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MACIPO & ASSOCIATES is a firm of specialist patent and
trademark attorneys who
help inventors, business owners, organizations, or entrepreneurs gain the
competitive edge by safeguarding and enhancing intellectual property rights
and provide full protection for all
types of Intellectual Property.
The protection of our clients’ inventions, innovations and brands is at the
heart of our practice.
The firm has extensive experience of representing clients at the United
Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, European
Patent Office, and OHIM, the European Community Trademarks and Designs
Office, not only for the filing and prosecuting of patent
and trademark applications but also in opposition and appeal proceedings for both domestic
and overseas clients. Our United Kingdom and European offices enables our patent
and trademark professionals
to maintain regular contact with examiners at the United Kingdom
Intellectual Property Office, European Patent Office, and OHIM, the European
Community Trademarks and Designs Office by
attending interviews, opposition proceedings and appeals. |
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UK Intellectual Property
Office |
| The UK Intellectual Property Office is
the official government body responsible for granting Intellectual
Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom (UK). These rights include:
Patents, Designs, Trade marks, and Copyright. The UKIPO is an Executive
Agency of the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).
As part of the DIUS, the UKIPO is responsible for the role of IP rights
in supporting innovation. |
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World Intellectual Property
Organization |
The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is
dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international
intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates
innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding
the public interest.
WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from
its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world
through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other
international organizations. Its headquarters are in Geneva,
Switzerland. |
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European Patent Office |
| The European Patent Office (EPO)
provides a uniform application procedure for individual inventors and
companies seeking patent protection in up to 38 European countries. It
is the executive arm of the European Patent Organisation and is
supervised by the Administrative Council. |
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European Community Office |
| The task of the Office for Harmonization
in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) is to register European
Community Trade Marks and Community Designs. The Community Trade Mark
and the Community Design both grant their proprietors a uniform right
valid in all Member States of the European Union by means of one
procedural system. |
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The United States Patent and
Trademark Office |
The United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) is a federal agency in the Department of Commerce. The
USPTO occupies five interconnected buildings in Alexandria, Virginia.
The office employs over 7,000 full time staff to support its major
functions--- the examination and issuance of patents and the examination
and registration of trademarks. The USPTO has evolved into a unique
government agency. Since 1991--under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act (OBRA) of 1990--the agency has been fully fee funded. The primary
services the agency provides include processing patent and trademark
applications and disseminating patent and trademark information.
Through the issuance of patents, the USPTO encourages technological
advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose
new technology worldwide. Through the registration of trademarks, the
agency assists businesses in protecting their investments, promoting
goods and services, and safeguarding consumers against confusion and
deception in the marketplace. By disseminating both patent and trademark
information, the USPTO promotes an understanding of intellectual
property protection and facilitates the development and sharing of new
technologies worldwide. |
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Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
The Canadian Intellectual Property
Office (CIPO), a Special Operating Agency (SOA) associated with Industry
Canada, is responsible for the administration and processing of the
greater part of intellectual property in Canada. CIPO's areas of
activity include:
Patents cover new inventions (process, machine, manufacture, composition
of matter), or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention;
Trade-marks are words, symbols or designs (or a combination of these),
used to distinguish the wares or services of one person or organization
from those of others in the marketplace;
Copyrights provide protection for artistic, dramatic, musical or
literary works (including computer programs), and three other
subject-matter known as: performance, sound recording and communication
signal;
Industrial designs are the visual features of shape, configuration,
pattern or ornament (or any combination of these features), applied to a
finished article of manufacture;
Integrated circuit topographies refer to the three-dimensional
configurations of electronic circuits embodied in integrated circuit
products or layout designs. |
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