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| Faster Patents For UK And Japan |
by Ulrika Lomas, for LawAndTax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, March 11, 2010
More businesses are set to benefit from faster patenting in the UK
and Japan as the current pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) scheme
between these two countries will be made permanent.
This was announced on March 10 by David Lammy, the UK's
Minister for Intellectual Property and Deputy Commissioner Minami of
the Japan Patent Office.
The PPH helps businesses and patent offices by streamlining the
often lengthy and costly process of obtaining patent protection. Once
an applicant has received a favourable decision from one office they
can request accelerated processing of corresponding patent applications
filed in the other. This significantly speeds up the process of getting
a patent.
Lammy said: "Backlogs are a big and unnecessary financial headache
for businesses and create significant delays in the system, which we
are determined to cut down. The Patent Prosecution Highway is a cheaper
and more efficient way of reducing duplication and speeding up the
applications process. This agreement will ensure that UK and Japanese
businesses can have faster, cost effective and high quality patent
protection. A permanent deal with Japan further strengthens the
relationship between our countries, and demonstrates our shared
commitment to improving the global patent system."
Minami added: "The permanent PPH agreement will help both offices to
stimulate and reward invention and innovation; helping Japanese and UK
industries to acquire patents in a fast and convenient manner. The
agreement is another significant step towards streamlining
international patent prosecution and enhancing the global patent
prosecution highway network."
The UK Intellectual Property Office currently also has Patent
Prosecution Highway pilot agreements with the US Patent and Trademark
Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
The development of work sharing arrangements between the
Intellectual Property Office and other national patent offices is a key
recommendation of the UK Gowers Review of Intellectual Property. The
Gowers Review, published in December 2006, concluded that the UK has a
fundamentally strong IP system, but set out important targeted reforms
which sought to achieve a balance of strengthening IP protection while
encouraging innovation.
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