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E-Pat - Patent Law Online

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What are the filing requirements for a Patent in Eastern European countries?
What are the annuities in Japan?
In which Asian countries may a plant patent be granted?
When does the official opposition period begin in each Madrid jurisdiction?
Have I to record a license in South Africa? If so, how?
Do registrations in the U.S.A. cover other jurisdictions? Which ones?
Are prior use rights applied in Brazil?

Description
 
E-Pat® is an online information source on worldwide patent law. Covering over 180 dependent and independent jurisdictions, it is the most complete and up-to-date, one-stop source available today.

Learn more about E-Pat with our:
- E-Pat Brochure
- E-Pat User Manual

 

Target Customers
 
E-Pat® is a useful and effective tool for lawyers, engineers and administration personnel responsible for the filing and monitoring of patent dossiers on an international level.

 

Main Features

Patent Law at your fingertips! - E-Pat’s answers come from reputable local agents serving on E-Pat’s Drafting and Advisory Committee. Quick, organised and user-friendly, you will impress your clients with immediate, concise answers to their patent questions.
E-Pat® is the best source for Patent Law! - Clear your desk of manual publications while using information that is accurate and comes directly from many of the trusted, foreign agents you may already use worldwide.
E-Pat® is easy & efficient! - You no longer have to run to the library. E-Pat® provides an easy answer with thousands of pages of information neatly organized within a couple clicks of your mouse.
E-Pat® can be customised! - Create your own groups of countries for making lists, save recurring queries in your favourites or track your history.

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How to Search?

You may launch your queries from different perspectives:
 
SEARCH BY ONE QUESTION IN ONE COUNTRY - The quickest way to get a single answer in a specific jurisdiction
SEARCH BY TWO QUESTIONS IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES - Run one or two questions (such as “filing requirements” and “annuities”) across a range of countries and compare answers in clear listings
SEARCH BY CHAPTER - The best way to get an overview of a particular subject
FULL TEXT SEARCH - A search engine looking for keywords within the texts
MANAGE MY COUNTRY GROUPS - Create your own groups of jurisdictions for making comparisons

 

Your Advantages!

COST EFFECTIVE! - You are charged once a year upon subscription and you can make as many queries as you want.
TIME-SAVING! - Your searches are faster than using other publications.
CONVENIENT! - Worldwide legislation is centralised in one place.
VIABLE! - Updated as changes are occurring. No more waiting for supplements!
FLEXIBLE! - You can ask the system several questions in one operation.
PRACTICAL! - Run one or two questions across a range of countries and compare answers in clear listings.
USER-FRIENDLY! - No formal training required!
RELIABLE! - We work with reputable local agents who are active in each jurisdiction and are constantly updating the information.

 

Questions are organised into 35 Chapters covering the following topics:

APPLICATION
 
01. Unpatentable inventions
02. Claim Categories
03. The Applicant/Agent
04. Requirements for obtaining a valid filing date
05. Requirements/documents for filing an application
06. Presentation of the application documents
07. Priority

PUBLICATION, EXAMINATION & REGISTRATION
 
08. Formal examination by the Office
09. Novelty search by the office
10. Publication
11. Substantive examination by the office
12. Novelty
13. Prior use rights
14. Amendments - Corrections
15. Grant - Validation
16. Opposition - Observation
17. Appeals Against Decisions of the Office

LONG-TERM PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
 
18. Working/Enforcement of the patent right
19. Duration and renewal of maintenance fees
20. Assignments
21. Documents required to record an assignment
22. Licences
23. Change of name or Legal Status
24. Change of address
 
 MISCELLANEOUS
 
25. Availability of protections for inventions
26. Special types of protections for inventions
27. Supplementary Protection Certificates
28. Revocation (nullity action) before the court
29. Marking of goods under the protection of a patent (application)
30. Fees
31. Restoration
32. Additional Information
 
 TREATIES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS
 
33. Former, Current and New Law(s) and Regulation(s)
34. Ratified Conventions
35. Patent Cooperation Treaty

   
   
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