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WorldPatentInformation,Vol. 17, No. 2, p. 146, 1995
Pergamon
Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain 0172-2190(95)0003&5
Literature Review
Initial results are very promising. More testing is in progress. Patents and virtual reality. B. J. Spear,
D. I. Rant, Ed. and B. Jeapes, Ed., Online Information 93. Proceedings
17th International Online Information Meeting. Learned Inf, pp. 253162, 1993. STAR - A multimedia database svstem for trademark registration. J. K.” Wu, B. M. Mehtre, Y J. Gao, P. C. Lam,
A. Desai Narasimhalu, W. Litwin Ed. and T. Risch, Ed., Applications of
databases. Proceedinas First International Conference, ADB-92. Springer-Verlag,
pp. 109-22, 1994. To ensure the uniqueness of all trademarks registered is very important. With the ever increasing number of registered trademarks, this is becoming increasingly difficult. A search system for the registration of trademarks is presented in this paper. Trademarks are complex patterns consisting of various image and text patterns, called the ‘device-mark’ and the ‘word-in-mark’, respectively. Traditionally, only the text part has been used for search and retrieval of such patterns. This was largely due to the diversity and complexity of image patterns occurring in trademarks. The system for trademark archival and registration (STAR) presented in this paper, uses features based on both the image and text components of trademarks, and brings out conflicting trademarks for the consideration of the trademark officer. Thus it simplifies the task of the trademark office to a great extent. A structural representation consisting of image, graphics, text and phonetics has been proposed to handle the diversity and complexity of trademarks. Based on this structural representation, an object-oriented database scheme, a sophisticated segmentation technique, a composite similarity measure for searching conflicting trademarks, and an indexing scheme have been developed.
Technical innovation is covered by various types of intellectual property (ip) e.g. patents! copyright, etc. In addition, it is a requirement of the patent system that an applicant makes a full disclosure of his invention in a manner adequate for others to be able to put it into practice, for example when his patent monopoiy expires. Patents are therefore a oarticularlv rich source of technical information as they describe not only inventions of major manufacturers, but also the work of many small firms and individuals. Moreover, the importance of the information is enhanced by the fact -that much of the technical content of patents is not published elsewhere. Patents, hence, are an important adjunct to traditional literature sources-but one often overlooked. The paper covers both the general intellectual property situation and specific patents (e.g. headsets, data gloves, body suits, complete systems). Nafta, Gatt, and patents. R. C. Stewart, Cherntech 24 (lo), 40-42, 1994. Inter-
national treaties are changing US patent law. If you are doing research in foreign countries, these changes will affect you. What is that uatent. trademark, or copvright worth? D.’ L. Hayes ’ and A. S. Smith. Chemtech 24 (11). X-20.
1994. Whether you are going to’acquire someone else’s technology or protect your own, an intellectual property audit is essential to safeguard your interests. How to use scientific and technological information to reveal strategic technologies. J.-P. Courtial and A. Sigogneau,
146
Znt.J. Technol. Manage. (Switzerland) 10 (l), 3144, 1995. Information contained
in patent databases can be used to show technology networks, in keeping with the theorv advanced bv the Centre de Sociolbgie de 1’Ecoie des Mines de Paris. Mathematics methodology is required for the analysis of associated words. One example shows technology themes concerning food products that were obtained in this way. A second example suggests the same-methodology for strategic technologies involved in waste waSkr purifica&n. The article covers one means of disclosing the strategic features of a technology through simple analysis (which is neither too random nor too difficult to set up) of complementary patents. The standards development process and the NII: A view from the trenches. S. N. Baron, SMPTE J. (USA) 103
(ll), 758-61, 1994. This paper examines the usefulness of a National Information Infrastructure (NII) for the develonment of standards in the US. An NII*could facilitate meeting openness and dueprocess requirements in the requirements of the voluntary standards process in the US by: (1) Providing a directory of authorized standards developers stating area of iurisdiction. (2) Providing bulletin-board services for posting 07 projects under way and providing a mechanism for input to the process. (3) Providing a standard means of transporting iext and drawings across the interface. (4) Providing an archive of documents with titles, abstracts with keyword access, and document contents to allow public access with mechanisms for protection of intellectual property rights and payment to the standards developer for use (access) of documents. (5) Making sure that any new tools develoued are designed to helu shorten the de;elopment process, not lengthen it, since speed of development is essential.
Pergamon
Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain 0172-2190(95)0003&5
Literature Review
Initial results are very promising. More testing is in progress. Patents and virtual reality. B. J. Spear,
D. I. Rant, Ed. and B. Jeapes, Ed., Online Information 93. Proceedings
17th International Online Information Meeting. Learned Inf, pp. 253162, 1993. STAR - A multimedia database svstem for trademark registration. J. K.” Wu, B. M. Mehtre, Y J. Gao, P. C. Lam,
A. Desai Narasimhalu, W. Litwin Ed. and T. Risch, Ed., Applications of
databases. Proceedinas First International Conference, ADB-92. Springer-Verlag,
pp. 109-22, 1994. To ensure the uniqueness of all trademarks registered is very important. With the ever increasing number of registered trademarks, this is becoming increasingly difficult. A search system for the registration of trademarks is presented in this paper. Trademarks are complex patterns consisting of various image and text patterns, called the ‘device-mark’ and the ‘word-in-mark’, respectively. Traditionally, only the text part has been used for search and retrieval of such patterns. This was largely due to the diversity and complexity of image patterns occurring in trademarks. The system for trademark archival and registration (STAR) presented in this paper, uses features based on both the image and text components of trademarks, and brings out conflicting trademarks for the consideration of the trademark officer. Thus it simplifies the task of the trademark office to a great extent. A structural representation consisting of image, graphics, text and phonetics has been proposed to handle the diversity and complexity of trademarks. Based on this structural representation, an object-oriented database scheme, a sophisticated segmentation technique, a composite similarity measure for searching conflicting trademarks, and an indexing scheme have been developed.
Technical innovation is covered by various types of intellectual property (ip) e.g. patents! copyright, etc. In addition, it is a requirement of the patent system that an applicant makes a full disclosure of his invention in a manner adequate for others to be able to put it into practice, for example when his patent monopoiy expires. Patents are therefore a oarticularlv rich source of technical information as they describe not only inventions of major manufacturers, but also the work of many small firms and individuals. Moreover, the importance of the information is enhanced by the fact -that much of the technical content of patents is not published elsewhere. Patents, hence, are an important adjunct to traditional literature sources-but one often overlooked. The paper covers both the general intellectual property situation and specific patents (e.g. headsets, data gloves, body suits, complete systems). Nafta, Gatt, and patents. R. C. Stewart, Cherntech 24 (lo), 40-42, 1994. Inter-
national treaties are changing US patent law. If you are doing research in foreign countries, these changes will affect you. What is that uatent. trademark, or copvright worth? D.’ L. Hayes ’ and A. S. Smith. Chemtech 24 (11). X-20.
1994. Whether you are going to’acquire someone else’s technology or protect your own, an intellectual property audit is essential to safeguard your interests. How to use scientific and technological information to reveal strategic technologies. J.-P. Courtial and A. Sigogneau,
146
Znt.J. Technol. Manage. (Switzerland) 10 (l), 3144, 1995. Information contained
in patent databases can be used to show technology networks, in keeping with the theorv advanced bv the Centre de Sociolbgie de 1’Ecoie des Mines de Paris. Mathematics methodology is required for the analysis of associated words. One example shows technology themes concerning food products that were obtained in this way. A second example suggests the same-methodology for strategic technologies involved in waste waSkr purifica&n. The article covers one means of disclosing the strategic features of a technology through simple analysis (which is neither too random nor too difficult to set up) of complementary patents. The standards development process and the NII: A view from the trenches. S. N. Baron, SMPTE J. (USA) 103
(ll), 758-61, 1994. This paper examines the usefulness of a National Information Infrastructure (NII) for the develonment of standards in the US. An NII*could facilitate meeting openness and dueprocess requirements in the requirements of the voluntary standards process in the US by: (1) Providing a directory of authorized standards developers stating area of iurisdiction. (2) Providing bulletin-board services for posting 07 projects under way and providing a mechanism for input to the process. (3) Providing a standard means of transporting iext and drawings across the interface. (4) Providing an archive of documents with titles, abstracts with keyword access, and document contents to allow public access with mechanisms for protection of intellectual property rights and payment to the standards developer for use (access) of documents. (5) Making sure that any new tools develoued are designed to helu shorten the de;elopment process, not lengthen it, since speed of development is essential.