Latest News USPTO Appeals the Voiding of its Proposed Rule Changes In our Bulletin of April 3, 2008, we reported on the decision of the district court prohibiting the implementation of rules proposed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) relating to the number of continuation patent applications that could be filed and the number of claims that could be included in an application without taking special steps. The USPTO has now filed an appeal of this decision with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Report … Patent and Copyright Infringement As international sales and sales over the Internet become more common, the question of where a sale takes place for the purposes of infringement of U.S. patents and copyrights becomes more important. An April 28, 2008 decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit makes it clear that one cannot avoid the risk of being found liable for patent or copyright infringement simply by relying on the nature of the sales transaction or the location where legal ownership of the goods in question is transferred from the seller to the buyer. More … Service Marks in Bangladesh Service Mark Applications are now being accepted in Bangladesh. More … USPTO Rule Changes Voided by District Court The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has been enjoined from implementing its controversial rules relating to the number of continuation applications that could be filed based on a single initial application and requiring that applicants carry out their own searches and analysis of the art if they desired more than twenty five claims or five independent claims. More … Trademark Procedural Changes in Europe Since its inception in 1996, the Community Trademark Office has provided search reports to trademark applicants advising them of potentially conflicting marks on its own Register, as well as reports of such marks on the national Registers of participating European Union member states. As of March 10, 2008, this system has now changed. More … Patent Changes in Europe A number of important changes are being made to the European Patent system: The European Patent Convention (EPC) is being modified, two additional countries are joining the EPC and progress is being made on reducing the amount of translation work which must be undertaken when a European Patent goes to grant. More … Union of Serbia and Montenegro Ends The Union of Serbia and Montenegro (a creation in 2003 from the remnants of former Yugoslavia) effectively came to an end on June 3, 2006, and, as a result, three new jurisdictions have arisen: Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. This article summarizes the current status of intellectual property rights in these jurisdictions that formerly made up the Union of Serbia and Montenegro. |
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