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 “Filing at the International Bureau and Daylight Saving Time”
Exchange rate gains from the International Bureau
Here’s a fun thing to notice. These days the USPTO is picking up an extra $27 from the IB with each inbound Hague designation. Continue reading “Exchange rate gains from the International Bureau”
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 “Filing at the International Bureau and Daylight Saving Time”
Today is the day – Italy joins the DAS system
(Update July 12, 2023: Italy will soon likewise become an Accessing Office in the DAS system. See blog article.)
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.)
How long it takes USPTO to issue a patent these days
I am gobsmacked to see how consistently quickly USPTO is issuing patents these days. Design patents are taking less than five weeks. Utility patents are taking less than six weeks. Continue reading “How long it takes USPTO to issue a patent these days”
Mexican Institute of Industrial Property joins DAS
Yet another intellectual property office has joined DAS. The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) will become a Depositing Office and an Accessing Office in DAS on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Only just now did I notice that the logo for IMPI is a Möbius strip!
IMPI will be a Depositing Office for:
- patent applications
- utility model applications
- industrial design applications
In addition, RO/MX will be a Depositing Office for purposes of PCT applications filed in RO/MX.
This offers a reminder that Mexico is one of the seventy-six Offices that provides utility model protection.
IMPI will be an Accessing Office for:
- international design applications (Hague applications) filed at the IB
- industrial design applications
- patent applications
- utility model applications
Which intellectual property firm in Mexico is the most trendy, modern, and up-to-date? Send me a DAS access code for a Mexican patent application, a DAS access code for a Mexican utility model application, a DAS access code for a Mexican industrial design application, and a DAS access code for a PCT application filed in RO/MX. I can then post Certificates of Availability (with a few digits of the application numbers blurred) for those four applications, and I will then be able to recognize your firm as the most trendy, modern and up-to-date intellectual property firm in Mexico.
USPTO seems to have walked back the US-designation-Hague-DAS-certified-copy problem
It is recalled (see blog post “Captain May I?” in Hague Agreement applications, August 20, 2020 and open letter to the Commissioner for Patents, September 2, 2020) that in about June of 2020 the USPTO came up with the notion that there was a trap for the unwary in the use of DAS as a way to perfect a priority claim in a US designation from a Hague Agreement design application. The USPTO decided that I had supposedly stepped into this trap twice, representing a design applicant in two 35-series design patent applications.
Now the USPTO seems to have walked it back. Although the USPTO did not communicate the walk-back as clearly as one might wish, the USPTO seems to have decided that this trap for the unwary never actually existed. It means I never stepped into the trap, given that it never actually existed. Continue reading “USPTO seems to have walked back the US-designation-Hague-DAS-certified-copy problem”
An open letter to the Commissioner for Patents
I request that the Commissioner for Patents publish an Official Gazette notice along the lines of the proposed notice appearing below. Continue reading “An open letter to the Commissioner for Patents”
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.)