History of IPDL

History of Intellectual Property Digital Library:

• 1996/4 JPO website opened

• 1997/4 PAJ retrieval service launched

• 1998/10 Japanese Well-known Trademark service started

• 1999/3 IPDL has opened in the JPO website (Initial services in English:

• PAJ, Japanese Trademark Database, Japanese Well-knownTrademark)

• 2000/3 Figure Trademark Search started

• Automatic Full-text Translation was made available (PAJ)

• 2001/3 List of Goods and Services for Trademarks was made availablePatent Map Guidance/ FI/F-term Search started

• 2002/3 Patent & Utility Model Gazette DB was made availablePatent & Utility Model Concordance service launched

• 2004/3 Design Gazette Search started 

Outline of the IPDL – Facts :

Number of Searches / Fiscal year

IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL of IP POLICY

IP POLICY IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL

• To implement the IP Policy, an IP Policy Implementation Manual is provided.

• The manual provides detailed guidelines on how each clause of the IP Policy can be effectively implemented taking into account the interest of the organization, its staff and society at large.

• Depends on the IP Policy - can be one single manual or a set of manuals, can be in a bound volume or in loose sheets.

• The manual provides the guidelines, flowchart, forms to be used, sample agreements, and suggestions on how intellectual activities and the ways in securing of IP Rights in an organization may be carried out.
  

WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN AN IP POLICY

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN AN IP POLICY:

• Policy Statement  
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• Objectives  
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• Scope  
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• Explanation on the types of IP Rights  
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• Ownership  
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• Works of Employees  
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• Works of Non-Employees  
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• Subsidiaries and Joint Venture Companies  
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• Undergraduate and Postgraduate research students (for university)  
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• Disclosure of inventions to the organization or employer 
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• Incentives, Award and Reward Schemes, Royalties 
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• Commercial development 
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• Employee & Visitor Obligations 
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• Agreements with third parties 
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• Improvement Patents 
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• First Right of Refusal 
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• Administration