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1 GLOBAL HARMONIZATION OF IP By Michael A Mann © 2015 Nexsen Pruet, LLC www.nexsenpruet.com

2 THE PLACE TO BEGIN

3 www.nexsenpruet.com PARIS CONVENTION COUNTRIES

4 www.nexsenpruet.com BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES

5 www.nexsenpruet.com PATENT COOPERATION TREATY COUNTRIES

6 www.nexsenpruet.com MADRID AGREEMENT

7 www.nexsenpruet.com TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF IP RIGHTS MEMBER COUNTRIES

8 www.nexsenpruet.com 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

9 Patent Prosecution Highway Cooperative Patent Classification System Global Patent Dossier Common Citation Document Global Patent Search Network Common Application Format www.nexsenpruet.com USPTO INITIATIVES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

10 www.nexsenpruet.com BUT WAIT! – THE DETAILS ARE DEVILISHLY DIFFICULT

11 www.nexsenpruet.com WHAT NEXT? The Hague Agreement…..


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