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News
- Israel accedes to the Madrid Protocol for Trademark Registration. Read more...
- On Friday June 4, 2010 Japanese Patentattorney and Physicist Naoto Kan has been elected Prime-Minister of Japan. He was born
10.10.1946 and opend his own patent-lawfirm in 1974. As Politician for research he became in 2000 Minister for Research and Sience and
in 2009 was designated as Vice-Prime-Minister.
Former Prime-minister Kuizumi has started several years ago a very efficient innovation manifesto "build a nation on IP", which was based on the finding that Japan has only human intelligence instead of other natural resources. It may well be that Prime-minister Kan will continue
this manifesto, which had hundreds of single actions in all fields of politics up to now.
(Source "Wikipedia" and "The Japan Times of June 5. and 6., 2010)
- From July 1, 2010 Austria will start with an opposition proceeding for trademarks.
- Israel acceded to the Madrid System on May 31, 2010. The Madrid System will come into force in Israel as of September 1, 2010.
Israel is the 85th member of the WIPO-administered international trademark system which is governed by two treaties, namely, the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891) and the Madrid Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989). - New Publication: Paul-A. Wacker and Stephan Kopp, The Effects of the EPC, Intellectual Asset Management magazine "iam", www.iam-magazine.com, Download...
- New President of the EPO: Mr. BenoÎt Battistelli, the Director General of the French National Institute of Industrial Property has been elected
as President of the European Patent Office. His five-year term will begin on 1 July 2010.
- New Publication: Rainer A. Kuhnen, The European Doctrines of Equivalents - IP Law and Business, www.iplawandbusiness.com, Download...
- India newly requires a working statement for all the granted patents.
The patentee or licensee is required to submit a statement regarding the working of the invention (in Form 27) for every calendar year before March 31st. By March 31, 2010 Form 27 is required for the calendar year 2009. Otherwise drastical fines have to be expected. - New Publication: Paul-A. Wacker, Essential Changes in the Protection
of Intellectual Property,
Effects on the entrepreneurial everyday life, English Translation of
Article in “Steuern
und Recht 2009”, Download... - New Publication: Rainer A. Kuhnen and Paul-A. Wacker, A manifesto for patent reform, Managing Intellectual Property - The global magazine for intellectual property owners, http://www.managingip.com, Download...