Industrial Properly - WIPO...Ecuador, Mexico, Sweden, United Kingdom All other States parties to the Rome Convention (1961) December 18 to 21, 1967 Geneva Interunion Coordination Committee

Industrial Properly Monthly Review of the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI) Geneva

6th Year No. 10 October 1967

Contents Piges

LEGISLATION

Italy. Decrees concerning the Temporary Protection of Industrial Property Rights at Two Exhibitions (of August 29 and September 8, 1967) 250

CORRESPONDENCE

Letter from France (P. Mathély), First Part 250 Letter from Great Britain (F. Honig) 255 Letter from Israel (R. Cohn) 269

GENERAL STUDIES

Invention and Nonobviousness in United States Patent Law (Jeanne Boucourech- liev), First Part 276

BOOK REVIEWS

Selection of New Publications 287

CALENDAR

BIRPI Meetings 287 Meetings of Other International Organizations concerned with Intellectual Property 288

Any reproduction of articles and translations of laws, published in this periodical, is authorized only with the prior consent of BIRPI

250 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY — OCTOBER 1967

LEGISLATIOH

ITALY

Decrees concerning the Temporary Protection of Industrial Property

Rights at Two Exhibitions (Of August 29 and September 8, 1967)

Single Article Industrial inventions, utility models, designs and trade-

marks relating to objects appearing at the following exhibitions: VII" Salone internazionale del mobile (Milan, September 24

to October 1,1967); XI" Salone internazionale Campeggio Sport — SINCAS (Milan,

October 8 to 10, 1967) shall enjoy the temporary protection provided by laws No. 1127 of June 29, 19392), No. 1411 of August 25, 19403), No. 929 of June 21, 19424), and No. 514 of July 1, 19595).

*) Official communication from the Italian Administration. 2) See La Propriété industrielle, 1939, p. 124; 1940, p. 84. 3) Ibid., 1940, p. 196. 4) Ibid., 1942, p. 168. 5) Ibid., 1960, p. 23.

CORRESPONDENCE

Letter from France *) By Paul MATHÉLY

Barrister at the Court of Paris, Professor at the Center of International Studies

iu Industrial Property, Strasbourg

(First Part)

CORRESPONDENCE 251


CORRESPONDENCE


CORRESPONDENCE 255

Letter from Great Britain *) By Frederick HONIG, Barrister-at-Law, London

The Law of Industrial Property and Restrictive Practices in 1965 and 1966


CORRESPONDENCE 257


CORRESPONDENCE 259


CORRESPONDENCE 261


CORRESPONDENCE 263


CORRESPONDENCE 265


CORRESPONDENCE 267


CORRESPONDENCE 269

Letter from Israel By Dr. Reinhold COHN, Patent Attorney, Tel Aviv


CORRESPONDENCE 271


CORRESPONDENCE 273


CORRESPONDENCE 275


GENERAL STUDIES

Invention and Nonobviousness in United States Patent Law *)

By Jeanne BOUCOURECHLIEV, Paris (First Part)

GENERAL STUDIES 277

US INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY — OCTOBER 1967

GENERAL STUDIES 279


GENERAL STUDIES 281


GENERAL STUDIES 283


GENERAL STUDIES 285

286 m DU ST RI AL PROPERTY — OCTOBER 1967

CALENDAR 287

BOOK REVIEWS

Selection of New Publications

ALVES DE ARAUJO (H.). Vade mecum of industrial property in Latin America. Rio de Janeiro, C. Se Almeida. - Loose leaf.

INSTITUT FÜR GEWERBLICHEN RECHTSSCHUTZ UND URHEBER- RECHT DER UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN. Neuerwerbungen der Bi- bliotheken, November 1966. Munich, Max-Planck-Institut, 1967. - 61 p. Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht.

The BIRPI Library itself has published two bibliographical studies which are available on request, free of charge:

Bibliographie sélective de commentaires concernant la Convention de Paris. Geneva, BIRPI, 1967. - 44 p. (Etudes bibliographiques de la Bibliothèque des BIRPI, No. 10.)

Bibliographie sélective de commentaires de la Convention de Berne. Geneva, BIRPI, 1967. - 26 p. (Etudes bibliographiques de la Biblio- thèque des BIRPI, No. 12.)

MIOSGA (Willy). Internationaler Marken- und Herkunftsschutz. Munich, Wila Verlag für Wirtschaftswerbung Wilhelm Lampl, 1967. - 534 p.

WILDBUR (Peter). Trademarks. A Handbook of International Designs. London & New York, Studio Vista & Reinhold, 1966. - 96 p.

Books Received - Note The publications of Adams and Adams listed in the September 1967

issue of Industrial Property under " Books Received," are for private cir- culation only and are intended for the use of Adams and Adams' Foreign Correspondents.

CALENDAR

Meetings of BIRPI

Date and Place Title Object Invitations to Participate Observers Invited

December 12 to 15, 1967 Geneva

Permanent Committee of the Berne Union (13'11 Session)

Consideration of various questions concerning copy- right

Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany (Fed. Rep.), India, Italy, Portu- gal, Romania, Spain, Switz- erland, United Kingdom

All other Member States of the Berne Union; interested international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations

December 18 and 19, 1967 Geneva (Headquarters of ILO)

Intergovernmental Com- mittee (Neighbouring Rights). Meeting convened jointly by BIRPI, ILO and UNESCO (1« Session)

Adoption of the rules of procedure; election of offi- cers; various questions

Congo (Brazzaville),Czecho- slovakia, Ecuador, Mexico, Sweden, United Kingdom

All other States parties to the Rome Convention (1961)


Interunion Coordination Committee (5'h Session)

Program and Budget of BIRPI

Belgium, Brazil, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany (Fed. Rep.), Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Por- tugal, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yugoslavia

All other Member States of the Paris Union or of the Berne Union


Conference of Representa- tives of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property (2nd Session)

Program and Budget (Paris Union)

All Member States of the Paris Union

United Nations; International Patent Institute


Date and Place Title Object Invitations to Participate Observers Invited


Executive Committee of the Conference of Representa- tives of the Paris Union (3rd Session)

Program and Budget (Paris Union)

Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany (Fed Rep.), Hungary, Italy, Ja pan, Mexico, Morocco Netherlands, Nigeria, Por tugal, Spain, Sweden. Switzerland, Union of So viet Socialist Republics. United Kingdom, United States of America, Yugo slavia

All other Member States of the Paris Union

December 20 and 21, 1967 Geneva

Council of the Lisbon Union for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (2nd Session)

Annual Meeting All Member States of the All other Member States of the Paris Lisbon Union Union

1968

September 24 to 27 Interunion Coordination 1968 Committee (ö'h Session) Geneva

Program and Budget of BIRPI

To he announced later To b e announced later d late

October 2 to 8, Diplomatic Conference 1968 Locarno

Adoption of a Special All Member States of the To be announced later Agreement concerning the Paris Union International Classification of Industrial Designs

Meetings of Other International Organizations Concerned with Intellectual Property Place Date Organization Title

Strasbourg November 6 to 10, 1967 Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Patents

The Hague December 4 to 6, 1967 International Patent Institute (IIB) 94'11 Session of the Administrative Council

1968

Buenos Aires April 15 to 19, 1968 International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (IAPIP)

Presidents' Conference

Munich April 22 to 26, 1968 Committee for International Cooperation in Informa- Standing Committee II tion Retrieval among Examining Patent Offices (ICIREPAT)

Tokyo October 21 to November 1, 1968 Committee for International Cooperation in Informa- 8'11 Annual Meeting tion Retrieval among Examining Patent Offices (ICIREPAT)

Lima December 2 to 6, 1968 Inter-American Association of Industrial Property Congress (ASIPI)

Documents

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