AIPLA/FICPI COLLOQUIUM
"On Reform of the PCT"
(PCT=Patent Cooperation Treaty)
Nice, France
8-9 April 2003
Presentations
  • Whenever new proposals and amendments to the Patent System are suggested, applicants/users find it difficult to influence such prospective changes at an early stage so that later interventions are less effective. For this very reason FICPI together with AIPLA have organised two Colloquiums in the last two years. The first FICPI/AIPLA Colloquium was held in Rome in 2001 and dealt with the then current proposal of the EPO to unilaterally amend the time limit for entries of the national phase under Chapter II, from 20/21 months to 30/31. It was highly successful and allowed users of the Patent System to air their views in the presence of WIPO and patent officials.

    With a considerable number of proposals before WIPO for amendment of the PCT, FICPI and AIPLA recently organised their second Colloquium in Nice. After official representatives had a chance to present their explanations, users were allowed to air their views as to how the changes affect them and what system they would like to see put in place.

    A report on the Colloquium by Stephanie Bodoni, entitled "Patent users unhappy at focus of PCT Reform", which recently appeared in MIP WEEK is now available together with some of the presentations given by officials as well as users.

  • Documents have been archived and are available from secretariat@ficpi.org.

 

  
Author Title Presentation
J. Erstling
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation)		 PCT Today: History, Status & Projected Growth.
Where we are and where we are going.		 Powerpoint
Claus Matthes
Head, PCT Reform Section, WIPO		 Overview of Recent Changes Powerpoint
Philip Thomas
Director, Patent Policy Department, WIPO		 Future evolution of search and examination Powerpoint
Dr. Ingo Kober
President of EPO (European Patent Office)		 PCT Reform and the EPO's proposals/comments/views MS Word
York Busse
Head of the PCT team of EPO		 Problems and Advantages the PCT has for Offices Powerpoint
Colin Philpott
Director, Patent Practice & Procedure, EPO		 Impact of recent changes on EPO Powerpoint
Charles P. Baker
Immediate Past Chair, Section of IP Law, American Bar Association		 Whether Government Patent Offices should contract with private companies to search the Prior Art MS Word
Lois E. Boland
Administrator for External Affairs, USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office)		 Problems and Advantages the PCT has for Offices - the need for further reform Powerpoint
Michael J. Caine
Convenor, International Patents Committee, Institute of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia		 Why and how the PCT is used - Advantages and Problems MS Word
Julian Crump
FICPI Member		 FICPI's comments on the UK's proposals for "a common framework for sustained quality and efficiency". MS Word
M. Eriksson
Sweden		 Revision PCT Powerpoint
Melvin C. Garner
Darby & Darby P.C., New York		 User Reaction to recent changes in the PCT MS Word
J. Green-Kelly
Lloyd Wise, Singapore		 The Singapore Examination System and the PCT MS Word
Jeffrey P. Kusham and
David L. Fitzgerald
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington D.C.		 Biotechnology sequence-based disclosures under the PCT. Opportunities for improving the handling of data and applications. MS Word
Jan Modin
Chair, FICPI ET Group 3		 PCT Reform - FICPI Views Powerpoint
Rick D. Nydegger
President-Elect, AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association)		 1. The USPTO 21st century Strategic Plan - a brief review and update
2. Views on the new international preliminary report on patentability procedure ("Merger of PCT chapters I and II"). Advantages, problems and future opportunities.		 1. Powerpoint
2. Powerpoint
Shinjiro Ono
Deputy Commissioner Japan Patent Office		 1. Problems and advantages PCT has for JPO
2. JPO's views on PCT reform		 1. Powerpoint
2. Powerpoint
Charles A. Pearson
Director, Office of PCT Legal Administration, USPTO		 Impact of upcoming PCT reforms Powerpoint
A. Rollins
Amersham		 Recent Changes to the PCT - Impact on Third Parties. Powerpoint
Ichio Shamoto
APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association		 1. Views of the APAA on PCT Reform
2. Creation of Universal Database - Problems & Advantages		 1. MS Word
2. MS Word
Thierry Sueur
Vice Chairman of Patent Working Group/UNICE, Vice-President/Intellectual Property/AIR LIQUIDE, Past President of LES International		 Reform of the PCT Powerpoint
Lawrence T. Welch
IPO		 Impact of recent PCT changes on Third Parties (and PCT users) Powerpoint
Janet Werner
IP Australia		 1. Problems & Advantages PCT has for Offices
2. Impact of recent changes to the PCT on Offices		 1.Powerpoint
2. >Powerpoint
   
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