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	Publications
		The latest reports to the Trilateral Commission stem from papers delivered at the 2006 plenary meeting in Tokyo: Engaging with Russia: The Next Phase by Roderic Lyne, Strobe Talbott, and Koji Watanabe and Nuclear Proliferation: Risk and Responsibility by Graham Allison, Hervé de Carmoy, Thérèse Delpech, and Chung Min Lee.
		Two other recent reports to the Trilateral Commission are The "Democracy Deficit" in the Global Economy: Enhancing the Legitimacy and Accountability of Global Institutions by Joseph S. Nye, Jr., and others, and Addressing the New International Terrorism: Prevention, Intervention and Multilateral Cooperation, by Joseph S Nye, Jr., Yukio Satoh and Paul Wilkinson.
		A Trilateral Commission Task Force project typically involves a team of authors from our three regions working together for a year or so on a report which is discussed in draft form in the annual meeting and then published.
	www.trilateral.org /pubs.htm (589 words)

	EPO - press release
		At their annual trilateral conference the three Offices signed a Memorandum of Understanding which aims at increasing the efficiency of the patenting process and better exploiting the work performed by each office using common technical tools and harmonised procedures.
		The meeting, which was attended by some 150 participants, focused on the role of the trilateral offices in the future patent system.
		The trilateral cooperation between the EPO, the USPTO and the JPO, which started in 1983, is a pillar of the world wide patent system.
	www.european-patent-office.org /news/pressrel/2005_11_18_e.htm (475 words)

	Application Files of Trilateral Offices - OG Date: 20 September 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Together, the Trilateral Offices represent nearly 90% of all patent applications filed in the world, illustrating the dramatic potential for workload reduction in the USPTO through effective work sharing.
		It is proposed, however, to expand TDA usage to permit examiners to import certain published documents from the files of a "donor" office into the application file of the "recipient" office, becoming part of that file.
		Likewise, examiners from the other Trilateral Offices similarly will be able to import documents from the USPTO file of published applications.
	www.uspto.gov /web/offices/com/sol/og/2005/week38/patapps.htm (538 words)

	Trilateral statistical report: 4 DEMAND AT TRILATERAL OFFICES
		While the share of filings from outside the trilateral blocs increased in the USPTO, it was stable in the JPO and the EPO.
		The breakdown of applications in Trilateral Offices by field of technology according to the IPC Sections A-H is given below for the EPO and the USPTO for the filing years 1994 and 1995.
		It is not an indication for any backlog in handling applications within the Offices since a substantive part of pending applications are awaiting action from the applicant, for instance a request for examination (can take seven years from the date of filing in the JPO) and responding to Office's actions communicated to the applicant.
	www.european-patent-office.org /trich4.htm (2903 words)

	24th Annual Trilateral Conference
		The Trilateral Offices reported on the usability of tools which enabled examiners to access and view patent file wrappers via the TDA and the Web and confirmed that the tools were very useful in terms of exploiting the search and examination results of other Offices.
		The Trilateral Offices confirmed that the usage of Document Access Tools and feedback from examiners could be an important index for analyzing the current status of and problems with the exploitation of search and examination results of the other offices as well.
		The Trilateral Offices reaffirm the importance of the Trilateral policy of free flow of information data at marginal cost and their willingness to apply it to any other country provided the reciprocity principle is respected.
	www.jpo.go.jp /torikumi_e/kokusai_e/24th_tri_conference.htm (2787 words)

	2006/11/16　Trilateral Offices and Users Conference 2006 in Tokyo
		Trilateral Offices have intensively conducted projects in relation to mutual utilization of patent examinations results and provided certain outcomes, seeking to reduce the workload of patent examinations and further improve the quality of patent examiantions.
		In other words, the more a patent application is examined efficiently and the patent examination is harmonized through trilateral cooperation, the more it is expected that an inventor/applicant is able to file a patent application in a strategic manner.
		A few related topics, including the mutual utilization of patent examination results and the harmonization between trilatral offices of the requirements for patentability such as inventive step/non-obviousness, may be discussed.
	www.iip.or.jp /seminar/2006trilateral_detail_e.html (420 words)

	OAMI-ONLINE - THE OHIM’S ACCESSIBILITY POLICY
		As is customary, each of the offices informed the meeting of the initiatives and developments in their respective jurisdictions since the last trademark Trilateral meeting in Washington D.C in 2004.
		The Trilateral offices recognize the importance of continued engagement and cooperation with the Chinese trademark office.
		The offices are hopeful that the continuing development of the trilateral identification and classification project will lessen users' uncertainty about identifications and classifications, and that this, in turn, will lessen the number of refusals that are issued.
	oami.europa.eu /en/mark/coop_meeting.htm (553 words)

	WorldPatent without Borders
		The U.S. favour the mutual recognition of the patents between the trilateral offices (USPTO, European Patent Office EPO, and Japanese Patent Office JPO).
		This request should then be filed by the applicant in similar terms as a new request in each trilateral office and could merely be processed by formality officers to end without further examination as a national or regional US, JP or EP patent.
		In case of a non-conclusive trilateral procedure, the application would be split into individual national applications, which would then be examined as actually but with additional national fees and higher costs.
	www.invention-ifia.ch /WorldPatent_without_borders.htm (3023 words)

	Trilat051117En - FFII
		The three offices are in a unique position to do this, because they factually dominate patent legislation in their respective regions.
		The Trilateral Offices acknowledge the problems caused by the massive rise in patent filings, in particular the challenges to patent quality, and the huge cost associated with obtaining international patent protection.
		This is a consequence of the Offices' determination to continue catering to the interests of big industry and patent attorneys, at the expense of the public, which has to bear the burden of extensive patenting and the associated inefficiencies and monopoly profits, especially in the software industry.
	wiki.ffii.org /Trilat051117En (1771 words)

	European Patent Office - Annual Report
		Last year the Office launched various initiatives with a view to meeting the “Paris criteria” for the grant procedure, ie bringing the average time taken to grant a European patent down to 36 months.
		Since 2002, with a view to mastering their workload in the long term, the Trilateral Offices (the Japan Patent Office, the USPTO and the EPO) have pursued a strategic approach to trilateral co-operation, with increased filing activity and high-quality examination processes as their common concerns.
		The Trilateral Offices have also reinforced their commitment to using the Internet as the key dissemination tool for patent information in the future.
	annual-report.european-patent-office.org /2004/int_affairs/index.en.php (2469 words)

	Trilateral Commission: World Shadow Government
		Although the initial arrangements for the commission were laid out in a series of meetings held at the Rockefeller's famous Pocantico Hills estate outside New York City, Rockefeller first introduced the idea of the commission at an annual meeting of the Bilderberg group, this one held in Knokke, Belgium in the spring of 1972.
		The Trilateral Commission was unique, though, in that it brought the Japanese ruling elite into the inner councils of the global power brokers, a recognition of Japan's growing influence in the world economic and political arena.
		David Rockefeller and Brzezinski then began the process of selecting from among the "Trilateral" nations the several hundred elite power brokers who would be permitted to join in Trilateral policymaking in the coming years.
	afgen.com /trilateral.html (1036 words)

	Berkman Center::Harvard Law School::Internet Law Program::July 1-5 2002
		The European and Japanese Patent Offices, which together with the U.S. cover about 84% of the patents worldwide, similarly recognize business method patents (although under stricter patentability standards.) Many other countries are in the process of forming their policy toward this new category of patents.
		In recent years, after concluding that globalization of industry and trade would soon necessitate a worldwide patent-grant system, the trilateral offices devoted considerable time and effort to examining ways to coordinate and improve their search and examination practices.
		In mid-June 2000, the trilateral offices convened in a technical meeting to discuss and attempt to harmonize the patent practices among themselves.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /ilaw/bmp.html (4326 words)

	BIO \| Primer
		In addition to the GATT agreement, the United States, Europe and Japan are working to harmonize their patent systems through the establishment of the Trilateral Offices.
		The Trilateral Offices-the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)-have since 1983 been cooperating on the administration of their patent functions.
		One of the activities of the Trilateral Offices is to exchange information and views regarding patent administration in general, patent documentation and classification, automation programs and patent examination practices.
	www.bio.org /ip/primer/intltreaty.asp (647 words)

	IPKat—IP news and fun for everyone: PCT
		Offices of first filing will be able to take advantage of the service to reduce the issuing of multiple copies of priority documents.
		Offices of second filing will be able to reduce the need to handle and store priority documents and to take administrative steps in cases where priority documents have not been furnished by applicants.
		Given the substantial investment by the Trilateral Offices to the TDA service, one of their main concerns was the new international system of digital access to priority documents to be fully consistent with the existing TDA system.
	ipkitten.blogspot.com /search/label/PCT (949 words)

	European Patent Office - Annual Report
		A joint agenda of the national patent offices and the EPO is intended to generate further synergy effects in the European patent system so as to reduce economic IPR risks for European industry and thereby promote patenting propensity.
		It did so in the light of the need for a co-ordinated effort within the trilateral framework on issues related to the evolution of the patent system, given that the Trilateral Offices process by far the greatest part of all applications filed worldwide and are also cornerstones of the PCT system.
		To strengthen co-operation between the Office and the patent authorities of South-East Asia, the EPO and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) organised a Heads of IP Offices Conference in Singapore in November.
	annual-report.european-patent-office.org /2003/int_affairs (3700 words)

	Promote the Progress® ::: J. Matthew Buchanan's Patent Blog ::: Trilateral offices build support for "first ...
		Trilateral offices build support for "first package" approach to patent law harmonization discussions
		According to the statement, the participating countries agreed to convene further meetings to consider the “trilateral first package,” a proposal made by the USPTO, the European Patent Office, and the Japan Patent Office to limit harmonization discussions to certain issues in an attempt to advance the effort.
		The trilateral offices made the “first package” proposal because they view the current model for discussion of harmonization efforts as “not workable.”
	www.promotetheprogress.com /archives/2005/02/trilateral_offi.html (299 words)

	Brudirect.com - News Updates
		The official highlighted the issues of the summit and hinted terrorism was high on the list during the discussion.
		In yesterday's Japan-China-Korean trilateral ministerial level meetings, it was agreed the three countries would hold a foreign ministers' meeting to discuss overall cooperation amongst the three countries, as well as an economic ministers meeting.
		The three leaders had agreed they would strengthen official level trilateral police cooperation to tackle issues on terrorism and drugs.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Nov01/061101/bb12.htm (258 words)

	US Dept of State - Official Outlines U.S. Goals for Global Patent System
		Since 1983, the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office and the USPTO have been cooperating with respect to the administration of their patent functions and seeking mutual benefits from workload reduction.
		The Trilateral offices also are investigating a mechanism for exchanging priority documents for biological sequences with a human readable certification, and exploring the possibility of creating a unified database approach for storage of sequence data (including methods of disseminating the information).
		Likewise, where non-patent literature is concerned, the Offices have agreed to collaborate on a list of desired capabilities for presentation and searching defensive publications in electronic form and to begin an effort to share data included in non-patent literature databases.
	usinfo.state.gov /ei/Archive/2003/Dec/31-35725.html (2669 words)

	AAAS - Science & Intellectual Property in the Public Interest
		The draft SPLT is being negotiated in WIPO's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) since the year 2001 and is meant to pave the way for a future system of global patenting.
		The Trilateral proposal, which was introduced at the meeting by Japan, would have the Committee on Patents focus the negotiations on a narrow set of topics, such as harmonization of novelty and nventive step, while leaving aside a number of provisions favored by the developing countries.
		The move would appear to be calculated to put pressure on developing countries to accept the proposal of the Trilateral Offices.
	sippi.aaas.org /ipissues/updates/?res_id=246 (358 words)

	Managing Intellectual Property (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Talk of the trilateral IP offices – in Japan, Europe and the US – could soon be replaced by discussions of the big five: the JPO, the EPO, the USPTO plus Korea's KIPO and China's SIPO, according to a survey of patenting trends released by WIPO yesterday (Monday).
		Together, these five offices accounted for 75% of all patents filed and 74% of patents granted worldwide in 2004, the last year for which complete statistics are available.
		Korea is now the fourth largest patent office, with patent filings by residents growing threefold between 1994 and 2004.
	www.managingip.com /?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=22614&SID=657013 (613 words)

	Trilateral Commission (TC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When the first triennium of the Trilateral Commission was launched in 1973, the most immediate purpose was to draw together - at a time of considerable friction among governments - the highest level unofficial group possible to look together at the common problems facing our three areas.
		The stated goals of the Trilateral Commission are: "Close Trilateral cooperation in keeping the peace, in managing the world economy, in fostering economic re- development and alleviating world poverty will improve the chances of a smooth and peaceful evolution of the global system." (Emphasis added.)
		The Trilateral Commission was formally established in 1973, and consisted of leaders in business, banking, government, and mass media from North America, Western Europe, and Japan.
	www.wealth4freedom.com /truth/14/Trilateralcomm.htm (1593 words)

	BIO \| Letter on the PTO's strategic plan and their fee restructuring proposal
		The USPTO promised a "paperless office" in 1983.
		In our view, the Office should immediately commence, on an urgent basis, a study of the necessary changes to the patent laws and rules of practice so that it can implement a PCT unity of invention standard before the end of the 108th Congress.
		We are committed to working with the Office to develop the necessary changes to the patent laws and rules of practice to achieve this goal.
	www.bio.org /ip/action/20021024.asp (2369 words)

	Message from the Director General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to the Japan Patent Office (JPO), at the end of 2005, the number of patents awaiting examination at JPO was close to 800,000.
		To deal with this worldwide trend toward increases in applications through trilateral public-private cooperation, on November 16 the Trilateral Offices and Users Conference 2006 was held in Tokyo under the sponsorship of the Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP).
		Furthermore, if the quality of examinations at a government patent office declines, companies competing with each other will seek to secure profits for themselves with numerous patent applications of commensurately lower quality, setting up a vicious circle of proliferation of applications and patent applications of lower quality.
	www.apic.jiii.or.jp /about/message/index.htm?nocookie=yes (530 words)

	World's Major Patent Offices Sign Memorandum
		The 22nd Annual Trilateral Conference held this week at the USPTO in Alexandria, Virginia continues the cooperative effort that began in 1983 among the three Offices, known as the Trilateral Offices.
		The focus of the Trilateral Conference was to address workload challenges resulting from growth and complexity of patent applications.
		The Offices are seeking ways to harmonize the substantive standards for granting patents, and the basis on which searches and examinations are conducted.
	www.ipfrontline.com /printtemplate.asp?id=1517 (457 words)

	Managing Intellectual Property (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In a statement issued at the end of a meeting in Tokyo on Friday, the Trilateral Offices said they recognized the need to take "enhanced and concrete measures" to reduce both their workload and procedural and financial burdens placed on applicants.
		But the Office's Roger Walker says that there are still a number of sticking points that are blocking agreement on ways in which to harmonize the international patent system, even among developed countries.
		The most important of these is the reluctance by the US to accept the first-to-file system used by Japan and Europe, and Europe's unwillingness of to introduce a grace period into its patent regime, which would bring it in line with practice in the US.
	www.managingip.com /?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=22812&SID=664009 (425 words)

	GRAIN \| BIO-IPR \| 28 October 1998
		EPO examiners are drawn from the national patent offices in the EPC and must have proficiency in English, French and German.
		The report stated that the next century would be a completely new era, with such developments as the rapid spread of the Internet and the general transition from the hard age to the soft age.
		The 1996 Trilateral Statistical Report indicated that at the end of 1995, a total of 3.84 million patents were in force and that the trilateral patent offices covered approximately 81% of these patents: EPC = 34%; US = 29% and Japan = 18%.
	www.grain.org /bio-ipr/?id=65 (2731 words)

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