Approximation of EU and Russian Federation Intellectual Property Right aspects

General information
The EU- Russia project “Approximation of EU and Russian Federation Intellectual Property Right aspects” was launched in September 2009 and is implemented by the European Patent Office.
The main objective of the project, which will run in the next 12 months, is to examine the current Russian patent legislation and make recommendations on how to converge it with the European legislation as well as to develop patent guidelines that can be used by patent examiners at Rospatent. The project will also seek to streamline Russia’s patent application, registration and processing procedure to approximate them to the EU approach and facilitate the teaching of Intellectual Property economics in Russia. Moreover, the experts of the project will address the Russian system of granting supplementary protection for pharmaceuticals in the light of the current European administrative and judicial practice. This project is implemented under the Common Spaces Facility which is intended to facilitate dialogue in the framework of the four EU- Russian Common Spaces.

The project is designed to be of immediate and direct benefit to Rospatent, FIPS and RGIIS staff and of indirect benefit to patent applicants/ technology based companies and attorneys, and RGIIS students. In the longer term the project will be of benefit to Russian and European users of the patent system in Russia, and patent based commerce and trade within Russia and between Russia and Europe.


Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

International exchange

The international exchange of the patent documentation which are carried out with patent departments of foreign countries and foreign information centers, within decades is one of sources of formation GPF. The exchange of official publications in the late fifties began the last century and throughout these decades qualitatively varied with development of a new information technology.

The exchange of the patent documentation is carried out taking into account such requirements, as: performance of the international obligations of Rospatent as international search body, and also the obligations following from the Contract on patent cooperation (РСТ); a supply with information of the state scientific and technical examination, according to "Position about the state patent fund", the confirmed order of Rospatent from 12/30/2005 № 156; maintenance of information requirements of broad specialists at carrying out of patent researches.
Now the international exchange passes to the modern, higher, qualitative stage of development connected with prompt development of electronic databases and search possibilities, refusal of an exchange of the documentation on firm carriers (paper, disks) both transition to reception and an unloading of the data directly from sites of departments and search systems or a different way of data transmission without firm carriers.
So since 2010 the European patent department has made decision to stop the edition of disks of series ESPACE WORLD containing complete descriptions of international demands РСТ, and also of some other series of disks. An unloading of patent documents from site ЕPO in 2010 it is planned to carry out in the automated patent-information system of Rospatent with use Open Patent Services (OPS).
The exchange of the patent documentation for the firm carrier proceeds also. As of January, 1st, 2010 the international exchange is carried out with patent departments of 57 countries and 6 international organizations. FGU FIPS, from its part, carrying out of the international obligations, also dispatches official publications on disks in foreign patent departments.
The patent documentation of foreign countries which is presented only on sites of patent departments of these countries and is accessible to free viewing and an unloading of the data, is unloaded for acquisition GPF directly from sites of departments. The decision on an unloading of the data is accepted separately on each concrete country.

Workshop Focuses on Improving Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities

Geneva, February 5, 2010
PR/2010/631
A workshop hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from February 2 to 5, 2010, brought together over 180 persons from some 32 organizations to promote awareness about accessibility for people with disabilities and to encourage webmasters within the United Nations system and other organizations to implement principles of accessibility in their daily work.
The workshop, co-organized with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was opened by WIPO Director General Francis Gurry, who underlined the importance of accessibility in general and reaffirmed WIPO’s commitment to establishing an accessible web environment that promotes easy access to intellectual property information.

This, Mr. Gurry said, is in line with WIPO’s visually impaired persons (VIP) initiative launched in 2008 to explore ways to facilitate and enhance access to literary, artistic and scientific works for the VIP community. The initiative’s website – www.visionip.org – is dedicated to disseminating information and exchanging views on this subject to all interested parties. Mr. Gurry noted that only 5% of all published works are currently available in formats accessible to the VIP community. He said WIPO and its member states are actively seeking to improve this situation.

WIPO member states have acknowledged the special needs of the blind, visually impaired and other print-disabled persons. The Organization’s key copyright committee, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), is currently considering a draft treaty that would create an enabling legal environment to address exceptions and limitations to international copyright law . Also, a stakeholders’ platform hosted by WIPO brings together representatives of organizations representing the blind and visually impaired community and publishers to facilitate import-export of published works in a trusted and secure environment.

Noting that an estimated 650 million people live with disabilities worldwide, ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré underlined the need to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies (ICT). “The key to the information society is universal access and no one should be denied the potential benefits of ICTs, not least because they are hampered by their disabilities,” Dr Touré said. “ICTs have the great merit of serving as a powerful equalizer of abilities, empowering persons with disabilities to fulfil their potential, realize their own dreams and ambitions, and take their place as active members of society.” ITU focuses on a series of strategic issues ranging from the rights of the disabled, to making technical design standards accessible, to providing education and training on accessible ICTs.

Speaking at the opening session, Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Director of ITU’s standardization bureau highlighted the potential of ICTs in improving accessibility to persons with disabilities and noted that ITU has been “embracing the challenges of accessibility through standardization efforts and has long championed the principles of inclusion and Universal Design enshrined in the UN Convention.”

A first web accessibility workshop was hosted by WIPO in May 2009 following a request from the VIP community for WIPO to share its experience in implementing principles of accessibility. These workshops are in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities which entered into force on May 3, 2008. Article 9 (g) and (h) of this Convention require that measures be taken to ensure that accessibility is taken into account in the design of new information technologies and systems.

This week’s workshop brought together experts from the World Wide Web consortium, Mobile web initiative, Yahoo!, Adobe Systems Incorporated and the Royal National Institute for Blind People. The workshop also featured a full day of training sponsored by Adobe.

Participants agreed on the need for an annual workshop to keep abreast of technological developments and to share knowledge and experience of the issue within the UN system.
In and on behalf of
Samir Rahman (IPProlaw)

International Patent Filings Dip in 2009 amid Global Economic Downturn

Geneva, February 8, 2010
PR/2010/632
International patent filings under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fell by 4.5% in 2009 with sharper than average declines experienced by some industrialized countries and growth in a number of East Asian countries. Provisional data indicates that 155,900 international patent applications were filed in 2009 as compared to the nearly 164,000 applications filed in 2008.
"The decline in PCT filings is not as sharp as originally anticipated – last year's results bring us back to just fewer than 2007 levels, when 159,886 international applications were filed," said WIPO Director General Francis Gurry. "Interestingly, the rate of decline in international filings is lower than that experienced in some national contexts. This is an indication of a broad recognition that it makes good business sense, whatever the economic conditions, to continue to protect commercially valuable technologies internationally."
International patent filings in a number of East Asian countries continued to enjoy positive growth in spite of the challenging global economic conditions. Japan, the second largest user of the PCT, experienced a 3.6% rate of growth with 29,827 applications; the Republic of Korea (ROK), ranked fourth largest user of the system, experienced 2.1% growth with 8,066 applications; and China became the fifth largest PCT user with a strong growth rate of 29.7%, representing some 7,946 international applications.
International patent filings experienced a sharper than average decline in a number of industrialized countries. For example, the filing rate dropped by 11.4% in the USA and by 11.2% in Germany in 2009. Declines were also experienced in the United Kingdom (-3.5%), Switzerland (-1.6%), Sweden (-11.3%), Italy (-5.8%), Canada (-11.7%), Finland (-2.2%), Australia (-7.5%) and Israel (-17.2%).
The United States of America (USA) maintained its top ranking (annex 2), filing just under a third of all international applications in 2009 (45,790), followed by Japan (+3.6%, 29,827 applications), Germany (-11.2% or 16,736 applications), ROK (+2.1%, 8,066 applications), China (29.7%, 7,946 applications), France (+1.6%, 7166 applications), United Kingdom (-3.5% or 5,320 applications), the Netherlands (+3.0% or 4,471 applications), Switzerland (-1.6% or 3,688 applications) and Sweden (-11.3% or 3,667 applications).
Top Applicants:
Panasonic Corporation (Japan) returned to the top spot in the list of PCT applicants, nudging Hawaii Technologies, Co., Ltd. (China) into second place. Panasonic Corporation had 1,891 PCT applications published in 2009; China's Hawaii Technologies Co. Ltd. had 1,847, followed by Robert Bosch GMBH (Germany, 1586 applications), Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Netherlands, 1,295 applications) and Qualcomm Incorporated (USA, 1280 applications). Four Japanese companies, Panasonic Corporation (ranked 1st), NEC Corporation (ranked 8th), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (ranked 9th) and Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (ranked 10th) featured in the list of top 10 largest filers.
The University of California accounted for the largest number of applications published in the category of educational institutions. Most top-filing universities, however, experienced declines in the number of international patent filings in 2009.
Developing Countries:
The largest number of international applications received from developing countries in 2009 came from the Republic of Korea (8,066) and China (7,946) followed by India (761), Singapore (594), Brazil (480), South Africa (389), Turkey (371), Malaysia, (218), Mexico (185) and Barbados (96).
Developing countries make up over 78% of the membership of the PCT, representing 112 of the 142 countries that have signed up to the treaty and accounted for 14% of the total number of filings (with China and ROK accounting for 10%).
"In implementing the WIPO Development Agenda, WIPO is working very closely with member states to develop and roll-out projects that will enable all countries to reap the benefits of innovation and the knowledge economy" said Mr. Gurry. "In this context, maximizing participation in the PCT is a key priority. Membership of the PCT offers an opportunity for countries to bring their national patenting processes in line with international standards helping to create a more attractive investment environment. It further offers local companies a cost-effective means of obtaining patent protection in multiple countries" he added.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

RosPatent joins the program of PPH (Patent Prosecution Highway)

Dear Colleagues!

In 2009 Rospatent signed bilateral agreements with the Patent departments of Japan and Republic of Korea about a mutual account of results of substantial examination under the same applications for inventions in each of these departments. Since 25th of January 2010 a similar agreement with the Patent department of the US came into enforce.

This year Rospatent joins the program of PPH (Patent Prosecution Highway) and in this connection they shall organize a round table, planned first of all, for developers of new techniques and innovative technologies, which will be held in the Rospatent office (Moscow) on 15th of March 2010.

РРН it is based on the international division of labor between experts of patent departments of the different countries in case of consideration of the same application submitted designating these countries. РРН makes possible to use the results of experts after substantial examination of the country while considering the application by experts of another country, which allows to reduce the consideration- term of the application in each country, and also to lower material inputs of the applicant on patenting of the invention abroad.

TO ALL OUR ASSOCIATES & CLIENTS

It is an important update to be noted for Patent holders/clients who hold the Patents (already granted) in India. Recently, Indian Patent Office has issued a circular to submit the “Statement Regarding Working of Patented Invention on Commercial Scale in India” latest by 31 March 2010. Failure to submit the information leads to the huge penalty of one million rupees (about US$ 21,000.00) prescribed under the Indian Patent Act, 1970. The copy of the circular issued by the Controller General recently (24/12/2009) may be downloaded from the link for your reference: http://www.ipindia.nic.in/iponew/publicNotice_24December2009.pdf

Please be advised or hereby intimated to advice your clients about this situation/development and send us the instructions for filing the above statement by filling form 27. Incase if you / your clients' holds any granted Indian Patents, please reply to this email with a request to send you the necessary format.

In & on behalf of
Leonov Alexandr

Samir Rahman (IPProlaw)

XIII Moscow’s international Salon of inventions and innovative technologies «Archimedes – 2010»

From 30th March till 2nd April 2010, in CEC "Sokolniki", Moscow
From 30th March till 2nd April 2010 in the Cultural-exhibition centre "Sokolniki ", pavilion № 4 will be held the XIII Moscow international Salon of inventions and innovative technologies «Archimedes – 2010».

Organizer of the Salon "Archimedes" is JSC Center of assistance to invention and rationalization development, VOIR.

The most interesting and perspective exhibits in the industrial application will be decided by the experts commission and the international jury, participants will be handed over with a Salon "Archimedes" medals, diplomas and awards from the Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation, RosPatent, Government of Moscow, VOIR, medals and prizes, including 10 monetary prizes from Russian and foreign organizations and departments, salons of inventions, Salon partners.

The higher award of the Salon - Grand prix "Gold" Archimedes »is annually handed over for the complex of presented exhibitors.

Press release on results of RosPatent delegation’s participation

The 11th session of Working group regarding standards and documentation (RSAD) WIPO’s Standing committee on information technology passed in WIPO’s headquarters (Geneva, Switzerland) from 25th to 31st October, 2009
Representatives of 40 countries, 6 international and intergovernmental organizations have taken part in this session work, one non-governmental organization (Pat COM) with the rights of observer and the WIPO’s International Bureau.
Chief executive ВОИС Mr. Jo Takagi welcomed the participants, underlining the importance of quires which have been taken out in the agenda of session.
Mr. Takagi has informed the participants of session about the consideration on General Assembly of member countries WIPO the offer of MB on WIPO’s Standing committee replacement on information technology (PCIT) with two new dept. of WIPO: Standards WIPO Committee on (CWS) and Committee on global infrastructure in the field of industrial property (CGI). The committee on WIPO’s standards will continue the activity realized within the limits of RSAD; query on formation of Committee on global infrastructure is not solved yet now, its mandate and work principles will be discussed further.
В соответствии с принятой на заседании повесткой дня члены Рабочей группы обсудили следующие основные вопросы, касающиеся стандартизации в сфере промышленной собственности.
According to the agenda accepted at session members of working group have discussed the following basic queries, concerning standardization in sphere of industrial property.
Standard art.67 “Recommendations about electronic processing on graphic elements of trade marks”
At new WIPO standard art.67 session “Recommendations about electronic processing on graphic elements of trade marks” has been accepted. The standard, in particular, contains recommendations about a format and to the sizes of electronic images, the equipment which is used for their processing, and also procedural recommendations about electronic processing of graphic elements of trade marks. In the future it is planned to spend work on expansion of action of given WIPO’s Standard on other objects of the industrial property.
Art.10/C «Representation of elements on bibliographic data»
By work results of Operative group for discussion at session offers in Standard change, on basic concerning representations of codes for internal use by departments, and also estimated figures have been presented.
Beside this, question of use of system identifiers for patent documents placed in Internet network by analogy to system, created for scientific publications (URI) was discussed. The decision to leave queries about the use of such system departments for the future discussion was accepted only after the WIPO International bureau will prepare the document on parity of expenses and advantage of introduction URI in practice of departments.
Art.3 «Recommended standard on two-alphabetic codes for representation of the countries, administrative units and the intergovernmental organizations»
Members of working group have discussed the offer of WIPO’s International bureau on simplification the procedure of acceptance standards. The decision to make change in names of the states and organizations automatically after reception of corresponding inquiry from outside the governments of states or management of the organizations was accepted; for case of change of two-alphabetic codes procedure of the coordination of changes with member WIPO countries is provided.
Other decisions of RSAD
Research carried out on introduction of WIPO’s Standard Art.22 “Recommendations about representation of patent applications in printed-format, suitable for optical recognition of signs (OCR)”.
Reviewing updates «Correction procedures in patent departments» regarding atr.7 of "WIPO’s Directory”.
Informational reports
MB presentation about the course of works on development of Digital Access Service to documents priority.
MB presentation about the course of working out the project WIPO STAD (Standards Administration Database).
MB presentation about use WIKI for administrative works of Operative groups within the limits of RSAD.

The first session of Committee on WIPO Standards is preliminary appointed on 8th–12th November, 2010.

Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

SCCR Commits to Improving Access by Visually Impaired to Copyright-Protected Works

Geneva, December 18, 2009
PR/2009/628
WIPO’s top copyright negotiating forum has agreed to move forward with discussions that could lead to better access to copyright-protected works by the blind, visually impaired (VIP) and other reading-disabled persons. The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), meeting from December 14 to 18, 2009, decided to accelerate the work on copyright exceptions and limitations for the benefit of persons with reading disabilities.
In concluding remarks, the Chairman of the SCCR, Mr. Jukka Liedes, noted that the Committee accepted the initiation of focused, open-ended consultations in Geneva “aimed at an international consensus regarding exceptions and limitations for print-disabled persons.”
A proposal for a treaty (based on text prepared by the World Blind Union) was submitted in May 2009 by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay. A number of delegations supported working towards an appropriate international instrument and agreed to continue discussions at the next session of the SCCR in 2010.
Delegates welcomed progress in implementing a series of practical measures to facilitate access to copyright-protected materials by reading impaired persons. These include the continuing work of a stakeholders’ platform which aims to identify and develop solutions that improve the availability of copyright-protected published works in formats accessible to reading disabled persons and in a reasonable time frame.
Progress was also made in talks relating to the protection of performers in their audiovisual performances. In 2000 a diplomatic conference on the protection of performers in their audiovisual performances made significant progress with provisional agreement on 19 of the 20 articles under negotiation, but did not agree on the questions of whether and how a treaty on performers’ rights should deal with the transfer of rights from the performer to the producer.
The Committee noted that the 19 articles provisionally adopted in 2000 provide a good basis for treaty negotiations. The SCCR agreed to the organization of open-ended consultations on outstanding issues during the early months of 2010.
The adoption of a new instrument would strengthen the position of performers in the audiovisual industry by providing a clearer legal basis for the international use of audiovisual works, both in traditional media and in digital networks. An international instrument would also contribute to safeguarding the rights of performers against the unauthorized use of their performances in audiovisual media, such as television, film and video.
The SCCR also continued discussions on the protection of broadcasting organizations and examined the first part of a study on the socio-economic impact of the unauthorized use of signals in the broadcasting sector. The second part of the study will be presented to the next session of the Committee. The SCCR asked the secretariat to organize regional seminars to ascertain views on the objectives, specific scope and object of protection of a possible draft treaty following a signal based approach.
Discussion on all items will continue at the next session of the SCCR.
Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

WIPO Outlines How It Can Help Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

Geneva, December 16, 2009
PR/2009/627
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry participated on December 16, 2009 in a series of events related to international climate talks in Copenhagen and outlined how WIPO can contribute to international efforts to mitigate climate change. Mr. Gurry underlined that policies that stimulate the creation and diffusion of technology are key elements in developing an effective and practical global response to the threats posed by climate change. He said judicious use of the intellectual property (IP) system can make a positive contribution in crafting the many and diverse technological solutions needed to attenuate the impacts of climate change.
Speaking at a side event on the theme “International Cooperation on Technology Transfer: Time for Action,” Mr. Gurry said achieving a transformation from a carbon-based society to a carbon-free one is a complex and unprecedented task that will require innovative and complementary approaches to technology policy.
Intellectual property (IP), he said, has an important role to play in technology policy - encouraging investment in the creation of environment-friendly technologies and their rapid dissemination are major policy objectives to which priority must be given. In both cases, the IP system, and in particular patents, are fundamentally important in that they provide a stimulus for investment in green innovation and contribute to a rapid – and global – diffusion of new technologies and knowledge.
Green innovation requires significant private investment. An effective patent system provides an incentive for businesses to make such an investment by making an invention a tradable good which can be licensed or assigned creating opportunities for technology partnerships and commercial return. Effective patent protection can thus spur international technology transfer from the private sector.
Mr. Gurry said the patent system provides the most comprehensive public repository of information on the latest technologies – as all patent documents are published and freely available to the public. This information contains knowledge that already exists and which can support the development of new technologies or help to identify technologies that are off-patent or no longer protected and therefore freely available for use or adaptation. It is necessary to ensure that this information is widely disseminated for instance through tools and services that enhance access to up-to-date information on relevant technologies through patent information resources.
Other speakers at the event included Mr. Jairam Ramesh, India’s Minister of Environment and Forest, as well as the heads of agencies of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the UN Foundation. The event was chaired by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under Secretary-General, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA).
Mr. Gurry will also take part in a high-level panel with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other executive heads of UN agencies present in Copenhagen on Wednesday evening, on the theme: “The United Nations System Delivering as One on Climate Change.” The event will take the form of an interactive discussion with the audience on the UN system’s efforts.

Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

European Commission welcomes ratification of the WIPO Copyright Treaties

Today in Brussels, 14th Dec. 2009, the European Union and its Member States ratified the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, the so-called "Internet" Treaties. These Treaties were concluded to make the world's copyright laws 'fit for the internet'.
Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy commented on the WIPO ratifications : "Today is an important day for the European Union and its Member States and WIPO. We, as a group have shown our attachment to the international system of protection of copyright and related rights. These two treaties brought protection up to speed with modern technologies. As the technological evolution accelerates, protecting creators and creative industries is more urgent than ever."
By ratifying these Treaties, the European Union and its Member States hope to breathe new vigour into the current treaty-making work of WIPO and encourage renewed commitment to moving forward on a high level of protection for creators and creative industries.

The European Union and its Member States participated fully in the Diplomatic Conference of 1996 that aimed to upgrade the rights of authors, performers and phonogram producers to withstand the challenges of the digital age. The two WIPO copyright treaties contain rules on distribution, rental, the right of public communication and the "making available" of protected content online.
In 2000, the European Union and its Member states took the formal decision 1 to ratify the WIPO Treaties together. Indeed, negotiations on these two Treaties marked the first time that the European Union was accorded full Contracting Party status in the field of copyright, as opposed to the observer status it enjoyed so far in WIPO on copyright issues.

Immediately after the Diplomatic Conference in 1996, work started at the European level to adapt European copyright law to the WIPO "internet" Treaties. A European Copyright Directive 2 was adopted in 2001. All EU Member States have meanwhile transposed the provisions of the 2001 Copyright Directive into their national legislation.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing an international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.

WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.

1: Council Decision of 16 March 2000 on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Official Journal L 89 of 11 April 2000,p. 6
2: Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. Official Journal L 167 of 22 June 2001.

Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

WIPO Launches Paperless UDRP Proceedings

Geneva, December 14, 2009
PR/2009/624
From Monday, December 14, 2009, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center will launch essentially paperless UDRP procedures. This removes the requirement for mandatory filing and notification of paper pleadings in WIPO cases filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
This latest development of the UDRP is expected to substantially improve the efficiency of the mechanism by reducing the time and cost involved in submitting WIPO UDRP filings and to save up to one million pages of paper filed per year making it a greener and largely paperless procedure. While this leaner, more efficient procedure will become mandatory from March 1, 2010, ICANN in an announcement dated December 7, 2009, has signaled that UDRP providers may begin accepting electronic filings with immediate effect as long as parties also have the option of submitting hard copies.
The modified Rules arose from a WIPO Center proposal made to ICANN in December 2008. Following an ICANN public comment process on the proposal in August 2009 which reflected broad support from UDRP stakeholders, an amendment package was submitted by WIPO to ICANN in September 2009. These modifications to the Rules governing the UDRP were approved by the ICANN Board at its Seoul meeting on October 30, 2009 with an implementation process subsequently announced by ICANN on December 7, 2009.
In line with ICANN’s announcement the WIPO Center will, from Monday December 14, 2009, allow all parties in UDRP cases administered by WIPO to submit electronic-only filings, using email. Those parties who elect to do so may be further guided by the modified WIPO Supplemental Rules, which have been slightly revised for this specific purpose (as pre-published with the WIPO amendment package sent to ICANN in September 2009).
The modified WIPO Supplemental Rules contain guidance on formatting modalities for electronic-only filing of UDRP cases. Parties who do not yet wish to use the new paperless option remain guided by the existing WIPO Supplemental Rules; such parties may continue to file in hard copy until February 28, 2010. The newly modified UDRP Rules continue to contain safeguards to ensure fair and effective notification of the complaint to the respondent.
Additional information about the new procedure, including modified filing guidelines, model pleadings for both parties and FAQs will be available on the website of the WIPO Center.

Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

GUILD OF PATENT ATTORNEYS, PARALEGALS AND PATENT COUNSELS

The regional public organization « Guild of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels » was created on 1st October, 2009. «The guild of patent attorneys» is a noncommercial organization and is created with a view of association of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels for protection of general laws and legitimate interests, and as for assistance of professional work of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels.
The activity purposes «Guild of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels»:

Protection of general laws connected with the professional work and legitimate interests of patent attorneys, patent counsels and the patent organizations – guild members, including protection of the rights and legitimate interests patent attorneys, patent counsels and the patent organizations – guild members in disputes and conflicts, in judicial and administrative trials.

Representation of interests of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels – guild members in their relations with state governing authorities, federal enforcement authorities, state authorities and executive power of subjects of the Russian Federation, local governments, and also with the Russian and international organizations of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels, mass media.

Assistance to the patent attorney and patent counsels - guild members in defense and protection of subject matters of intellectual property of the Russian & foreign organizations and businessmen.

Assistance in the order established by the current legislation to state governing authorities, federal enforcement authorities in working out of projects legislative and regulatory legal acts, in development and realization of the balanced state policy in the field of professional work of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels, right protection, protection and use of intellectual property and intellectual rights.

Assistance in the order established by the current legislation to Federal enforcement authority on intellectual property (RosPatent) and the organizations subordinated to it in realization of their activity, including representation of nominees of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels – guild members in content of qualifying commission, appeal commission, scientific council, public advisory council, other authorities of the RosPatent and other organizations subordinated to it.

Patent and Law firm “IPPro” is an active member of this «Guild of patent attorneys, paralegals and patent counsels» organization since its very formation. We (IPPro) would like to introduce ourselves to you as a leading Russian firm providing a range of services in the field of legal protection and intellectual property protection throughout Russia , in the Commonwealth of Independent States and abroad. We are to serve you with any assistance in the above mentioned.

Please feel free to me at the under mentioned contact for details in the event of any query.

Sincerely yours,


Alexander Leonov
General Director of IPPRO, Russian Patent and Trademark Attorney, Eurasian Patent Attorney, Patent Agent No. 653
Senior lecturer of Plehanova Russian Academy of Economics.
Office:- Russian Federation
107113, Moscow
Str.Lobachika, 17, Office 610
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Press - release about session of Administrative council of the Eurasian patent organization

On 10-12th November, 2009 in Moscow has taken place (subsequently the sixteenth) the twenty second session of Administrative council of the Eurasian patent organization (AC EUPO).
In work of the session which were passing in the Eurasian patent department (EAPD), plenipotentiaries of the Azerbaijan Republic, Republic of Armenia, Byelorussia, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kirghiz Republic, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Republic of Tajikistan, and also members of delegations of Republic Moldova, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kirghiz Republic and Russian Federation have taken part. As observers representatives of the World organization of intellectual property participated in session work (WIPO), the European patent department (EUPD), African regional organization on intellectual property (ARIPO) and the African organization of intellectual property (OAPI).
Session was conducted by the chairman AC EUPO, by the plenipotentiary of Republic of Moldova Mr.D.Kiroshka.
Administrative council EUPO taking into account recommendations of the fourteenth session of Budgetary working group AC EUPO (October, 2009) has unanimously approved annual report EUPO for 2008 and have confirmed budget EUPO for 2010
Administrative council EAPO has taken into consideration the report of president EAPD of Mr. A.N.Grigoriev on performance of the Program of development of the Eurasian patent organization from 2004 to 2009
Participants of session have discussed the document «the Basic directions of development of the Eurasian patent organization for 2010-2014», prepared EAPO, and have charged to president EAPO to develop on its basis the program of development of the organization for 2010-2014 for consideration at following session AC EAPO.
Within the limits of session AC EAPO has considered changes and additions in the Administrative instruction to the Eurasian patent convention, Rules of procedure of Administrative council EAPO and in Position about working conditions of employees of the Eurasian patent department.
By results of discussion AC EAPO has made the decision on necessity of completion of separate points of the specified documents and has charged EAPO to prepare a full package of documents taking into account results of discussion and to submit to its consideration of the next session AC EAPO.
At session AC EAPO has accepted the decision on carrying out of seminar in 2010 concerning intellectual property protection in the Kirghiz Republic.
During session elections of vice-presidents AC EAPO have taken place.
Vice-presidents AC EAPO Mr. Melisbek Uhlan Melisbekovich, the plenipotentiary of the Kirghiz Republic Mr. Abdrahim Nurlan Ergaliuly, plenipotentiary of Republic Kazakhstan are unanimously selected.
Following next session Administrative EAPO is planned to hold in November 2010.

Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’

Administrative regulations on control in right protection sphere

Administrative regulations of Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trade marks on execution of the state function upon control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget.

I. General provisions
1. Administrative regulations of Federal Agency of intellectual property, patents and trademarks (further – RosPatent) on execution of the state function upon control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget (further – Regulations), define sequence of actions, terms, and also order of interaction of RosPatent with other organizations and departments upon control in sphere of right protection and use of scientifically - research results, skilled-design and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out at the expense of means of the federal budget.
The present Regulations do not extend on control in the field of research results, developmental and technological works of military, special and double appointment, and also results of scientific and technical activity in agriculture, animal industries and plant growing.

2. Control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment (further-RNTD), is carried out on means of the federal budget account, - administrative procedures connected with realization by RosPatent in functions under the control and supervision in sphere of right protection and use of objects of intellectual property, patents and trade marks and results of intellectual activity involved in economic and civil-law turn, observance of interests of the Russian Federation, Russian physical and legal bodies at distribution of the rights to results of intellectual activity, including created within the limits of the international scientific and technical cooperation, and realization when due hereunder checks of activity of the organizations disposing of rights of the Russian Federation on objects of intellectual property and results of intellectual activity.

3. Control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget for federal state needs (further – research and development), is carried out with a view of realization of state policy in the field of creation and use of scientific results and technical activity in civil turn and maintenance of protection of the rights of Russian Federation, Russian physical and legal bodies on the created results of scientific and technical activity.

4. Execution of the state function on control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out in account of means of the federal budget (further – the state function) is carried out by RosPatent.

5. According to Position about control in sphere of right protection and use of research results, developmental and technological works of civil appointment which are carried out at the expense of means of the federal budget, confirmed governmental order of Russian Federation from 18th November, 2006 № 696 number of the controllable organizations concern:
a) Organizations disposing of rights of the Russian Federation on results of scientific and technical activity;
b) Organizations-executors of the state contract on performance of research, developmental and technological works for federal state needs;
c) Academies of sciences having the state status, and federal officials performing research, developmental and technological works for federal state needs, financed in account of means of the federal budget under an estimate of incomes and expenses.

6. Object of control is the activity of organizations subject to control specified in point 5 of the present Regulations, in part concerning:
a) Maintenance of right protection RNTD, created at the expense of the federal budget;
b) Distributions and fastenings of the rights on RNTD, created at the expense of the federal budget;
c) Maintenance of the rights and interests of Russian Federation on RNTD, created within the limits of state contracts on performance of research and development for federal state needs, and also under the estimate of incomes and expenses;
d) Maintenance of the account of research results and development within the limits of the state account of RNTD, and also within the limits of the internal administrative account of the legal owner and the works executor;
e) Organizations using the rights on RNTD.
7. At control observance and execution by the controllable organizations of laws instructions, certificates of the President and Government of Russian Federation and other standard legal certificates in sphere of right protection and use of RNTD, means of the federal budget carried in this account, and acceptance of measures on elimination of the revealed deviations and infringements are checked.
At controlling RosPatent is guided by the Constitution of Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, certificates of the President and the Government of Russian Federation, international contracts of the Russian Federation, standard legal certificates of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation.
8. At control following indicators are used:
a) Presence in the state contract and other contracts on performance of research and development of positions about distribution of the rights on RNTD and duties concerning intellectual property rights;
b) Maintenance of right protection created by protection-capable RNTD;
c) Conformity of volume on right protection of research results and development in conditions of the state contract on research and development performance;
d) Execution in conditions of the state contract on performance of research and development regarding distribution, fastening and RNTD right protection received;
e) Execution in conditions of the state contract on performance of research and development regarding RNTD use received;
f) Conducting state RNTD account, and also the internal administrative account of the organization-legal owner and the organization-executor;
g) RNTD use, including objects of intellectual property, in self manufacture of the organization-legal owner or within the limits of license-contracts and contracts of concession of the rights.

II. Requirements for an execution order of the state function
9. Order of informing about execution of the state function
10. Results of execution of the state function
11. Sentence of information on actions and about administrative procedures to both legal and physical persons.
Information about results of checks is published neither the less than once in 6 months on the official site of RosPatent. The information about the results of checks includes data of the checked-up organizations, terms of carrying out of checks.
Interaction with representatives of mass-media, transfer of office information by it or RosPatent documents in control sphere are carried out when due hereunder with the permission of the head of RosPatent, its assistant, authorized division of RosPatent, and on occasion – other officials under the permission of (instructions, commission) the head of RosPatent or its assistant.

III. Administrative procedures
12. Preparation for carrying out check
13. Procedure in realization of check
14. Results of check
15. The right to sign of documents

The Act about the results of check is signed by the chairman of the commission and committee-men.
Instruction and notice on the revealed infringement (deviation) in organization activity are signed by the head or deputy head of RosPatent.
Representative of the controllable organization has the right to vise the check act, and also other documents made by the commission based on the results of testing.

16. Order and forms of control over execution of the state function
17. Order of the appeal of action (inactivity) and the decisions, carried out (accepted) during regulations performance

When due hereunder the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation cancels decisions of RosPatent contradicting the federal legislation if other order of cancellation of decisions is not established.


Mr. Samir Rahman
On & in behalf of
Patent and Law firm ‘IPPro’