WIPO SMEs Newsletter September 2014
By the SMEs Section of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO SMEs Newsletter is a monthly e-publication providing readers with useful intellectual property (IP) information contained in articles, case studies, forthcoming IP/SMEs relevant events, and published presentations featured on our web site. We hope you will find it useful and informative. We encourage you to share the newsletter or items of interest with friends and colleagues. If you have received this newsletter from someone and would like to subscribe yourself, then simply visit our website https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/. Also for past issues and information on the activities of the SMEs Section, please visit https://www.wipo.int/sme.
News
WIPO Confirms New Senior Management Team
WIPO member states endorsed proposals by Director General Francis Gurry for a new senior management team, consisting of four deputy directors general and four assistant directors general.
The new appointees and their roles are as follows:
- Ms. Anne Leer (Norway), Deputy Director General, Culture and Creative Industries Sector.
- Mr. Mario Matus (Chile), Deputy Director General, Development Sector.
- Mr. John Sandage (United States of America), Deputy Director General, Patents and Technology
Sector.- Ms. Wang Binying (China), Deputy Director General, Brands and Designs Sector.
- Mr. Minelik Getahun (Ethiopia), Assistant Director General, Global Issues Sector.
- Mr. Naresh Prasad (India), Assistant Director General, Chief of Staff.
- Mr. Ramanathan Ambi Sundaram (Sri Lanka), Assistant Director General, Administration and
Management Sector.- Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi (Japan), Assistant Director General, Global Infrastructure Sector.
WIPO Pearl
WIPOs multilingual terminology portal gives access to scientific and technical terms derived from patent documents. It helps promote accurate and consistent use of terms across different languages, and makes it easier to search and share scientific and technical knowledge.
Developed at WIPO by our language experts and terminologists, the database currently contains 14,951 concepts and 91,152 terms - and is constantly growing.
Case Study: Bacteria as a Vehicle for Drug Delivery
ActoGeniX, a small Belgian biotech company, is breaking new ground in developing a new class of drugs to treat gastrointestinal, immunological and metabolic diseases (such as Type 1 diabetes) which afflict millions. Established in 2006 as a spin-off from research carried out at the University of Ghent and the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB), ActoGeniXs technology, known as Actobiotics, promises to revolutionize treatment of these chronic conditions.
Resources on IP Asset Management IP PANORAMA Multimedia Toolkit
The IP PANORAMA multimedia toolkit is now available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Hungarian, Vietnamese and Thai versions on or through the pages at https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/multimedia/ and http://www.ippanorama.com/.
CD-ROMs of the English, French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic versions are also available on request. Anyone interested in receiving a free copy of the CD-ROM may email publications.mail@wipo.int providing the full postal address, including telephone number, and indicating the purpose for which the CD-ROM would be used. Please note that requests without complete postal address will not be processed.
Links
Trade Secrets: Tools for Innovation and Collaboration
This paper reviews the contribution of trade secrets to knowledge diffusion and collaborative innovation. The paper also aims to inform policymakers about certain shortcomings in existing frameworks for trade secret protection, which can undermine cross-border collaboration in particular.
Intellectual Property Considerations for Business Websites
A growing number of European SMEs are going online, by launching and maintaining business websites, often even providing their clients with the possibility to buy products online. As a central company asset, websites should be protected and well managed. Intellectual property is in this regard crucial, since there will be a number of intellectual property rights which exist in your website.
International Patenting Strategies of Chinese Residents
In terms of the number of its patent applications, in 2012 China has emerged as the country with the largest IP office in the world. The performance of the Chinese IP system is thus increasingly in the spotlight, a better understanding of the linkages between IP activity and socio-economic development in China is a priority.
Eight Great Technologies: Life Sciences, Genomics and Synthetic Biology
This report gives an analysis of the worldwide patent landscape for life sciences, genomics, and synthetic biology. The scope of the search strategy included preparation of mutants and associated screening processes, hybrid cells, and all aspects of recombinant DNA technology. The dataset used for analysis was extracted from worldwide patent databases following detailed discussion and consultation with patent examiners from the Intellectual Property Office who are experts in the field and who, on a day-to-day basis, search, examine and grant patent applications relating to life sciences.
Intellectual Property and Tourism: Supporting Development Objectives and Protecting Cultural Heritage in Egypt and Other Developing Countries
Success in todays globalized economic environment is about adding value and offering a differentiated product or service. Tourism destinations across the world, with their embedded local knowledge, creativity, traditional cultural expressions, geographical attractiveness and other tangible and intangible assets, have unique products and services to offer to an increasingly segmented, sophisticated market demand. Intellectual property (IP) systems and strategies open up for tourism stakeholders a variety of possibilities to increase value, productivity, competitiveness and innovative capacity.
Capacity-Building in the Use of Appropriate Technology Specific Technical and Scientific Information as a Solution for Identified Development Challenges
Building technical and scientific skills and capacity that will allow Least Developed Countries to apply knowledge and technology to meet their social and economic challenges requires the participation of a range of players from individuals to institutions, including inventors, creators, research and development (R&D) centers, academic institutions, manufacturing enterprises, agricultural organizations and health services. Regulatory, legal and administrative policies have an influence on these players and on their interactions, which in turn determine how knowledge, technology and resources flow among them.
Green Paper on the protection of geographical indications for non-agricultural products Frequently Asked Questions
A Geographical Indication (GI) is a sign, usually a name, used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities, characteristics or a reputation essentially attributable to that place of origin. Typically, a geographical indication includes or consists of the name of the place of origin of the goods. This name can be collectively used by all enterprises from the given area which manufacture a given product in a prescribed way. Champagne and Prosciutto di Parma are examples of some world-famous GIs.
Am I entitled to Small Entity or Micro Entity fee status?
Many United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) fees are discounted by 50% for applicants and patentees who qualify as "Small Entities", and (through the 2011 Patent Reform Act) by 75% for "Micro Entities". Determining whether or not you fit within the "Small Entity" or "Micro Entity" class or not can be complicated. However, it is important to do it right, because the consequences of claiming Small Entity status when you are, in fact, a Large Entity, can be draconian - complete invalidity of a patent and loss of patent rights due to "fraud on the Patent Office".
Read more at Brown & Michaels or at Cornell University Law School
PCT Fee Reductions for MSMEs
Reduction of up to 90% in certain PCT fees (Transmittal, International Filing, Search and Preliminary Examination) may be available to qualifying Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) under certain conditions. For more information, please see PCT Fee Tables.
The Case against the Protection of Negative Trade Secrets: Sisyhus's Entrepreneurship
The author argues that trade secrets should not protect negative information (failure in research), and that placing such Negative Trade Secrets in the public domain would revitalize and invigorate entrepreneurship, research, and development. He also illustrates how his proposed approach can be applied in the existing legal and business regime.
Forthcoming Events
WIPO Training of Trainers Program on Intellectual Property Management for SMEs
WIPO Training of Trainers Program on Effective Intellectual Property Asset Management by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 13 to 15, 2014.
WIPO Training of Trainers Program on Effective Intellectual Property Asset Management by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 3 to 7, 2014
WIPO Training of Trainers Program on Effective Intellectual Property Asset Management by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Kampala, Uganda, November 5 to 7, 2014
Offline Course of the 5th Annual WIPO-KIPO-KAIST-KIPA Advanced International Certificate Course on IP Asset Management for Business Success based on the IP PANORAMATM Multimedia Toolkit, Seoul, November 5 to 7, 2014.
WIPO Training of Trainers Program on Effective Intellectual Property Asset Management by Small and Management by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Izmir, Turkey, November 12 and 13, 2014
WIPO Training of Trainers Program on Effective Intellectual Property Asset Management by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Bogota, Colombia, November 24 to 26, 2014
WIPO Training of Trainers Program on Effective Intellectual Property Asset Management by Small and Management by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, November 26 to 28, 2014
WIPO-ARIPO Sub-Regional Training of Trainers Program on Effective Management of Intellectual Property Assets by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Harare, Zimbabwe, November 26 to 28, 2014.
For more details on the above meetings, please visit the Meetings website.
The Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property jointly offered by the WIPO Academy and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
This program will take place at QUT on full time basis over a period of one academic year from February 23 to October 30, 2015. Registration is open until November 3, 2014. To apply, send the application form to qut.intadmission@qut.edu.au (QUT Admissions, Student Business Services, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld, 4059, Australia).
WIPO grants scholarships (eight to ten fellowships) from developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region who are highly motivated to participate in this course. For the WIPO scholarship, apply online and attach required documents plus offer letter from QUT, WIPO Scholarships online applications, and contact, if necessary, mipqut.academy@wipo.int
Further information including a program flyer and program details can be found at: https://www.wipo.int/academy/en/courses/academic_institutions/md_brisbane.html
WIPO Roving Seminars in the United Kingdom
WIPO, in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom) (UKIPO), is organizing three free seminars about the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights and the latest developments in global IP systems. The seminars will take place in London, Manchester and Glasgow, on 6, 8 and 9 October 2014, respectively.
Further information including a program flyer and program details can be found at: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=34482
WIPO Mediation Workshop and WIPO Arbitration Workshop, November 6-7, 2014, New York, USA
As an international resource center in the area of intellectual property dispute resolution, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center will offer a Mediation Workshop and an Arbitration Workshop on Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7, 2014 in New York, NY, USA.
The purpose of the WIPO Arbitration Workshop is to provide intensive basic training of a practical nature for party representatives in mediation and arbitration and for mediators and arbitrators.
For more information on the Workshops, including instructor bios and registration modalities, see https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/events/workshops/2014/arbmed/
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