Theme 4: (Panel 4A) Patent information

Zeljko Topic, DG – SIPO Croatia

WIPO Global Symposium of IP Authorities Geneva – CICG September 17 & 18, 2009

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Outline

Context Mega-trends

IP Developments – World / Europe Global business developments Challenges and consequences for Business and IP Authorities

New Business processes New Role of the NIPOs

Croatian example The question National Strategy – the answer SIPO Mission and strategic guidelines Infrastructure

Core Competence in house Support to Croatian Economy

HR Esp@cenet EPOQUE INCENTIVE CETMOS MECA

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I. Context - World IP Ambience (Multilateral)

IP and Global Issues

International debate on IP and Development The Millennium Declaration (UN Mill. Sum. 2000) WIPO Development Agenda (CDIP)

International debate on IP and Public Policies WIPO/WTO/WHO Public Health Climate Changes World Hunger Ethics of IP

Piracy and counterfeiting and Organized Crime Enforcement vs. Building respect for IP

(Stoppage in) Multilateral legal harmonization

WIPO – Strategic Realignment The Organization & The International Bureau

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I. Context - World IP Ambience (Multilateral)

PATENTS

Ever-growing numbers ‘’Global heating’’ in Patent system

Work sharing and reutilization Initiatives towards broadening of the scope Quality commitment ‘’Raising the Bar’’ approach Need for further legal harmonization

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I. Context - World IP Ambience (Trilateral)

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I. Context - World IP Ambience ((Plurilateral)Plurilateral)

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I. Context - World IP Ambience (Regional –

European)

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I. Context – Business Development Trends

Globalization of markets continues Amount of exclusive rights rises Significance of IPRs grows Trading with IPRs adds up

(Prospective) Creation of global IP Market Need to protect skill and know-how growing Need for networking growing Changes in courses of action needed Risk to litigations increases Need of information growing

IP issues in a business processInformation

IDEAS DEVELOPMENT FEED-BACK

Technical development

Commercial development, marketing

Analyzingfields of technology

State-of-art Looking for technical solutions

Competitorsurveys

Barriersfor

marketing

Search forpartners

Patents,designs,

trade marks

LicensingNoveltysearch

Oppositionsearches

Trade secrets Copyrights

IMPLEMENTATION

Scanning

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Information needed by companies different purposes

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I. Context, Consequences for Business and IP Authorities

Pace of product development further increased time for bringing an idea to the market ever shorter!

Effectiveness of product development underlined product development to become a competition factor!

Need for new ways of action and methods increasing

Changes in perception of IP (IP Consciousness)

IP Management is becoming more sophisticated

New support measures needed

New services needed!

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III. Croatian example

Croatia’s regional position

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III. National IP Strategy (2005-2010)

Aim of the Strategy

to guarantee the level of protection of IPR similar

to that existing in the EU… (within a short term)

to ensure the improvement of the use of IP as a

power tool for economic growth and an actuator

of scientific, cultural and overall social progress…

(within a medium-term)

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III. National IP Strategy - Three Aspects

a) Adaptation of the national intellectual property system (NIPS)

b) Effective protection of intellectual property rights

c) Improvement of the use of intellectual property as a resource in the economic, scientific,cultural and overall social development of the Republic of Croatia

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III. SIPO’s Mission

To achieve excellence in three main functions of the Office:

granting of industrial property rights

development of national IP system

providing public information services for

supporting generation, protection and profitable

exploitation of IP in Croatia and abroad

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SIPO’s Information Mission

Information Plan

Increase general awareness in the Croatian society at large, in the institutional framework, and the economic sector about the IP system and the value and use of IPRs;

Contribute to increased competitiveness of the Croatian economy by helping relevant entities to understand, acquire and utilise IPRs effectively.

Support enforcement of IPRs;

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Information Products and Services

General information (www.dziv.hr, brochures) Official IP information (bulletin) IP Data (on-line databases) Consulting type of information (IPR “help-desk”) Information services (IP information searches and analysis) Educational services (IP Academy) IP promotion services (public events, advertising) Library services (IP reading) IP Statistics IP News Ad hoc products and services on demand

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Information Infrastructure

Organizational chart of IPDD

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Information Infrastructure “INCENTIV” – Information Centre for Intellectual Property

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INCENTIV – Information Centre for Intellectual Property

3 main service areas:

Public IPR help-desk (customer support service) Information search and analysis services

(commercial services) Specialized IPR library and reading room

services

additional activities: public and targeted information activities, marketing of services

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Information Infrastructure

INCENTIVE SIPO ICT System Esp@cenet Epoque MECA CETMOS Tools - relevant Classifications

IPC – advanced level ‘’NIVILO’’ Classifications

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Information Infrastructure SIPO’s ICT System

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Information Infrastructure esp@cenet

Entry level to patent information – geting more sofisticated 1998 – esp@cenet launched Popularized and democratized patent information 25,000-30,000 users per day 1,600,000 pdf views per day Download 120 GB per day

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Information Infrastructure HR.esp@cenet

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Information Infrastructure EPOQUE Net

Epoxy - internet portal exclusively accessible for registered staff

members of NPOs or international patent organizations.

Epoquenet - powerful query system, which allows the user to

access multiply specified sources using a single query. A query

is automatically translated to the format and language of the

specific source.

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Internal Session Perform searches in Internal databases Simultaneous display of search history Transfer of results to the Viewer via history window. Create XFile from list of results EPOQUE language commands (see Quick Reference Guide)

Internal gives you access to all databases that are loaded on the mainframe in The Hague

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XFull make a selection of documents in EPODOC and other internal databases using

classification codes and/or EPOQUE queries. combine with previous EPODOC search statements run a query within the transferred documents in full-text databases and/or PAJ. perform queries directly in full-text databases, EPODOC, WPI and PAJ. re-use data from previous searches select results to be sent to the Viewer, saved as XFile or transferred to EPODOC. select results to be sent to the Viewer, saved as XFile or transferred to EPODOC. select results of any search statement of EPODOC and combine them (AND or

OR) with other criteria. select documents not available in full-text and/or PAJ

Searching in Full-text databases

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Paldas search in the CONV (Patent Convention, guidelines and case

law) search in APC (All Patent Cases) that contains published and

unpublished Board of Appeal Decisions. access to indexed terms select documents to be viewed before transfer transfer to Viewer

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Viewer Displays patent and non patent literature Displays bibliographic information and full-text searchable

full text Displays fac-simile documents (BNS) Gives quick access to family members Allows easy navigation by highlighted terms Allows easy selection of documents (drawers)

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Standard functions(FAMI, REFI,+CLA,REPA,EPOS)

FAMI allows to retrieve the family as well as the classification information from a PN, AP or PR.

REFI allows to retrieve the references of a document (cited documents).

+CLA allows search in the classification schemes ECLA, IPC, FICLA, FTCLA, ICLA (Inspec), IdT ,

WPICLA (Derwent) and CXCLA (Compendex). REPA allows to retrieve the staff working in a given classification area. EPOS allows to retrieve synonyms and related terms.

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External perform searches on external databases e.g. CAS. connection to commercial hosts like STN, DIALOG. view chemical representations easy extraction of data e.g. XFiles standardized data language conversion

Access to external databases

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Personal Allows to build personal databases by importing data from

Internal and External searches. User can define the fields and indexing methods. Easy management of databases and of records within a

database. Use of EPOQUE commands (see EPOQUE Quick Reference

Guide) Search results can be transferred to the Viewer

Creation of personal databases

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Information Infrastructure SIPO Database – on-line searchable

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Information Infrastructure SIPO Database – on-line searchable

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Information Infrastructure MECA – (Madrid Electronic Communication)

SIPO’s MECA Information System

Established in 1999 and uploaded with the back log data received from WIPO

Regularly processing weekly XML notification received from WIPO

Data source for internal statistics and searches, generating outgoing letters in MS Word, republishing in SIPO Gazette

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MECA Online information

Online search available on the SIPO website in Croatian and English In production since April, 2003 Updated monthly Searchable by almost all criteria related to the WIPO INID codes Contains all currently active and renewable International

trademarks

Internal legal statuses Added in 2007 due to the users increased demands on the

clarification of IR’s status Added statuses mainly relate to the on-going administrative

procedures (appeal, revocation, invalidation procedure, administrative dispute )

Status „registered“ (i.e. grant of protection in Croatia) automatically added for IR with no refusals within a one-year period from the date of designation

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Information Infrastructure MECA Data source

Mainly used as an OUTPUT MECA

Direct connection with the Register of national TM and Document Management System All the relevant WIPO data for the national TM

application/registration are accessible

Rendering PDF notifications from XML For each transaction from the Registry, data is extracted

in XML format and displayed using style sheet (no need for notifications in paper form)

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Information Infrastructure MECA Examination process

Web-based substantive examination In-house made application since 2008 Substantive examination procedure completely automated Online dispatch of weekly notifications (ENN, EXN) to the

examiners Online examination reports Preliminary refusals and confirmation or withdrawal of

provisional refusal Online generating PDF forms for sending to WIPO Stile sheets developed by SIPO ICT experts is used by other

European national IP offices.

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Information Infrastructure MECA Future developments

Use MECA as an INPUT MECA

The final aim of the current web based application

Intend to send all communications to WIPO electronically Not only for the substantive examination results Also for the results of opposition procedure as well for the

request for the international registration of national TM app./reg.

Sending electronically to the WIPO the lists of IR-s with the grant of protection as provided for under the new Rule 18ter (1) and Rule 40 (5) of Common Regulations as from 01.01.2011.

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Information Infrastructure Information Products & Services Regional Initiatives

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Information Infrastructure Information Products & Services Regional Initiatives

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Some relative indicators of the results Resident Patent Filings over GDP

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Some relative indicators of the results Resident Patent Filings over GDP per millon POP

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Some relative indicators of the results Resident Patent Filings over R&D Expenditure

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First Filings per POP-million Inhabitants

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Conclusion

Do we need more advanced IP infrastructure?

Where?

Is it enough?