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Panel 2: Global Databases Service provider viewpoint. WIPO Symposium of Intellectual Property Authorities Geneva, September 22-23, 2011. Global databases Agenda. What do we need? Legacy Current situation Commonly agreed aspects Some consequences Facilitators.
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Panel 2: Global DatabasesService provider viewpoint WIPO Symposium of Intellectual Property Authorities Geneva, September 22-23, 2011
Global databasesAgenda • What do we need? • Legacy • Current situation • Commonly agreed aspects • Some consequences • Facilitators
Global databasesWhat do we need? • IPOs • Examination: Worldwide information • Legal aspect: National & Regional information • Governements • Support economic development: Worldwide information • Industry: Worldwide information • Prior art • Validity, freedom to operate • Alerts • Competitive intelligence
Global databasesLegacy - Patents • INPADOC (Vienna) • Founded by WIPO and Austrian government (1972) • Integrated to EPO as a sub-office (early nineties) • 2 databases based on patent offices input • PFS, Patent Family Service: biblio • PRS, Patent Register Service: legal status • EPO documentation (The Hague) • Image of EPO documentation (INVE, ECLA, PRIOR) • Evolution: EDOC -> EPODOC -> DOCDB (with PFS) • Derwent WPI (London) • Consolidation of subject specific files • Cooperation Derwent – Orbit (1976)
Legacy – Trademarks, Brands, Industrial designs • Trademarks • Trademark offices • Nothing similar to INPADOC • Compu-Mark • Cooperation Compu-Mark / INPI / Questel • Saegis • Industrial designs • The orphan of IP information
Global databasesCurrent situation - Patents • EPO DOCDB -> espacenet, Patstat, GPI • IP5 Common documentation project • Latipat • Commercial service providers, e.g.: • Thomson-Reuters: DWPI • Questel: FamPat • Minesoft: Patbase • LexisNexis: TotalPatent
Current situation –TMs, Brands, Industrial designs • Trademarks / Brands • OHIM: TM View • WIPO: Brand database • Commercial service providers • Thomson-CompuMark: Saegis • Corsearch: Edital • Industrial designs • Commercial service provider • Questel: DesignFinder
Global databasesCommonly agreed aspects • Improve overall efficiency • Improve quality • Reduce costs • Avoid duplication • Focus on each player expertise • Applicants: quality of Applications • IPOs: produce clean "source" information • Service providers: add value
Global databasesSome consequences • Access to information • Expand multi-lingual availability • Move toward classification of concepts (F-terms, ICO?) • Global databases versus Global services Keith Dilley (GE), WIPO Symposium 2011: • Consider a global approach (no longer US-Centric) • Looking more at processes than at tools • Interoperability • Standards are a pre-requisit (Lingua Franca), e.g. • PR N°: family building • PN N°: citations network • Inventors, Assignees, Classifications: statistics, landscaping • IP office information available at marginal cost
Global databasesFacilitators Through working groups involving: • IPOs • WIPO • Regional Offices • IP5 • Applicants • PDG: Patent Documentation Group • PIUG: Patent Information User Group • Service providers • PATCOM: Patent Commitee
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