New edition of WIPO Magazine

WIPO issued a new edition of WIPO Magazine where you can find the following:

• Digital pioneer, Jaron Lanier, on the dangers of “free” online culture
• Mycelia: shaping a new landscape for music
• From pirates to privateers: a musician’s take on the digital market
• The rise of China’s film industry
• Taking video games to a new level: an interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Google on what is driving creativity and innovation in the digital economy
• UK’s Copyright Hub: a license to create
• Building an African digital content industry
• Collaboration is the key to access: a scientific publisher’s view

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Brief IP news

1. EU invest in digital future of European industry. More information here.

2. China tightens music copyright protection. More information here.

3. Helpful tips for identifying and developing potentially valuable patents. More information here.

Information from Intellectual Property Center at the UNWE. More information can be found here  

Happy World Intellectual Property Day

Happy World Intellectual Property Day. This year’s topic chosen by WIPO is the relation between culture and the digital era.

Common practices regarding designs in Europe

Marques Class 46 reports about the release of the Common Communication for the CP6 project on Graphical representation of a Design – the first Common Communication in the area of designs. It gives very helpful and at the same time useful insights about how exactly one design should be represented in the relevant application in 29 European countries. Thus, the uncertainty in relation with design graphic representation diminishes significantly.

More information here.

International trademarks and French oversees territories

WIPO reports about information concerning designation of France in international applications for trademark. It is stated that:

A designation of France in international applications and in subsequent designations through the Madrid Protocol extends to French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, as well as Wallis and Futuna.

In regard to France and its overseas territories, a designation of the European Union in international applications and in subsequent designations through the Madrid Protocol extends to France, French Guiana, French Polynesia (since July 29, 2001), French Southern and Antarctic Lands (since July 29, 2001), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte (since July 29, 2001), New Caledonia (since July 29, 2001), Réunion, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, as well as Wallis and Futuna (since July29, 2001).

More information here.

Brief IP news

1. How It Adds to a Patent’s Valuation? More information here.

2. The Sweden Supreme Court: Wikimedia (database with free access to photographs of artwork) violates copyright laws. For more information here.

3. Google launched a platform for training young entrepreneurs in Bulgaria. For more information here.

Information from Intellectual Property Center at the UNWE. More information can be found here  

Brief IP news

1.  How startups can obtain funding for their patent applications. More information here.

2.According to a study IPR decisions becoming increasingly balanced. More information here.

3.Oracle triumphant in domain dispute. More information here.

Information from Intellectual Property Center at the UNWE. More information can be found here