On October 25 I blogged that US filers filing documents at the International Bureau needed to pay extra close attention to what time it is in Switzerland. The reason is that in Switzerland, Daylight Saving Time stopped happening on October 25. But did not happen on that day in the US. Continue reading
Category Archives: Trademarks
Filing at the International Bureau and Daylight Saving Time
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when it is important to keep track of the fact that Daylight Saving Time is different in Switzerland from the way it is in the United States. This is important because you might be in the US, and you might be e-filing (or fax-filing) some document with the International Bureau of WIPO. Continue reading
Today is the day – Italy joins the DAS system
Yes, today is the day that Italy joins the DAS system as a Depositing Office. You can read about it here.
Who is the most trendy, modern and up-to-date Italian intellectual property firm? Be the first to provide to me an application number, filing date, and DAS access code for a design application, a patent application, a trademark application, a utility model application, and an RO/IT application, and I will recognize your status as the most trendy, modern and up-to-date in Italy. (I will blur part of the application number in the Certificates of Availability that I obtain and post.)
Today is the day for the Austrian Patent Office and DAS
Today is the day that the Austrian Patent Office commences participation in DAS. (I reported this to you in a blog post on July 21, 2020.) The APO is participating as an Accessing Office in every way that it is possible to participate:
- National industrial design applications
- National patent applications
- National trademark applications
- National utility model applications
The APO is participating as a Depositing Office in every way that it is possible to participate:
- National industrial design applications
- National patent applications
- National trademark applications
- National utility model applications
- PCT international applications filed with the office as a PCT receiving office
Who is the most trendy, modern and up-to-date Austrian intellectual property firm? Be the first to provide to me an application number, filing date, and DAS access code for a design application, a patent application, a trademark application, a utility model application, and an RO/AT application, and I will recognize your status as the most trendy, modern and up-to-date in Austria. (I will blur part of the application number in the Certificates of Availability that I obtain and post.)
The Trademark Office being nice to its customers
Just now I wrote to David Gooder, the Commissioner for Trademarks, asking him to please pass along thanks to some of his people. Here is part of what I wrote to him today, edited slightly for blog style. The main point is that today, the Trademark Office was nice to its customers and to the listserv community. Continue reading
The price of trademark privacy continues to be $100
This blog post describes some most recent developments in the business of the Trademark Office granting $100 petitions for trademark applicants who do not want to tell Trademark Office employees exactly where they sleep at night. This blog post talks about the privacy situation where the named applicant is a legal person (such as an LLC) rather than a natural person (a human being). Continue reading
Today is the day — Colombia joins the WIPO DAS system
Yes, today is the day that Colombia joins DAS as both an Accessing Office and a Depositing Office. You can read about this here.
Who is the most trendy, modern and up-to-date Colombian intellectual property firm? Be the first to provide to me an application number, filing date, and DAS access code for a design application, a patent application, a utility model application, and an RO/CO application, and I will recognize your status as the most trendy, modern and up-to-date in Colombia. (I will blur part of the application number in the Certificates of Availability that I obtain and post.)
Two more Offices join the WIPO DAS system
I am delighted to report that two more Offices have announced their participation in the DAS system. These are the Italian Patent and Trademark Office and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia (the Colombian patent and trademark office). Here are details of the Depositing-Office participations:
| Colombia is a Depositing Office? | Italy is a Depositing Office? | |
| National industrial design applications | yes since August 28, 2020 | yes since October 1, 2020 |
| National patent applications | yes since August 28, 2020 | yes since October 1, 2020 |
| National trademark applications | yes since October 1, 2020 | |
| National utility model applications | yes since August 28, 2020 | yes since October 1, 2020 |
| PCT international applications filed With the office as a PCT receiving office |
yes since August 28, 2020 | yes since October 1, 2020 |
One striking aspect of this is the participation of RO/CO and RO/IT as Depositing Offices. This reminds us that among the IP5, the straggler Receiving Offices are RO/JP, RO/KR, and RO/US.
Note, too, the ever-increasing participation of Offices in DAS with respect to trademarks.
This also offers a reminder that these two Offices offer utility model protection.
Here are details of Colombia’s Accessing-Office participation:
| Colombia is an Accessing Office? | |
| Hague international applications | yes since August 28, 2020 |
| National industrial design applications | yes since August 28, 2020 |
| National patent applications | yes since August 28, 2020 |
| National trademark applications | yes since August 28, 2020 |
Who is the most trendy, modern and up-to-date Colombian intellectual property firm? Be the first to provide to me an application number, filing date, and DAS access code for a design application, a patent application, a utility model application, and an RO/CO application, and I will recognize your status as the most trendy, modern and up-to-date in Colombia. (I will blur part of the application number in the Certificates of Availability that I obtain and post.)
Who is the most trendy, modern and up-to-date Italian intellectual property firm? Be the first to provide to me an application number, filing date, and DAS access code for a design application, a patent application, a trademark application, a utility model application, and an RO/IT application, and I will recognize your status as the most trendy, modern and up-to-date in Italy. (I will blur part of the application number in the Certificates of Availability that I obtain and post.)
The price of privacy continues to be $100
Yes, if you feel the need to protect your privacy at the Trademark Office, the price continues to be $100.
Today the Commissioner for Trademarks granted another of my petitions asking that I not be required to reveal to Trademark Office employees where I sleep at night. You can see the granted petition here.
Which IP firm in Norway is the most trendy, modern and up-to-date?
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Maybe you wondered which IP firm in Norway is the most trendy, modern and up-to-date. Now we know. It’s Oslo Patentkontor AS. The way that we know this is that Oslo Patentkontor was the first firm to fulfill a challenge in the sophisticated use of WIPO’s DAS system. Continue reading