; will consist of approximately 27,000 descriptions of goods and services. The new service will enable users to browse and select from a list of andldquo;acceptedandrdquo; terms that conform to international trademark classification standards, thereby assuring users that no irregularity notice will be issued by WIPO. The tool further offers applicants the possibility of verifying their own descriptions and categorization of goods and services against accepted terms and selecting the most appropriate ones for their purposes. The service also includes an automatic translation facility in all filing languages (English, French and Spanish). This new product promises to iron out a large number of the glitches that can arise in the application process, making registration smoother and speedier. Mr. Rubio also pointed to the development of a new andldquo;hands-onandrdquo; secure electronic trademark portfolio management system that will allow trademark holders or their representatives to track progress of their application and the status of their mark more closely. These new options are due to come online progressively after a trial run with a limited number of trademark attorneys over the coming months. It is expected that elements of the service will be made available to the broader trademark community during the fourth quarter of 2009. According to Mr. Rubio, they andldquo;promise to generate important practical benefits for trademark owners by facilitating the registration process and the management of their trademark portfolios. They further promise to generate efficiencies in the delivery of trademark services.andrdquo; In todayandrsquo;s challenging economic times, astute and strategic management of trademark rights is more important than ever. The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks is a smart business solution for any company seeking an efficient and cost-effective way to develop and manage its trademark portfolio. On and in behalf of Mr.Samir Rahman (IPProlaw) Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:06:38 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8872.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8872.html Geneva, July 17, 2009MA/2009/49 The High Level Forum on the Strategic Use of Intellectual Property for Prosperity and Development will provide an opportunity for senior policy makers to exchange views and share individual country experiences with a view to identifying best practices and solutions to common challenges. High ranking officials from most LDCs, including ministers from Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda, are expected to address the meeting. The program will cover a range of topics, including: Integrating Intellectual Property into National Development Policy and Strategies of the LDCs; The Role of IP in Reducing Poverty, Fostering Development and Wealth Creation; The Strategic Importance of Transfer of Technology and Technological Capacity Building for the Development of LDCs; The Sharing of Experience with some LDCs on success stories of using IP for national wealth creation in areas such as Trademarks, Service Marks, Geographical Indications and Industrial Designs; The importance of Patent Documents for the Extraction of Technological Information for Technological Development: The Malaysian Experience; The contribution and role of copyright and related rights to national development; Overview of international development in the area of traditional knowledge, genetic resources and expressions of folklore in LDCs: and The role of regional IP organizations in the development of IP institutions in LDCs. The High-Level Forum will also serve as a platform for launching a new public-private initiative that aims to provide industrial property offices, universities and research institutes in LDCs free-of-charge access to online scientific and technical journals. The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (aRDi) program is a joint venture involving WIPO and leading science and technology publishing companies. The High Level Forum is being organized within the context of WIPOandrsquo;s Least Developed Countries Program which works to enhance the IP capacity of these countries in support of national development objectives, poverty reduction and wealth creation. Through this and other programs WIPO is seeking to increase the participation of LDCs in the benefits of the knowledge economy. : High-Level Forum on Intellectual Property for the Least Developed Countries: The Strategic Use of Intellectual Property for Prosperity and Development The purpose of the High-Level Forum is to provide Ministers, Senior Policy Makers and Permanent Representatives of Least Developed Countries, an occasion to exchange views and share experiences, in particular, with regard to policy formulation, implementation strategy and articulation of the technical aspects of intellectual property with international and national experts on its strategic use for prosperity and development of the LDCs. *пишу* Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:34:24 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8859.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8859.html Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues (title changed) CICG, Geneva, July 13 and 14, 2009 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing a Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues to be held on July 13 and 14, 2009, at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG), following a proposal by the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) at its 12th session held in Geneva from June 23 to 27, 2008 in the context of discussing a work program for the SCP. The Conference will address issues relating to the interface of intellectual property with other areas of public policy, notably health, the environment, climate change and food security and serve as a global forum to discuss issues and solutions to some of the major challenges in relation to intellectual property the world faces today. The event is open to the general public. WIPO Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policies Wraps Up Geneva, July 14, 2009PR/2009/594 The WIPO Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues wrapped up on July 14, 2009 with an acknowledgement of the ability of intellectual property (IP) to drive innovation, creativity and transfer of technology, while recognizing the need to ensure that the IP system produces social and economic benefit. Dialogue and collaboration between major stakeholders andndash; international organizations, government, industry, and civil society andndash; is necessary to address these questions. Summarizing two days of discussions, Maximiliano Santa Cruz, Chairman of WIPOandrsquo;s Standing Committee on Patents (SCP) which mandated the conference, said, andldquo;we have to acknowledge that intellectual property is not an end in itself, but an instrument to promote innovation, creativity and the dissemination of knowledge.andrdquo; He added that while the IP system may present some challenges, it can also be part of the solution to development questions. Mr. Santa Cruz noted that a common theme during the conference was andldquo;that innovation and technology coupled with technology transfer is no doubt an important contribution to solving problems that may arise in other areas of development.andrdquo; He said numerous presentations demonstrated that different levels of maturity exist in discussions on the interrelated themes addressed by the conference, namely, climate change and the environment, public health and food security. Mr. Santa Cruz, who was recently appointed as head of Chileandrsquo;s industrial property office, said the impact of IP rights may be stronger in areas where there are no substitute technologies, such as health, than in other areas like green technologies where different technology options exist. In his closing remarks, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said the conference had andldquo;deepened the dialogueandrdquo; on these important issues. Mr. Gurry pointed to the growing recognition of knowledge as the basis for wealth creation and the role of intellectual property in harnessing its value. He said the conference further reflected andldquo;the effort of the IP community to reach out to the social and economic contexts that IP is designed to address.andrdquo; He noted that andldquo;innovation, after all, is supposed to produce a social and economic benefit which is best perceived in areas where we face, as an international community, global challenges.andrdquo; Earlier in the day, discussions focused on questions relating to public health and food security. The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan, called for andldquo;strong collaborative actionandrdquo; among international organizations to address questions relating to public health, trade and intellectual property. She told participants that while innovation had a key role to play in new drug development, market forces alone were insufficient to ensure the delivery of affordable and universal public health solutions. andldquo;In short, market forces and the incentives, such as patent protection, that propel them cannot by themselves adequately address the health needs of developing countries.andrdquo; Incentives, Dr. Chan said, need to be found andldquo;to overcome the problems arising from this market failure.andrdquo; She said that much ground-breaking activity was underway to harness systems of innovation and IP to meet health needs in the developing world, and that Randamp;D can be andldquo;needs driven as well as profit-driven,andrdquo; adding that andldquo;international agreements that govern the global trading system can indeed be shaped in ways that favor health needs of the poor.andrdquo; World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General, Pascal Lamy, also underlined the need for effective international partnerships. He said that andldquo;coherence, cooperation and practical dialogue within the international systemandrdquo; were indispensable in effectively addressing the interdependent issues of public health, climate change, biodiversity and food security which are international in dimension. He noted that andldquo;climate change will likely have a severe impact on disease patterns and on agriculture: so health, food security and adaptation to climate change are fundamentally interlinked. To retreat behind borders andndash; whether they are national, or formal boundaries between our institutions andndash; is not an optionandrdquo;. andldquo;The effective use of the IP system and of TRIPS flexibilities is important, but does not stand alone: IP law and policy must be harnessed with drug procurement policies, pro-competition safeguards, and regulation of drugs for safety and quality,andrdquo; Mr. Lamy said. andldquo;Again, no one international agency has a monopoly on these diverse areas of expertise, and the challenge of ensuring practical access to medicines requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary effort.andrdquo; Speaking on the role of IP in sustainable agriculture, Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said that while agricultural research had delivered great results in terms of increasing yields, and reducing poverty and hunger, there is an urgent need for andldquo;an open debate on the elements, tools and limits of intellectual property protection in the agricultural sector, and the need to reconcile the commercial interests of the IPR holders with public concernsandrdquo;. Mr. Nwanze said that intellectual property played a key role in creating a fertile environment for the development of sustainable agriculture and spoke of the need to strengthen the development of new forms of cooperation between the public and private sectors to promote pro-poor innovations. He said protecting patenting and global public goods research supported by strategic public-private partnerships andldquo;can serve as catalysts for sustainable agricultural growth, without undermining access and more equitable benefit-sharing arrangements.andrdquo; For further information, journalists can contact the Media Relations Section at: Sincerely yours, Mr. Alexander Leonov, Director General, Patent attorney of the Russian Federation, Eurasian patent attorney, In andamp; on behalf Mr. Samir Rahman, International Department Manager +7(495)232-39-68 *пишу* Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:45:48 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8543.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8543.html Geneva, July 6, 2009UPD/2009/315 The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) concluded its 14th session on July 3, 2009 after an in-depth discussion on the best way to advance the Committeeandrsquo;s future work. Summarizing discussions at the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the IGC, Ambassador Rigoberto Gauto Vielman, noted that the WIPO General Assembly would take up the matter of the IGCandrsquo;s mandate at its September 2009 session. The session focused mainly on the renewal of the IGCandrsquo;s mandate for the 2010-2011 bienniums. At the basis of discussions on future work was a proposal by the African Group. Core tenets of this proposal were that the future work of the IGC should comprise andldquo;text-based negotiationsandrdquo;, conclude with the adoption of an andldquo;internationally legally binding instrument/sandrdquo;, and be undertaken through a andldquo;defined work program and time frame, including the holding of intercessional work sessions.andrdquo; During the course of extensive discussion of this proposal, as well as other textual proposals from the European Union, Australia, Mexico and others, positions on the key issues became clearer. While the Committee was unable to reach agreement on a roadmap for future work, the extensive discussions provided a basis for enhanced understanding of all the elements of the work under consideration. The IGC process, which formally began in 2000 following a decision by WIPO member states to establish the body, has been uniquely characterized by the prominent contribution and role of indigenous and local communities. This session of the IGC was led off by a panel session in which several representatives of indigenous communities from across the globe shared their practical experiences and concerns as well as lessons learned from the Committeeandrsquo;s work. Fourteen new NGOs were accredited to the IGC at this session. For further information please at: Mr. Alexander Leonov, Director General, Patent attorney of the Russian Federation, Eurasian patent attorney, (Email: Leonov@ipprolaw.com) In andamp; on behalf Mr. Samir Rahman, International Department Manager +7(495)232-3968 (Email: Samir@ipprolaw.com) *пишу* Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:29:40 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8247.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8247.html "Thomas Edison's greatest challenge was the development of a practical incandescent, electric light. Contrary to popular belief, he didn't "invent" the light bulb, but rather he improved upon a 50-year-old idea. In 1879, using lower current electricity, a small carbonized filament, and an improved vacuum inside the globe, he was able to produce a reliable, long-lasting source of light. The idea of electric lighting was not new, and a number of people had worked on, and even developed forms of electric lighting. But up to that time, nothing had been developed that was remotely practical for home use. Edison's eventual achievement was inventing not just an incandescent electric light, but also an electric lighting system that contained all the elements necessary to make the incandescent light practical, safe, and economical. After one and a half years of work, success was achieved when an incandescent lamp with a filament of carbonized sewing thread burned for thirteen and a half hours. Before Edison could make his millions, every one of these elements had to be invented and then, through careful trial and error, developed into practical, reproducible components. The first public demonstration of the Thomas Edison's incandescent lighting system was in December 1879, when the Menlo Park laboratory complex was electrically lighted. Edison spent the next several years creating the electric industry. The modern electric utility industry began in the 1880s. It evolved from gas and electric carbon-arc commercial and street lighting systems. On September 4, 1882, the first commercial power station, located on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan, went into operation providing light and electricity power to customers in a one square mile area; the electric age had begun. Thomas Edison's Pearl Street electricity generating station introduced four key elements of a modern electric utility system. It featured reliable central generation, efficient distribution, a successful end use (in 1882, the light bulb), and a competitive price. A model of efficiency for its time, Pearl Street used one-third the fuel of its predecessors, burning about 10 pounds of coal per kilowatt hour, a "heat rate" equivalent of about 138,000 Btu per kilowatt hour. Initially the Pearl Street utility served 59 customers for about 24 cents per kilowatt hour. In the late 1880s, power demand for electric motors brought the industry from mainly nighttime lighting to 24-hour service and dramatically raised electricity demand for transportation and industry needs. By the end of the 1880s, small central stations dotted many U.S. cities; each was limited to a few blocks area because of transmission inefficiencies of direct current (dc). The success of his electric light brought Thomas Edison to new heights of fame and wealth, as electricity spread around the world. His various electric companies continued to grow until in 1889 they were brought together to form Edison General Electric. Despite the use of Edison in the company title however, he never controlled this company. The tremendous amount of capital needed to develop the incandescent lighting industry had necessitated the involvement of investment bankers such as J.P. Morgan. When Edison General Electric merged with its leading competitor Thompson-Houston in 1892, Edison was dropped from the name, and the company became simply General Electric. To celebrate National Engineers Week (Feb 15-Feb 21) and the 125th anniversary of the IEEE as an organization of electrical and electronics engineers, the Engineering Library created an exhibit highlighting the early founders of IEEE (Edison, Bell, Marconi) and the Stanford IEEE Fellows and IEEE Award Recipients. As part of the "Stanford Salutes IEEE" exhibit, the Engineering Library also featured the 2009 Dream Jobs issue of IEEE Spectrum. Three speakers from this issue were featured at an IEEE Stanford Student chapter event on Feb 19th, 2009. United States Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore traveled today to Greenfield Village, the historic site that recreates Thomas Edisonandrsquo;s renowned Menlo Park Laboratory, to begin sales of the Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin, on the 157th anniversary of the great inventorandrsquo;s birth. Surcharge proceeds from the sale of these coins are authorized to benefit eight organizations, including The Henry Fordandrsquo;s Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Greenfield Village was became tthe first place in the Nation where the coins were available for purchase. The silver dollars commemorate the 125th anniversary of Edisonandrsquo;s invention of the incandescent light bulb. Itandrsquo;s our pride and worthy of respect to have the mint coin of one US$ in our museum dedicated to 125th anniversary of the great inventor of electric lamp Mr. Edison T.A. In andamp; on behalf of IPPro Mr. Samir Rahman, International Department Manager *пишу* Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:10:37 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8004.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/8004.html The number of international trademark registrations topped the one million mark when Austrian andldquo;ecoandrdquo; company ,which specializes in natural wood, textile and cosmetic products, registered its mark this month under the WIPO-administered Madrid system for the international registration of marks. The Madrid system for the international registration of marks established in 1891 functions under the Madrid Agreement (1891), and the Madrid Protocol (1989). It is administered by the International Bureau of WIPO located in Geneva, Switzerland. Thanks to the international procedural mechanism, the Madrid system offers a trademark owner the possibility to have his trademark protected in several countries by simply filing one application directly with his own national or regional trademark office. The Madrid system also simplifies greatly the subsequent management of the mark, since it is possible to record subsequent changes or to renew the registration through a single procedural step. Further countries may be designated subsequently. Trademark registrations often mirror evolving consumer tastes as companies work to strengthen their market position. In this case, the millionth trademark registration is a andldquo;greenandrdquo; brand, reflecting a growing environmental awareness among the general public and the business community. Granduuml;ne Erde founder and Managing Director Reinhard Kepplinger said the company is andldquo;delightedandrdquo; to be registered as the millionth international trademark. andldquo;We have found that the Madrid system offers an easy and inexpensive way for our company to register its trademark internationally,andrdquo; he said. Kepplinger added that Granduuml;ne Erde, which employs more than 300 people, is tangible proof that andldquo;it is possible to create an ecologically-aware company that is highly successful within the marketplace.andrdquo; The company produces and sells a range of some 5000 products made from natural materials including furniture, textiles and cosmetics. The increasingly rapid growth of the Madrid system over the last two decades reflects the increased internationalization of trade and broader recognition of the commercial importance of trademarks. After the first international trademark was registered in 1893 by Swiss Chocolate-maker Russ-Suchard andamp; Company, it took some 93 years to reach the 500,000th mark, registered in 1986 by Sandoz AG of Switzerland (now owned by BASF SE of Germany). The 750,000th mark was registered 15 years later in 2001 by microTec Gesellschaft fanduuml;r Mikrotechnologie mbH of Germany. The 900,000th international trademark was registered five years later in 2006 by a Chinese company, Chaozhou Fengxi Jinbaichuan Porcelain Crafts Factory, with the millionth mark registered just three years later. The quantity of international registrations increases every year. And from the moment of receiving the 500th registrations by the Madrid system in 1986, has passed only 23 years, which says about the speed of development in companies, and strengthening of their positions in today world market. Patent and Law firm andlaquo;IPProandraquo; has successfully registered more than 133 international trade marks for the last few years by the Madrid system. And these trade marks are doing well on the market today. *пишу* Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:03:37 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/7827.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/7827.html The well known trademark andlaquo;tri-beam starandraquo; Mercedes marks its 100th year anniversary. In June, 1909, company Daimler has registered the tri-beam star Mercedes as its trade mark. In honor to century of occurrence in market, the legendary trade mark has been let out the exclusive version of magnificent coupe Mercedes-Benz СL 500 on the market, which received the name of andlsquo;Trademark of the Centenaryandrsquo;. This legendary trade mark has its history Gottlib Daimler, the author of the first-ever 4-wheel car with an petrol engine, the founder of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft company. In 1886 Gottlib Daimler has constructed the first-ever a four-wheel car with the petrol motor. The author believed that the future behind the petrol engine, though it was at that time difficult to believe in it, as the motor was extremely noisy, and gasoline manufacturing was at that time not so developed, as it is now. But Daimler has made his perfect bet. History of company Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft which was letting out cars Mercedes is estimated since 1901 (Germany, Stuttgart). Besides vehicles the company manufactured ships and aviation engines, that has allowed an occasion to accept in 1909 as a trade mark tri-beam star andndash; as a symbol of success of mark on land, water and air. In 1926 Auto Companies Benz and Daimler have consolidated in concern Daimler-Benz, having based mark Mercedes-Benz. The program was made by models of average and higher class, and also sports cars on the bonnet of which cowl the well known trade mark tri-beam star. Mercedes 24/100/140 PS Mercedes-Benz Mannheirn-370 The first-ever car with the diesel engine - Mercedes-Benz 260 Dwww.ipprolaw.com *пишу* Thu, 28 May 2009 11:17:06 +0300 http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/7818.html http://jamber.info/blogs/comment/7818.html On the May 20th, 2009 the seventh meeting of the Russia-EU IP Dialogue took place in the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent). Representatives of the European Commission DG Trade, the European Commission DG Internal Market and Services, Delegation of the European Commission to Russia, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health and Social Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Rospatent and other federal executive authorities took part in the meeting. Within the discussion of the legislative initiatives both sides considered the issues of amendments to the Part four of the Civil Code of Russian Federation, the Customs Code, the Law on Medicines and the process of adoption of Rospatent administrative regulations prepared within the administrative reform. The EU side informed on the EU legislative initiatives, the experience of application of new EU Geographical Indications regulations, the EU initiatives on the improvement of enforcement practice in the sphere of IP (European Observatory on the problem of counterfeit products and piracy, initiatives on prevention of infringements in the Internet, E-YOU Guide) and also on the EU TEMPUS program. Both sides exchanged the information on enforcement actions. The EU side took interest in actions andldquo;Netandrdquo; and andldquo;Counterfeitandrdquo; carried out by the Ministry of Interior. The Russian side set a number of cases on violation of Russian producersandrsquo; rights in some EU countries and paid attention to the exclusion of similar cases in future. IPProlaw *пишу* Moscow Wed, 27 May 2009 11:59:32 +0300