GLOBAL HARMONIZATION OF IP By Michael A Mann © 2015 Nexsen Pruet, LLC
THE PLACE TO BEGIN
PARIS CONVENTION COUNTRIES
BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES
PATENT COOPERATION TREATY COUNTRIES
MADRID AGREEMENT
TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF IP RIGHTS MEMBER COUNTRIES
AMERICA INVENTS ACT “Congress has enabled the USPTO to not only act, but to lead in realizing a vision of an IP world in which national and regional patent systems are coordinated to create an optimal environment for technological innovation and diffusion.” – David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Director of the US PTO, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, June 20, 2012
Patent Prosecution Highway Cooperative Patent Classification System Global Patent Dossier Common Citation Document Global Patent Search Network Common Application Format USPTO INITIATIVES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
BUT WAIT! – THE DETAILS ARE DEVILISHLY DIFFICULT
WHAT NEXT? The Hague Agreement…..