From the beginning, intellectual property, and especially its "industrial" aspect (patents, marks, designs, indications of origin...), has been based upon the preservation of a delicate balance between the exception which is the exploitation monopoly in favour of the title holder on the one hand and, on the other hand, the necessary information he/she must provide...
Given the complexity of the tasks to be completed under European research contracts, the contribution of subcontractors may often prove useful in order to successfully carry out a research project. However, certain intellectual property issues regarding subcontracting must be tackled in order to avoid any nasty surprises. ...
In the world of intellectual property, there is no one who is not aware of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks dating from14 April 1891 ("the Madrid Agreement"). For more than a century, it has had a unique function as the best international instrument for the protection of trade marks all over the world...
The development of an innovation- and knowledge-based economic and social order demands the communication and transfer of information, knowledge and know-how. The driving forces of this process are, in particular, science, research and education. In order to guarantee further development and communication of our present knowledge, science and education...
The complexity involved in the preparation of proposals for the 6th framework programme makes it very advisable for the consortium members to subscribe some kind of legally binding agreement which allows them to face legal eventualities that may arise during this phase...
As a legal professional involved in the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) field (and not a great computer buff), the first time I had to deal with a question related to "open source software", the first thought that came to my mind was "Oh, oh… What is this?" This was not long time ago. However, something really struck me about this practice: In a...
The Anywayup® cup…or what blackcurrant juice has meant for Mums. For this Issue we have chosen a great invention for both kids and mums: the Anywayup® cup...
The esp@cenet quiz is an exercise proposed to our readers. Its aim is to show that patent searching can be an exciting quest, yielding relevant results in almost all technical fields...
In the three former issues of our newsletter, we started to present the main searching fields of the free online patent databases. We have already described the "publication number", "application number", "priority number", "publication date", "proprietor", "inventor" and "International Patent Classification (IPC)" fields. ...
The IPR-Helpdesk team is very pleased to inform you that since the last issue of the IPR-Bulletin, very useful and interesting new documents have been posted on our Web site...
