Enforcement Best Practices
ICELAND
Summary:
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1. General presentation |
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1.1 Overview |
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Apart from granting patent, trade mark and design protection, the Icelandic Patent Office (IPO) provides information about IPRs. It is the main centre for all who are interested in IPR related issues. On the IPO website (www.patent.is), there is a detailed overview of all the services and activities the office provides. The IPO puts an effort into providing information about IPRs to schools, focusing on students from the age of 6 years to students in Universities, mostly with legal and technical backgrounds. A video on the protection of intellectual property rights has been made in cooperation with an Icelandic parents’ organisation. The video is aimed at school children and teenagers and the emphasis is on music and films. It will be shown in schools around the country. The IPO also offers seminars and shorter courses for public organisations and the private sector. Occasionally, they organise larger conferences, such as the Enforcement Conference held in connection with the international IP day (26 th April 2008), which was open to all interested parties. The conference was subsequently followed up by a brainstorming meeting with some of the participants to help develop new initiatives to prevent the violation of intellectual property rights. The Research Liaison Office of the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Patent Office have concluded a cooperation agreement whereby the Research Liaison Office assumes the responsibility of being a part of a Patent Information Centre , along with the Icelandic Patent Office and the Innovation Centre Iceland in Akureyri. The information centre is part of a network of over 300 information centres throughout Europe which are supported by the European Patent Office. On November 10, 2006, the Icelandic Patent Office opened an Icelandic interface to the database espacenet . The database is run by the European Patent Office and contains over 50 million patent applications and related documents . |
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1.2 Sector focus |
Sector: No specific sector |
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1.3 Institution (managing initiative) |
Icelandic Patent Office (operates under the Ministry of Economics) |
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2. Detailed Information |
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2.1 Start date |
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2.2 End date |
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2.3 Budget |
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2.4 Type of initiative
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Initial Information & Signposting Dedicated Information Provision Dedicated Services Professional Advice Training International Liaison & Actions by Business Organisations Funding & Evaluation Public Access & Co-ordination Measures Other (specify): |
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2.5 Type of IPR |
All IPR Industrial Property Inventions : Patents Utility Models Plant Varieties Topographies of Semiconductor Products Distinctive Signs : Trade Marks Trade Names Geographical Indications, Designations of Origin Aesthetic Creations: Designs (industrial design) Intellectual Property Literary, Scientific, Artistic Creations : Copyright Neighbouring Rights Rights in Common Law, Tort, Competition Law etc. Trade Secrets, Licensing & Confidentiality Agreements |
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2.6 Stage in Enforcement Process |
All Stages Registration Business Planning / Strategy Investigations Administrative Procedures Litigation Other (specify): |
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3. Evaluation of Initiative |
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3.1 Overall appraisal |
N/A |
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4. Further Information |
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4.1 Document References |
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4.2 Web Site |
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4.3 Contacts |
The Icelandic Patent Office Engjateig 3 101 Reykjavík Iceland |
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4.4 Information Source |
IPR Enforcement Support Expert Group |
