http://www.xing.com/net/ip/ Latest articles in XING group "Intellectual Property and Patent & Trade Mark Protection" en-en Copyright XING AG 30 Aug 2008 11:00:07 GMT 30 Aug 2008 11:00:07 GMT en-support@xing.com en-support@xing.com epublica http://www.xing.com/img/xing/xing_logo_small.gif http://www.xing.com/net/ip/ 90 45 http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13044764;articleid=13090447#13090447 Hello Maik ... Back in 2000, when I was just starting my carreer in a patent department, I read a published decision of the German Patent Court where a Donald Duck story was cited as prior art. The case was about 'drop prevention shoes' an the court had to decide if the application had chances for grant. ... My first thought reading the decision was that I had seen shoes like that in some Star-Trek Movie before. So if you start your prior art search, be shure to have your popcorn ready! Andreas Andreas Noack <en-support@xing.com> http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13044764;articleid=13090447#13090447 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:48:13 GMT http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13050717;articleid=13050717#13050717 Was sind die sogenannten neuen Markenformen, in welchen Branchen finden Sie Anwendung und wie verbreitet sind sie? Farb-, Hör-, Geruchs-, Tast-, Bewegungs- und Hologrammarken werfen viele Fragen auf. Seit ihrer Einführung in den 90er Jahren verzeichnet die Bundesrepublik Deutschland mehr als 260 und das Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt in Alicante mehr 100 Eintragungen. In den USA, wo daneben auch Geruchs- und Texturmarken eintragungsfähig sind, existieren neue Markenformen schon seit den ... Dr. Ralf Sieckmann <en-support@xing.com> http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13050717;articleid=13050717#13050717 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:26:20 GMT http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13044764;articleid=13044764#13044764 How do you quickly raise a sunken ship full of sheep? The Danish inventor Karl Krøyer came up with a very creative solution: pump buoyant bodies into the ship to achieve sufficient upward lift to bring the ship back to the surface. The solution was so creative he got a patent on it. In a 1949 Donald Duck story, titled The Sunken Yacht a ship is raised by stuffing it full of ping-pong balls. That kind of prior art could kill the patent. But whether the story was actually used by a patent office ... Maik Grapentin <en-support@xing.com> http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13044764;articleid=13044764#13044764 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:32:38 GMT http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13006346;articleid=13006346#13006346 Topics: - Dealing with patent assertions in the high-tech industry - U.S. and European claim drafting strategies - Specification drafting techniques for ensuring broad coverage - A "universal" application - myth or reality? - Effective prosecution tips for the EPO and USPTO - Recent trends in European and U.S. infringement litigation About: This unique seminar has been developed by lecturers who are highly experienced in the patent practice in the US and in Europe and who are likewise ... Ulf Berghaus <en-support@xing.com> http://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=13006346;articleid=13006346#13006346 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:02:52 GMT