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2020年对于整个世界来说都是动荡不安充满不确定的一年,这种动荡在IP圈也同样明显,从年初世界卫生组织宣布COVID-19为公共卫生紧急事件后,各国知识产权主管机构随后下发了应对疫情的相关决定,从部分知识产权主管机构暂停运营,到大多数知产局远程办公,延长各种法定期限,取消庭审口审听证会,电子发文取代纸质发文等,各国官方应对疫情的政策一直在变化,虽然疫情影响了各国主管机构的办事效率,但并未阻挡各国改革创新的步伐。下面跟着小编一起来回顾2020年国际IP圈的主要动态:
The UK and EU have ratified the Withdrawal Agreement. This allows the UK to depart the EU on 31 January 2020 and for the transition period (1 February 2020 to 31 December 2020) to begin. During this time, EU law will continue to operate as it does now in the UK. The Intellectual Property (IP) system will continue as it is until 31 December2020.
英国和欧盟已签署脱欧协议。由此,英国于2020年1月31日正式脱欧,同时脱欧过渡期将于2020年2月1日开始至2020年12月31日结束。在此期间,欧盟法律将继续对英国有效。欧盟知识产权体系也同样对英国有效,直至2020年12月31日(过渡期)结束。
There will be no disruptionto IPO services or changes to the UK IP system during this transition period. The IPO will convert almost 1.4 million EU trademarks and 700,000 EU designs to comparable UK rights at the end of thetransition period. These will come into effect on 1 January 2021. These arrangements provide legal certainty and protect the interests of rightsholders and users of the IP framework.
过渡期间,英国知识产权局将继续开放,英国知识产权系统也不会变更。过渡期末,英国知识产权局将使近1400万件欧盟商标和70万件欧盟外观专利直接转换为其相应的英国权利。这将于2021年1月1日生效。这样的安排具有法律确定性,并保护了知识产权框架下权利人及用户的利益。
INTA首次举办虚拟年会
On May 21, the Board of Directors of INTA approved holding an all-virtual Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting from November 16 to 20 instead of its original plan to have it in Houston because the COVID-19 situation continues to change around the world. Uncertainty persists, and, the status of the pandemic is unclear looking to November. This is the first virtual annual meeting in the history of INTA!
由于冠状病毒在世界范围内持续变化,仍存在许多不确定性,难以预见情况至11月是否明朗。5月21日,经INTA董事会决定,INTA官方宣布将原定于2020年11月16日至20日在休斯敦举行的年会改为虚拟年会。这是INTA史上第一次虚拟年会!
WIPO2020指标数据显示全球商标
申请数量增长5.9%
The annual WIPI report collects and analyzes IP data from some 150 national and regional offices to inform policy makers, business leaders, investors, academics and others seeking macro trends in innovation and creativity.
世界知识产权组织年度报告收集并分析了来自约150个国家和地区办事处的知识产权数据,为各决策者、商业领袖、投资者、学者以及其他寻求创造创新宏观趋势的人士提供参考。
An estimated 11.5 million trademark applications were filed worldwide in 2019. This is almost 630,000 more than filed in 2018 and represents a growth rate of 5.9%. This marks a tenth consecutive year of growth following the end of the global financial crisis.
2019年,全球约有1150万件商标申请。这比2018年的申请量增加了近63万件,增长率为5.9%。这是金融危机结束后第十年连续的增涨。
TMview Trademark Search Tool is a trademark information sharing and search tool project led by the EUIPO and participated by multiple intellectual property offices around the world. Users can use the TMview online search tool to search the trademark information of the intellectual property offices that have joined the project.
TMview商标检索工具是一项由欧盟知识产权局牵头、世界范围内多个知识产权局共同参与的商标信息共享与检索工具项目。用户可以通过TMview在线检索工具,对已加入该项目的知识产权局的商标信息进行检索。
As of 17 February 2020, IPONZ has made its trade mark data available to the EUIPO’s TMview search tool, incorporating more than 685 thousand trademarks into the search tool.As of 06 April 2020, IP Australia has made its trade mark data available to the TMview search tool. With the addition of more than 1,6 million trade marks from IP Australia, TMview provides information and access to more than 59,1 million trade marks in total.With IP Australia on board of TMview, the tool now contains data from 74 participating offices.
2020年2月17日,新西兰知识产权局(IPONZ)加入了欧盟知识产权局(EUIPO)的商标检索工具TMview,将其超过68.5万个商标纳入该工具当中。2020年4月6日,澳大利亚知识产权局(IP Australia)正式加入TMview商标检索系统。将其160万件商标信息纳入该工具中。至此TMview进行信息检索的商标总数超过5910万件。TMview工具涵盖的知识产权局数量达到74个;
Since the introduction of TMview on 13 April 2010, the tool has served more than 70 million searches from 169 different countries, with Spain, China and Germany among the most frequent users.
TMview商标检索系统自2010年4月13日正式启用以来,已经提供了超过7000万次的商标信息检索服务,涵盖用户来源国多达169个国家。值得一提的是,来自中国、西班牙和德国的用户最为活跃,一定程度上反映出这些国家的用户对于商标信息检索服务的高度需求。
美国优先审查COVID-19相关商标/专利成果显著
近400位申请人通过美国专利商标局COVID-19救济计划获得优先申请
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) earlier this year launched the COVID-19 Prioritized Patent Examination Pilot Program and the COVID-19 Prioritized Trademark Examination Program.
为了应对新冠肺炎全球大流行,美国专利商标局(USPTO)于2020年中旬启动了COVID-19专利优先审查试验计划和COVID-19商标优先审查计划。
These programs enable the USPTO to grant requests for prioritized examination to qualifying patent applicants and to accept petitions to advance the initial examination of applications for trademarks used to identify qualifying COVID-19 medical products and services, without payment of the typical fees associated with other prioritized examination.
这些程序使USPTO能够向符合条件的专利申请人提供优先审查服务,并接受对用于识别合格COVID-19医疗产品和服务的商标提前进行初步审查的请求,申请人无须支付与其他优先事项相关的特定费用。
Since the programs’ enactment in May 2020 for patents and June 2020 for trademarks:
251 patent requests for prioritized patent application examination have been granted, resulting in 33 patents being allowed or granted, and 129 trademark petitions have been granted.
自从专利/商标优先审查计划分别于2020年5月和2020年6月开始实施以来:1. 251项要求优先进行专利审查的申请已获得批准,其中33项专利已获得批给或授权,以及2. 129件商标申请已获得授权。
More than half of the patent applications granted prioritized examination are directed to medical treatments, vaccines, and diagnostic technology. The balance of the applications are directed to ventilators, personal protective equipment (PPE), and other technology related to COVID-19.
Almost half of the trademark petitions granted are for items designed to detect and treat COVID-19. The other half are for PPE and medical goods, as well as medical services related to COVID-19.
获得审查的专利申请中,有一半以上是针对医疗、疫苗和诊断技术的。其他申请则是用于呼吸机、个人防护设备(PPE)和其他与COVID-19相关的技术。获得授权的商标申请中几乎有一半是被设计用于检测和治疗COVID-19的物品。另一半用于个人防护装备和医疗产品以及与COVID-19相关的医疗服务。
2020主要国家官费调整情况
美国:
美国专利商标局(USPTO)近三年来首次设定和调整商标及商标审查及上诉委员会(TTAB)的费用。此次调整自2021年1月2日起生效,这为多年的审核和调整过程画上句号。
内容 | 调整前(USD) | 调整后(USD) |
新申请(规范项目) | 225 | 250 |
新申请(非规范项目) | 275 | 350 |
最终审查意见第 4-6 个月内答复 | 0 | 400 |
提交使用声明费用1 | 125 | 225 |
提交使用声明后,删除商品项、服务项或者类别2 | 0 | 250 |
提交请愿书 | 100 | 250 |
提交抗议信 | 0 | 50 |
请求恢复申请3 | 100 | 250 |
异议、撤销申请 | 400 | 600 |
口审 | 0 | 500 |
向USPTO请求补办正本证书 | 200 | 350 |
注1:指美国商标注册第五年、第十年需提交商标使用声明(Declaration of Use)。
注2:指上述声明提交后,被USPTO接受前,权利人主动删除商品/服务项目/类别,每一类商品/服务项目250美元。若权利人在提交使用声明之前删除商品/服务项目,则不会收取费用。
注3:(注册前如果被abandon,2个月内可以恢复,注册后被 abandon不可恢复)
加拿大:
根据加拿大知识产权局(CIPO)公告,商标部分规费将按照《服务费法案》规定,自2021年1月1日上调2%。
内容 | 调整前(加拿大元) | 调整后(加拿大元) |
商标注册申请(电子提交) | ||
注册申请(首类) | 330 | 336 |
注册申请(类别附加费,第二类起) | 100 | 102 |
商标异议申请 | ||
提交异议申请书 | 750 | 765 |
商标续展申请(电子提交) | ||
续展申请(首类) | 400 | 408 |
续展申请(类别附加费,第二类起) | 125 | 127.5 |
商标续展申请(其他途径提交) | ||
续展申请(首类) | 500 | 510 |
续展申请(类别附加费,第二类起) | 125 | 127.5 |
依据旧法申请核发纸质注册证(申请日须早于2019-06-17新商标法生效前) | ||
核发纸质注册证 | 200 | 204 |
澳大利亚:
澳大利亚知识产权局(IP Australia)已于2020年8月7日公布了修改商标官费的规定。
大多数官费调整将于2020年10月1日生效。马德里商标申请的调整费用计划于2020年11月7日开始实施。
内容 | 调整前(澳元) | 调整后(澳元) |
标准商标申请每类 | 330 | 400 |
系列商标申请每类 | 480 | 550 |
商标续展每类 | 450 | 400 |
马德里商标申请每类 | 350 | 400 |
紧急文件加急邮寄(新增) | / | 20 |
新西兰:
自2020年2月13日起,新西兰知识产权局(IPONZ)实施新的官费标准,随之生效的,还有其《2019年商标修正条例》。将进一步降低商标申请以及续展的官费。
内容 | 调整前(新西兰元) | 调整后(新西兰元) |
商标申请首类 | 150 | 100 |
商标申请次类 | 150 | 100 |
商标续展每类 | 350 | 200 |
请求官方查询和初步意见每类 | 80 | 50 |
请求查询每类 | 40 | 50 |
请求初步意见每类 | 40 | 50 |
缅甸新商标法过渡期于2020年10月1日正式实施
The Myanmar government has enacted a new Trademark law in March 2019 – wherein a new set of rules, regulations, and procedures were defined in accordance with international standards. we are pleased to inform that the same has been launched with effect from October 1, 2020, although the official fee has not been announced. The soft opening period is expected to last for a period of six (6) months i.e. till March 31, 2021, thereby allowing existing trademark holders to re-file applications for their marks(s).
缅甸政府于2019年3月颁布了新《商标法》,其中包含一系列与国际接轨的新规则、新规定和新流程。关于缅甸新商标法过渡期,已于2020年10月1日启动,尽管相关官费和委托书的要求仍未公布。过渡期将持续至2021年3月31日,长达6个月,允许现有注册商标持有人对其商标进行重报,并要求优先权日期。
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