According to the Canada Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), if an applicant need to make a claim of priority based on previous filed application, a declaration must be filed, and this application must incorporate the date and country of filing of the earlier application. This document must be filed with the Registrar of Trade Marks within a period of six months after the date on which the earliest application was filed. Continue reading ‘Intellectual Property Canada: Priority Claims’
The authorities of the Indian Intellectual Property Registry recieved suggestions of Stakeholders, Advocates and Trade Marks Attorneys at the last meeting in Bombai (08-21-2010) related to the division of actual Class 42. Intellectual Property in India will experiment changes in future Trademarks Registration Processes. Continue reading ‘Intellectual Property in India: Class 42 Division’
The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom has announced changes in their examination procedures. From now on, they will no longer refuse to register a new trade mark application because of an earlier trademark conflicting, unless the owner of the earlier mark successfully opposes the new application. So be aware about these changes of processes related to Intellectual Property UK.
Continue reading ‘Intellectual Property UK: Changes to the Examination Process on Relative Grounds’
WIPO intellectual property: launch of global on-line resource to facilitate access to IP information
On June 1, 2010 WIPO launched WIPO GOLD, a free on-line global WIPO intellectual property reference resource that provides quick and easy access to a broad collection of searchable intellectual property information and tools relating to, for example, technology, brands, designs, statistics, WIPO standards, IP classification systems and intellectual property laws and treaties.
Spanish Trademark Office is the next to have its national trademark database available for searching via TMView, the online consultation tool that provides access to international, Community trademark and Spain trademark database in a single search.
The Japan Patent Office is conducting activities to assist development countries to establish and improve their own intellectual and industrial property system. Continue reading ‘Information on Foreign Industrial Property Systems’
OHIM CTM is introducing some changes in practice on extensions and suspensions of time, and new guidelines on opposition proceedings.
