Archive: September, 2014

Indo-European conference on ICT-related patents

Indo-European conference on ICT-related patents

7 November 2014 European Patent Office, Munich Europe and India are important sources of innovation as well as attractive technology markets. However, owners of information and communication technology (ICT) from the two regions are relatively inactive when it comes to protecting their ICT inventions in each other’s markets. In the long term, this lack of […]

Conference on Technology Transfer and Innovation Day in Slovenia

Conference on Technology Transfer and Innovation Day in Slovenia

Director of the Office for Intellectual Property as honorary spokesperson initially addressed the participants of the International Conference on Technology Transfer, entitled International Development Partnerships (Technology Transfer Conference – International Development Partnerships), which will be discussed today on the design and evaluation of intellectual property, financing innovation and the search for international partners, customers and […]

Konferenca o prenosu tehnologij in Dan inovativnosti

Konferenca o prenosu tehnologij in Dan inovativnosti

Direktorica Urada RS za intelektualno lastnino je kot častna govornica uvodoma nagovorila udeležence mednarodne konference o prenosu tehnologij z naslovom Mednarodna razvojna partnerstva (Technology Transfer Conference – International Development Partnerships), kjer bo danes tekla razprava o oblikovanju in ovrednotenju intelektualne lastnine, financiranju inovacij ter iskanju mednarodnih partnerjev, kupcev in investitorjev. Spregovorila je o povezanosti med podjetji […]

Renewed Convergence section on ETMDN portal

Renewed Convergence section on ETMDN portal

The Convergence Programme section of the portal has been completely revamped to introduce more resources and details on each of the common projects carried out by the members of the European Trade Mark and Design Network. The section is the central access point to the current status of the harmonisation efforts, and includes all relevant […]

Oktoberfest 2014: thrill-packed rides thanks to patented technologies

Oktoberfest 2014: thrill-packed rides thanks to patented technologies

Over six million visitors in just 16 days. More than 6.7 million litres of beer served. The world’s tallest drop tower. Munich’s annual Oktoberfest – which begins this year on 20 September – is a showcase of superlatives. What many may not know is that the ‘Wiesn’, as it is colloquially known, is also a […]

Double electronic signature for joint requests in oppositions

Double electronic signature for joint requests in oppositions

The Office for harmonization in the internal market has lounched a double electronic signature for joint requests which can help you save time. If you are involved in an opposition, you and the other party can electronically submit a joint request to OHIM to ask for a change in the proceedings. Even in an opposition process, the […]

95 years of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic

95 years of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic

To mark the 95th anniversary of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic, a major conference on IP is being held in Prague today, with a full range of international speakers. The theme of the conference is “Protection of Intellectual Property in Europe”, and speakers include the Director General of the World Intellectual Property […]

Notice from the European Patent Office concerning the online filing of the demand under PCT Chapter II

Notice from the European Patent Office concerning the online filing of the demand under PCT Chapter II

By decision dated 26 February 2009 (OJ EPO 2009, 182), the President of the European Patent Office authorised the filing in electronic form of documents relating to the international application under Rule 89bis.2 PCT. Pursuant to that decision, and in particular its Article 2, as from 30 June 2014 the demand under PCT Chapter II may be filed online via the PCT-DEMAND plug-in in […]