Geneva, October 12, 2009
PR/2009/613
WIPO marked the tenth anniversary of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) on October 12, 2009 with a conference that brought together over 200 stakeholders from around the world. The conference sought to take stock of the UDRP experience and draw lessons with a view to informing other processes relating to the future of the Domain Name System (DNS) and in the broader context of intellectual property.
The UDRP, a quick and cost effective dispute resolution procedure targeting cyber squatter, has met with great demand. Since December 1999, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has administered over 16,000 proceedings (the 16,000th decision was notified today) under the UDRP or UDRP-related policies. The UDRP was adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at the initiative of, and with drafting and implementation assistance from WIPO.
The forward-looking conference was opened by WIPO Director General Francis Gurry (recorded message and the full Conference program and speaker list is available at www.wipo.int/amc/en/events/workshops/2009/10yrs-udrp/program/) On this milestone anniversary, Mr. Gurry said “I think what we can say after ten years of the UDRP is that it has been a very successful experiment” because it fulfilled a need and it led to a predictable legal system. Looking to the future, he said the UDRP is a “dynamic instrument” and welcomed discussion on the challenges ahead.
Conference presentations and discussions were led by intellectual property counsel, UDRP and DNS stakeholders, WIPO domain name panelists, and authorities and individuals concerned with the implementation of dispute resolution mechanisms, including ICANN.
Presentations covered three main themes, namely the development of UDRP jurisprudence and practice, new dispute resolution mechanisms for ICANN’s planned significant expansion of the DNS, and the emergence generally of conflict between online “identities” and trademark rights as well as issues of accountability of intermediaries.
Several presenters focused on the defining features of the UDRP and how these have performed since 1999. They identified which of these features would lend themselves to the resolution of other types of disputes in relation to the digital or physical world. The WIPO Center shared a number of ideas which it is currently exploring to streamline the filing conduct and decision of WIPO UDRP cases.
WIPO representatives raised the possibility of opportunities for complainants to express “intent to file”, including facilitating identification of respondents in cases involving privacy shields. They also discussed the possibility for respondents to express early consent to transfer, or to indicate intent to participate in the UDRP proceedings through the filing of a response. Other WIPO concepts include form complaints in anticipated default cases, as well as panel decisions on a summary basis in obvious cases of this type, all subject to adequate safeguards for preserving party equality and respondent participation.
Participants also discussed the role information technology has played in the UDRP domain name dispute resolution process and identified likely areas of development in this area. Of particular note was the popular topic of WIPO’s eUDRP Initiative, a WIPO Center proposal submitted to ICANN in December 2008 to remove the requirement to submit and distribute paper copies of pleadings relating to the UDRP process. The eUDRP Initiative, which is currently under consideration by ICANN, seeks to benefit all parties by eliminating the use of vast quantities of paper and improving the timeliness of UDRP proceeding without prejudicing either complainants or respondents.
Several presenters, including ICANN officials, brand owners, Internet experts and WIPO Center staff, addressed ICANN’s initiative to introduce potentially large numbers of new generic Top Level Domains (New gTLDs). This highly topical subject generated significant interest among participants, and covered WIPO’s advice to safeguard the legitimate interests of trademark owners and other good faith DNS actors during this program’s application (pre-delegation) and subsequent operational (post-delegation) phases.
Participants took advantage of open discussion periods to pose questions to presenters and share their concerns on these and other topics concerning the Internet, including the extent of potential registry duties to address trademark infringement in their name spaces. They raised questions as to how other uniform dispute resolution procedures might be developed and tailored to meet the evolving possibilities for online infringements of real and virtual world goods and services.
The UDRP provides trademark owners with an administrative mechanism for the efficient resolution of disputes arising out of the bad-faith registration and use by third parties of Internet domain names corresponding to those trademark rights. The UDRP applies to disputes in generic top-level domains (gTLDs) (e.g., .com, .net, .org, .mobi), as well as an increasing number of country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) (e.g., .ch, .es, .fr, .nl, .me).
In & on behalf of
Mr.Samir, IPPro
среда, 14 октября 2009 г.
понедельник, 12 октября 2009 г.
The project of order by RosPatent
«About the Order of representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts in federal state civil service on Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks, and federal state civil employees on income certificate, about property and obligations of property character»
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«About the Order of representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts in federal state civil service on Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks, and federal state civil employees of data on income certificate, about property and obligations of property character»
According to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation from 18.05.2009 № 559 «About representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts of federal public service, and federal civil servants of data on incomes, about property and obligations of property character» (Meeting of the legislation of the Russian Federation, 2009, № 21, item 2544) I order:
1. To confirm an applied Order of representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts of federal state civil service in Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks (further - RosPatent), and federal state civil employees of data on incomes, about property and obligations of property character.
2. To department of public service and shots, the control and office-work Financially-administration managerial control to acquaint federal state civil employees of RosPatent with the present order.
3. The control over execution of the present order I reserve.
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Mr.Samir, IPPro
Dear colleagues!
For carrying out of independent anticorruption examination and for the purpose of public discussion and reception of maximum quantity of remarks and offers on website the project of order by RosPatent «About the Order of representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts in federal state civil service on Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks, and federal state civil employees on income certificate, about property and obligations of property character» is placed.
The project of the order of RosPatent
«About the Order of representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts in federal state civil service on Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks, and federal state civil employees of data on income certificate, about property and obligations of property character»
According to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation from 18.05.2009 № 559 «About representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts of federal public service, and federal civil servants of data on incomes, about property and obligations of property character» (Meeting of the legislation of the Russian Federation, 2009, № 21, item 2544) I order:
1. To confirm an applied Order of representation by the citizens applying for replacement of posts of federal state civil service in Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks (further - RosPatent), and federal state civil employees of data on incomes, about property and obligations of property character.
2. To department of public service and shots, the control and office-work Financially-administration managerial control to acquaint federal state civil employees of RosPatent with the present order.
3. The control over execution of the present order I reserve.
Head of department B.P.Simonov
In and on behalf of
Mr.Samir, IPPro
вторник, 6 октября 2009 г.
WIPO Assemblies Provide Direction for Next Biennium
Geneva, October 1, 2009
PR/2009/611
WIPO member states, at their annual Assemblies from September 22 to October 1, 2009, signaled strong support for the Organization’s strategic realignment with the endorsement of a program and budget for the 2010/11 biennium that boosts WIPO’s development-related activities, emphasizes the need to advance the Organization’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 IGC’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 “significant” decision gave the IGC “a robust and clear mandate over the next two years.” He called this “a real step forward” 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 WIPO’s services. Almost one-fifth (some 118 million CHF) of the Organization’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 Committee’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 “statement of grant of protection.”
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 Léman. These are among the most significant environmentally-friendly features of the new hall.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
PR/2009/611
WIPO member states, at their annual Assemblies from September 22 to October 1, 2009, signaled strong support for the Organization’s strategic realignment with the endorsement of a program and budget for the 2010/11 biennium that boosts WIPO’s development-related activities, emphasizes the need to advance the Organization’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 IGC’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 “significant” decision gave the IGC “a robust and clear mandate over the next two years.” He called this “a real step forward” 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 WIPO’s services. Almost one-fifth (some 118 million CHF) of the Organization’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 Committee’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 “statement of grant of protection.”
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 Léman. These are among the most significant environmentally-friendly features of the new hall.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
четверг, 1 октября 2009 г.
WIPO to host Public Forum on Development Agenda Projects
Geneva, September 28, 2009
MA/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 “mainstreaming” development across WIPO’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 WIPO’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 – and the flexibilities, rights and obligations under current international IP agreements – to spur economic growth and socio-cultural development.
In and on behalf of
Mr.Samir, IPPro
MA/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 “mainstreaming” development across WIPO’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 WIPO’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 – and the flexibilities, rights and obligations under current international IP agreements – to spur economic growth and socio-cultural development.
In and on behalf of
Mr.Samir, IPPro
пятница, 25 сентября 2009 г.
WIPO Partners with Actors and Musicians to Boost Performers’ Rights
Geneva, September 24, 2009
PR/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 performers’ 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
PR/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 performers’ 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
четверг, 24 сентября 2009 г.
WIPO Director General Underlines Role of IP in meeting Global Public Policy Challenges
Geneva, September 22, 2009
PR/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 “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.” Mr. Gurry appealed to the Organization’s 184 member states to find a “balanced way forward” in advancing the Organization’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 Organization’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 Organization’s services, which generate 93% of the Organization’s revenue. Mr. Gurry noted that, despite the short term effects of the economic crisis, “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.”
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. “We are now at the stage where we must transform that idea into an operational reality,” he said. “That transformation will occur only if there is a collaborative effort and engagement on the part of the member states and the secretariat.” Mr. Gurry stressed the need for member states and the secretariat to “be ambitious and identify and execute projects that make a difference.” He said WIPO’s traditional capacity-building activities will endeavor to “create better linkages between the economic objectives, priorities and resources of countries” ensuring that “IP speaks the language of the economic circumstances and the social context that it addresses.”
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, “Global use of technology calls for a global architecture of norms to ensure that technologies are indeed available everywhere.”
“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,” Mr. Gurry said. “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.” In this regard, he called on member states “to show flexibility and understanding” 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 “tumultuous developments” that were occurring which signaled “a fundamental challenge for the institution of copyright”. He said that while the objective of copyright was to “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,” the question was “how to realize that objective amid the convergence of the digital environment.”
The Director General called on member states to consider a “global consultation or reflection” 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 “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 cost”.
In relation to the new strategic objective “Coordination and Development of Global IP Infrastructure” 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, “it’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.” Mr. Gurry stressed that this “is not a norm-making exercise”. He referred to various plurilateral initiatives to address this question stating that the “objective of the roadmap is to bring all of these initiatives under the multilateral umbrella of the PCT.”
Lastly, the Director General highlighted WIPO’s renewed engagement in debates on global public policy issues, such as climate change, stating that “technological innovation will be central to global efforts to deal with the challenges of climate change.” He added “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.” Mr. Gurry also referred to the establishment of the stakeholder’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 Nigeria’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 Argentina’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 WIPO’s history. This, he said, is a “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.” The high level segment is a unique forum for the almost 50 ministers who honor us with their presence – 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 Organization’s status of activities and discuss future work.
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Mr.Samir, IPPro
PR/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 “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.” Mr. Gurry appealed to the Organization’s 184 member states to find a “balanced way forward” in advancing the Organization’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 Organization’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 Organization’s services, which generate 93% of the Organization’s revenue. Mr. Gurry noted that, despite the short term effects of the economic crisis, “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.”
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. “We are now at the stage where we must transform that idea into an operational reality,” he said. “That transformation will occur only if there is a collaborative effort and engagement on the part of the member states and the secretariat.” Mr. Gurry stressed the need for member states and the secretariat to “be ambitious and identify and execute projects that make a difference.” He said WIPO’s traditional capacity-building activities will endeavor to “create better linkages between the economic objectives, priorities and resources of countries” ensuring that “IP speaks the language of the economic circumstances and the social context that it addresses.”
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, “Global use of technology calls for a global architecture of norms to ensure that technologies are indeed available everywhere.”
“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,” Mr. Gurry said. “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.” In this regard, he called on member states “to show flexibility and understanding” 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 “tumultuous developments” that were occurring which signaled “a fundamental challenge for the institution of copyright”. He said that while the objective of copyright was to “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,” the question was “how to realize that objective amid the convergence of the digital environment.”
The Director General called on member states to consider a “global consultation or reflection” 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 “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 cost”.
In relation to the new strategic objective “Coordination and Development of Global IP Infrastructure” 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, “it’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.” Mr. Gurry stressed that this “is not a norm-making exercise”. He referred to various plurilateral initiatives to address this question stating that the “objective of the roadmap is to bring all of these initiatives under the multilateral umbrella of the PCT.”
Lastly, the Director General highlighted WIPO’s renewed engagement in debates on global public policy issues, such as climate change, stating that “technological innovation will be central to global efforts to deal with the challenges of climate change.” He added “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.” Mr. Gurry also referred to the establishment of the stakeholder’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 Nigeria’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 Argentina’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 WIPO’s history. This, he said, is a “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.” The high level segment is a unique forum for the almost 50 ministers who honor us with their presence – 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 Organization’s status of activities and discuss future work.
In & on behalf of
Mr.Samir, IPPro
вторник, 22 сентября 2009 г.
WIPO Symposium Concludes Global Patent Application Backlogs Unsustainable
Geneva, September 18, 2009
PR/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. “This is unsustainable,” Mr. Gurry said.
“We have moved beyond consciousness of the need to address unsustainable processing of patent applications to action,” 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 PATENTSCOPE® 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 PATENTSCOPE®.
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 office’s role in promoting innovation in partnership with science and innovation institutions.
In & on behalf of
Mr.Samir,IPPro
PR/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. “This is unsustainable,” Mr. Gurry said.
“We have moved beyond consciousness of the need to address unsustainable processing of patent applications to action,” 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 PATENTSCOPE® 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 PATENTSCOPE®.
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 office’s role in promoting innovation in partnership with science and innovation institutions.
In & on behalf of
Mr.Samir,IPPro
пятница, 11 сентября 2009 г.
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Об утверждении Перечня должностей федеральной государственной гражданской службы, при назначении на которые граждане и при замещении которых федеральные государственные гражданские служащие Федеральной службы по интеллектуальной собственности, патентам и товарным знакам обязаны представлять сведения о своих доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера, а также сведения о доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера своих супруги (супруга) и несовершеннолетних детей
В соответствии с Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 18 мая 2009 года № 557 «Об утверждении перечня должностей федеральной государственной службы, при назначении на которые граждане и при замещении которых федеральные государственные служащие обязаны представлять сведения о своих доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера, а также сведения о доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера своих супруги (супруга) и несовершеннолетних детей» (Собрание законодательства Российской Федерации, 2009, № 21, ст.2542) п р и к а з ы в а ю :
Утвердить прилагаемый Перечень должностей федеральной государственной гражданской службы, при назначении на которые граждане и при замещении которых федеральные государственные гражданские служащие Федеральной службы по интеллектуальной собственности, патентам и товарным знакам обязаны представлять сведения о своих доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера своих супруги (супруга) и несовершеннолетних детей.
Руководитель Б.П.Симонов
Перечень должностей федеральной государственной гражданской службы
в Федеральной службе по интеллектуальной собственности, патентам и товарным знакам, при назначении на которые граждане и при замещении которых федеральные государственные гражданские служащие обязаны представлять сведения о своих доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера, а также сведения о доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера своих супруги (супруга) и несовершеннолетних детей
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В соответствии с Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 18 мая 2009 года № 557 «Об утверждении перечня должностей федеральной государственной службы, при назначении на которые граждане и при замещении которых федеральные государственные служащие обязаны представлять сведения о своих доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера, а также сведения о доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера своих супруги (супруга) и несовершеннолетних детей» (Собрание законодательства Российской Федерации, 2009, № 21, ст.2542) п р и к а з ы в а ю :
Утвердить прилагаемый Перечень должностей федеральной государственной гражданской службы, при назначении на которые граждане и при замещении которых федеральные государственные гражданские служащие Федеральной службы по интеллектуальной собственности, патентам и товарным знакам обязаны представлять сведения о своих доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера своих супруги (супруга) и несовершеннолетних детей.
Руководитель Б.П.Симонов
Перечень должностей федеральной государственной гражданской службы
в Федеральной службе по интеллектуальной собственности, патентам и товарным знакам, при назначении на которые граждане и при замещении которых федеральные государственные гражданские служащие обязаны представлять сведения о своих доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера, а также сведения о доходах, об имуществе и обязательствах имущественного характера своих супруги (супруга) и несовершеннолетних детей
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понедельник, 7 сентября 2009 г.
WIPO Director General underlines role of IP in Mitigating Climate Change
Geneva, September 4, 2009
PR/2009/601
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry welcomed on Friday the adoption of the Global Framework for Climate Services to strengthen production, availability, delivery and application of science-based climate predictions, information and services and underscored the contribution that intellectual property can make in mitigating the climate change.
Speaking at the Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3), in Geneva from 31 August to 4 September hosted by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Mr. Gurry said WIPO is committed to building broader understanding of the important contribution that intellectual property can make in generating and disseminating technological solutions to address the multi-facetted 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.
The Director General said that the Framework is an innovative response to the urgent need for better climate forecasts to better anticipate and manage weather-related risks. He said that it was a powerful example of what could be achieved through collective commitment and action.
WCC-3 is the third in a series of preparatory meetings taking place in the run up to United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 on a new global climate treaty.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
PR/2009/601
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry welcomed on Friday the adoption of the Global Framework for Climate Services to strengthen production, availability, delivery and application of science-based climate predictions, information and services and underscored the contribution that intellectual property can make in mitigating the climate change.
Speaking at the Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3), in Geneva from 31 August to 4 September hosted by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Mr. Gurry said WIPO is committed to building broader understanding of the important contribution that intellectual property can make in generating and disseminating technological solutions to address the multi-facetted 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.
The Director General said that the Framework is an innovative response to the urgent need for better climate forecasts to better anticipate and manage weather-related risks. He said that it was a powerful example of what could be achieved through collective commitment and action.
WCC-3 is the third in a series of preparatory meetings taking place in the run up to United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 on a new global climate treaty.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
воскресенье, 30 августа 2009 г.
WIPO Symposium to Address Operational Deficiencies in Global IP Systems
Geneva, August 28, 2009
MA/2009/50
An international symposium in Geneva on September 17 and 18, 2009 will address the need to improve the interface between national intellectual property (IP) systems to overcome operational inefficiencies arising largely from growing demand for IP rights. The event will foster public-private dialogue and aims to strengthen ties between IP service providers (national IP authorities) and their clients (industry), to highlight the concerns of the user community and the need to re-engineer IP systems to reduce bottlenecks which are slowing the pace of innovation that is key to economic growth.
IP systems need to keep pace with globalizing trends in innovation and business practices. The Symposium offers stakeholders an opportunity to explore how existing highly diverse national and regional IP infrastructures can be developed to support the dynamics of innovation which is increasingly transnational and borderless.
The first Global Symposium for Intellectual Property Authorities, which is open to the general public, will contribute to a better understanding of the complex challenges facing IP offices in the delivery of their services, help map possible pathways to ensure the coherent development of global IP infrastructure and foster closer links between and among national IP offices. IP infrastructure is essentially the underlying framework of knowledge that supports innovation. It relates not just to hardware, (e.g. computers) but to the application and configuration of knowledge to promote best practices that support innovation and strengthen national IP capacity.
A new WIPO strategic goal seeks to create a more robust and coherent global IP infrastructure by supporting efforts to upgrade technical capabilities of offices and by fostering greater collaboration and more focused coordination of activities by IP offices. There is great scope to facilitate the flow of technological information by, for example, upgrading databases and introducing best practices into the operations of IP offices to ensure that the system keeps pace in practical terms with the evolving needs of the user community.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
MA/2009/50
An international symposium in Geneva on September 17 and 18, 2009 will address the need to improve the interface between national intellectual property (IP) systems to overcome operational inefficiencies arising largely from growing demand for IP rights. The event will foster public-private dialogue and aims to strengthen ties between IP service providers (national IP authorities) and their clients (industry), to highlight the concerns of the user community and the need to re-engineer IP systems to reduce bottlenecks which are slowing the pace of innovation that is key to economic growth.
IP systems need to keep pace with globalizing trends in innovation and business practices. The Symposium offers stakeholders an opportunity to explore how existing highly diverse national and regional IP infrastructures can be developed to support the dynamics of innovation which is increasingly transnational and borderless.
The first Global Symposium for Intellectual Property Authorities, which is open to the general public, will contribute to a better understanding of the complex challenges facing IP offices in the delivery of their services, help map possible pathways to ensure the coherent development of global IP infrastructure and foster closer links between and among national IP offices. IP infrastructure is essentially the underlying framework of knowledge that supports innovation. It relates not just to hardware, (e.g. computers) but to the application and configuration of knowledge to promote best practices that support innovation and strengthen national IP capacity.
A new WIPO strategic goal seeks to create a more robust and coherent global IP infrastructure by supporting efforts to upgrade technical capabilities of offices and by fostering greater collaboration and more focused coordination of activities by IP offices. There is great scope to facilitate the flow of technological information by, for example, upgrading databases and introducing best practices into the operations of IP offices to ensure that the system keeps pace in practical terms with the evolving needs of the user community.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
пятница, 28 августа 2009 г.
RosPatent as the Receiving Office
The work of RosPatent as the Receiving Office is determined by the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Regulations under the PCT. Under the PCT Articles 2(xv), 10 and Rule 19 of the Regulations under the PCT RosPatent as the Receiving Office receives the international applications from persons who are the residents or have their domicile in the territory of the Russian Federation. The applications are received in Russian and English.
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks and the European Patent Office are the competent International Searching Authorities with respect to applications filed with RosPatent as the Receiving Office. In 59 international applications the European Patent Office was selected as the International Searching Authority; in the overwhelming majority of the cases the applicants preferred to select RosPatent as the International Searching Authority.
Since January 1, 1999 RosPatent as the Receiving Office receives international applications filed using the PCT¬-SAFE software. In 2008 RosPatent received 114 such applications, i.e. 14 % of the total number of applications filed.
In addition, under the Article 15(1)(ii) of the Eurasian Patent Convention RosPatent acts as the Receiving Office for the Russian applicants filing the Eurasian applications. The number of the Eurasian applications filed in 2008 by the Russian applicants was 141.
In accordance with the requirements of the PCT documents to implementation of the quality management of carrying out the International Search and the International Preliminary Examination by the competent authorities, RosPatent prepared and submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO an Annual Report of RosPatent on Quality Management System for 2008.
To organize the work on preparation of annual reports on quality management system to be submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO a document regulating an order of preparation of annual reports on quality management system was elaborated and implemented. The document determines a list of data to be included into the report, departments of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FGU FIPS) responsible for its preparation, and also cooperation among the departments in the course of preparation of the report, procedure and terms of submission of necessary information.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks and the European Patent Office are the competent International Searching Authorities with respect to applications filed with RosPatent as the Receiving Office. In 59 international applications the European Patent Office was selected as the International Searching Authority; in the overwhelming majority of the cases the applicants preferred to select RosPatent as the International Searching Authority.
Since January 1, 1999 RosPatent as the Receiving Office receives international applications filed using the PCT¬-SAFE software. In 2008 RosPatent received 114 such applications, i.e. 14 % of the total number of applications filed.
In addition, under the Article 15(1)(ii) of the Eurasian Patent Convention RosPatent acts as the Receiving Office for the Russian applicants filing the Eurasian applications. The number of the Eurasian applications filed in 2008 by the Russian applicants was 141.
In accordance with the requirements of the PCT documents to implementation of the quality management of carrying out the International Search and the International Preliminary Examination by the competent authorities, RosPatent prepared and submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO an Annual Report of RosPatent on Quality Management System for 2008.
To organize the work on preparation of annual reports on quality management system to be submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO a document regulating an order of preparation of annual reports on quality management system was elaborated and implemented. The document determines a list of data to be included into the report, departments of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FGU FIPS) responsible for its preparation, and also cooperation among the departments in the course of preparation of the report, procedure and terms of submission of necessary information.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
четверг, 27 августа 2009 г.
RosPatent as the Receiving Office
The work of RosPatent as the Receiving Office is determined by the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Regulations under the PCT. Under the PCT Articles 2(xv), 10 and Rule 19 of the Regulations under the PCT RosPatent as the Receiving Office receives the international applications from persons who are the residents or have their domicile in the territory of the Russian Federation. The applications are received in Russian and English.
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks and the European Patent Office are the competent International Searching Authorities with respect to applications filed with RosPatent as the Receiving Office. In 59 international applications the European Patent Office was selected as the International Searching Authority; in the overwhelming majority of the cases the applicants preferred to select RosPatent as the International Searching Authority.
Since January 1, 1999 RosPatent as the Receiving Office receives international applications filed using the PCT¬-SAFE software. In 2008 RosPatent received 114 such applications, i.e. 14 % of the total number of applications filed.
In addition, under the Article 15(1)(ii) of the Eurasian Patent Convention RosPatent acts as the Receiving Office for the Russian applicants filing the Eurasian applications. The number of the Eurasian applications filed in 2008 by the Russian applicants was 141.
In accordance with the requirements of the PCT documents to implementation of the quality management of carrying out the International Search and the International Preliminary Examination by the competent authorities, RosPatent prepared and submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO an Annual Report of RosPatent on Quality Management System for 2008.
To organize the work on preparation of annual reports on quality management system to be submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO a document regulating an order of preparation of annual reports on quality management system was elaborated and implemented. The document determines a list of data to be included into the report, departments of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FGU FIPS) responsible for its preparation, and also cooperation among the departments in the course of preparation of the report, procedure and terms of submission of necessary information.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks and the European Patent Office are the competent International Searching Authorities with respect to applications filed with RosPatent as the Receiving Office. In 59 international applications the European Patent Office was selected as the International Searching Authority; in the overwhelming majority of the cases the applicants preferred to select RosPatent as the International Searching Authority.
Since January 1, 1999 RosPatent as the Receiving Office receives international applications filed using the PCT¬-SAFE software. In 2008 RosPatent received 114 such applications, i.e. 14 % of the total number of applications filed.
In addition, under the Article 15(1)(ii) of the Eurasian Patent Convention RosPatent acts as the Receiving Office for the Russian applicants filing the Eurasian applications. The number of the Eurasian applications filed in 2008 by the Russian applicants was 141.
In accordance with the requirements of the PCT documents to implementation of the quality management of carrying out the International Search and the International Preliminary Examination by the competent authorities, RosPatent prepared and submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO an Annual Report of RosPatent on Quality Management System for 2008.
To organize the work on preparation of annual reports on quality management system to be submitted to the International Bureau of WIPO a document regulating an order of preparation of annual reports on quality management system was elaborated and implemented. The document determines a list of data to be included into the report, departments of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FGU FIPS) responsible for its preparation, and also cooperation among the departments in the course of preparation of the report, procedure and terms of submission of necessary information.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
RosPatent as the International Searching Authority and the International Preliminary Examining Authority
In 2008 RosPatent carried out its work as the International Searching Authority and the International Preliminary Examining Authority within the framework of the Agreement between RosPatent and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) concluded for the period January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2017. According to this Agreement RosPatent carries out the International Search and the International Preliminary Examination in Russian or English and is designated as the competent International Searching Authority and the International Preliminary Examining Authority by the Receiving Offices of 27 Contracting States.
In 2008 the International Search was carried out with respect to 861 international applications (including 139 applications filed with the International Bureau of WIPO as the Receiving Office and also with the Receiving Offices of Ukraine, Belarus, Mongolia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the EAPO, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary). The demands to the International Preliminary Examination were received with respect to 101 international applications (including 14 demands with respect to applications, filed to the Receiving Offices of the states other than Russia).
Moreover, under the Agreement between the State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries under the State Committee of USSR for Science and Technology and the International Bureau of WIPO as from September 28, 1988 RosPatent as the International Searching Authority and the International Preliminary Examining Authority in 2008 prepared and transmitted 76 Search and Examination Reports and 2 Search Reports on state of art to requests received from the Patent Offices of developing countries.
Under Article 15(5) of the PCT RosPatent carries out the International¬ Type Search with respect to national (regional) applications. In 2008 the International Type Search Reports were prepared with regard to 272 applications filed with the Patent Offices of the CIS countries (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan). In 2008 the International Type Search Reports or Russian ¬language collection Search Reports were transmitted to the EAPO with respect to 698 Eurasian applications.
In 2008 in accordance with the Agreement between RosPatent and the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) 553 International¬ Type Search and Examination Reports were prepared and transmitted to the TPI.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
In 2008 the International Search was carried out with respect to 861 international applications (including 139 applications filed with the International Bureau of WIPO as the Receiving Office and also with the Receiving Offices of Ukraine, Belarus, Mongolia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the EAPO, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary). The demands to the International Preliminary Examination were received with respect to 101 international applications (including 14 demands with respect to applications, filed to the Receiving Offices of the states other than Russia).
Moreover, under the Agreement between the State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries under the State Committee of USSR for Science and Technology and the International Bureau of WIPO as from September 28, 1988 RosPatent as the International Searching Authority and the International Preliminary Examining Authority in 2008 prepared and transmitted 76 Search and Examination Reports and 2 Search Reports on state of art to requests received from the Patent Offices of developing countries.
Under Article 15(5) of the PCT RosPatent carries out the International¬ Type Search with respect to national (regional) applications. In 2008 the International Type Search Reports were prepared with regard to 272 applications filed with the Patent Offices of the CIS countries (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan). In 2008 the International Type Search Reports or Russian ¬language collection Search Reports were transmitted to the EAPO with respect to 698 Eurasian applications.
In 2008 in accordance with the Agreement between RosPatent and the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) 553 International¬ Type Search and Examination Reports were prepared and transmitted to the TPI.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
Cooperation with the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
In 2008 Rospatent continued its active cooperation with the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO). On February 15, 2008 the Protocol on Technical Cooperation between the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) and the Eurasian Patent Office of the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) on the matters relating to the 8th edition of the International Patent Classification was signed. In April 2008 the representatives of Rospatent took part in the 5th session of the Standing Working Group on Informational Technologies of the EAPO Administrative Council. In pursuance of the decision of the said session Rospatent submitted to the EAPO the information on practice of implementation in Rospatent the standard of presentation of information in XML format and also information on introduction of the electronic document processing system in the Office.
In the reporting year the representatives of Rospatent took part in the 13th meeting of the Budget Working Group of the EAPO Administrative Council and also in work of the 20th (the 15th regular meeting) of the EAPO Administrative Council.
In the course of the meeting there were discussed and accepted new documents: « The Procedure of Generation and Expenditure of the EAPO Reserve Fund» and «The Principals of Transferring Fees in Russian Rubles to the National Offices of the Contracting Parties for Maintaining the Eurasian Patents on their Territories», Changes and Additions to the Financial Regulation of the Eurasian Patent Convention connected with the formation of the Reserve Fund were adopted. All indicated documents are to put in force from January 1, 2009.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
In the reporting year the representatives of Rospatent took part in the 13th meeting of the Budget Working Group of the EAPO Administrative Council and also in work of the 20th (the 15th regular meeting) of the EAPO Administrative Council.
In the course of the meeting there were discussed and accepted new documents: « The Procedure of Generation and Expenditure of the EAPO Reserve Fund» and «The Principals of Transferring Fees in Russian Rubles to the National Offices of the Contracting Parties for Maintaining the Eurasian Patents on their Territories», Changes and Additions to the Financial Regulation of the Eurasian Patent Convention connected with the formation of the Reserve Fund were adopted. All indicated documents are to put in force from January 1, 2009.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
вторник, 25 августа 2009 г.
Cooperation with the CIS Countries
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 «CISPATENT» 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:
• Seminar «Intellectual Properly, Information Technology and Innovations» (May, the Republic of Tajikistan);
• Symposium «Traditional Knowledge and Folklore» (June, the Kyrgyz Republic);
• Seminar «Intellectual Properly and SME Innovations» (June, the Republic of Kazakhstan);
• Symposium «Modern Management of Intellectual Property System for Economic, Social and Cultural Development» (July, the Azerbaijani Republic);
• VII Science and Practical Conference dedicated to Economic Issues of Intellectual Property (November, the Republic of Moldova);
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
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 «CISPATENT» 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:
• Seminar «Intellectual Properly, Information Technology and Innovations» (May, the Republic of Tajikistan);
• Symposium «Traditional Knowledge and Folklore» (June, the Kyrgyz Republic);
• Seminar «Intellectual Properly and SME Innovations» (June, the Republic of Kazakhstan);
• Symposium «Modern Management of Intellectual Property System for Economic, Social and Cultural Development» (July, the Azerbaijani Republic);
• VII Science and Practical Conference dedicated to Economic Issues of Intellectual Property (November, the Republic of Moldova);
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’
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