USPTO & WIPO NEWS
BETTER INFORMATION PROMOTES BETTER DECISIONS. SO, HULSEYIP STRIVES TO KEEP OUR CLIENTS INFORMED ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS. TO THIS END, THE FOLLOWING LINKS TAKE YOU TO RECENT NEWS RELEASES BY THE UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE, THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION, AND THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE.
European Patent Office: Nominees for the European Inventor of the Year awards announced (Apr 3, 2009).
European Patent Office: SCP to Intensify Work on Several Patent-Related Issues (PR/2009/587) (Mar 30, 2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: Federal Circuit Upholds USPTO's Authority to Issue Claims and Continuations Final Rules and Concludes that Certain Final Rules Are Consistent with the Patent Act (Mar 23, 2009)
European Patent Office: USPTO Seeks Nominees to Public Advisory Committees - Deadline for Submissions May 15, 2009 (Mar 25, 2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: USPTO Seeks Nominees to Public Advisory Committees - Deadline for Submissions May 15, 2009 (Mar 25, 2009)
World IP Organization: Agreement to Simplify International Patent Classification System (PR/2009/586) (Mar 24, 2009)
European Patent Office: Number of EP applications continues to rise(Mar 19, 2009)
European Patent Office: New Trilateral Co-operation website(Mar 17, 2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum Moves to USPTO To Jointly Host New “Inventive Links” Exhibit (Mar 16, 2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: Limited Competency of Certain International Searching Authorities With Respect to Applications Filed in the USPTO (signed 13 March 2009) [PDF] (Mar 16, 2009)
World IP Organization: Peru Accedes to WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (UPD/2009/309) (Mar 16, 2009)
World IP Organization: Chile Accedes to WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (Update/2009/308) (Mar 12, 2009)
World IP Organization: New Record for International Trademark Registrations in 2008 but Signs of Slowdown at Year End (PR/2009/584) (Mar 10, 2009)
European Patent Office: Time limits to be introduced for divisional applications (Mar 16, 2009)
European Patent Office: New tool for patent valuation (Mar 6, 2009 )
European Patent Office: Your say on the patentability of computer programs—Third parties wishing to file written statements on pending referral G 3/08 can do so until 30 April 2009. (Feb 25, 2009)
European Patent Office: EPO and Montenegro sign extension agreement (Feb 19, 2009)
European Patent Office: Protecting traditional knowledge: India opens online database to EPO examiners (Feb 16, 2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: One year on: how applicants have reacted to the revised EPC (Feb 11, 2009 )
European Patent Office: Join us in Prague on 28-30 April 2009—Registration is now open for the European Patent Forum, PATINNOVA and the Inventor of the Year awards 2009. (Feb 6, 2009 )
European Patent Office: EPO welcomes 35th member state (Feb 5, 2009 )
World IP Organization: WIPO Meeting to Explore IP as a Financing Tool (MA/2009/47) Feb 5, 2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: USPTO Completes Successful Pilot of Continuing Education for Practitioners (02Feb2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: USPTO and IPOS to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (30Jan2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: USPTO to Host Roundtable on Deferred Examination [PDF] (Jan 28, 2009)
United States Patent & Trademark Office: USPTO and KIPO to Implement Patent Prosecution Highway on Full-Time Basis (Jan 28, 2009)
World IP Organization: Global Economic Slowdown Impacts 2008 International Patent Filings (PR/2009/583) (Jan 27, 2009 )
World IP Organization: King of Thailand Receives WIPO Award for Contribution to Intellectual Property (PR/2009/582) (Jan 19, 2009 )
European Patent Office: European patent application no EP 2 000 000 (Dec 30, 2008 )
United States Patent & Trademark Office:National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum Moves to USPTO To Jointly Host New “Inventive Links” Exhibit (Dec 10, 2008 )
