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10th Edition of Nice Classification

Trademarks are used to distinguish goods and services of companies. The classification of goods and services is defined by the International treaty known as "Nice Classification" or "International Classification of Goods and Services". Every five years the Nice Classification is revised.

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

On September 16, 2011 US-President Barack Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Revisions to US patent law have been under discussion for a long time, and have now finally been enacted. Many changes will only come into effect in 2012/2013, for example the "first-to-invent" system that has been applied by the USA will be replaced by the "first-to-file" system that is more common throughout the world.

Dr. Frank Schorr

Dr. Frank Schorr

PHYSICIST
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
Swiss Patent Attorney

Dr. Frank Schorr obtained his Doctorate in Natural Sciences and is a qualified German and European Patent Attorney. He has been in patent practice since 1993. Following his studies in physics at the Technical University of Munich, Dr. Schorr worked in experimental physics during a post-graduate scholarship at the high-flux nuclear research reactor of the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. Dr. Schorr handles patent prosecution in the fields of material sciences,  nanotechnology, optics, mechanics, solid state physics, computing, medical products, surgical devices and methods. Dr. Schorr has also extensive experience in trademark and design prosecution as well as patent litigation and invalidation. He is also active in licensing and providing expert opinions.

Mr. Schorr is a member of the German Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP) and FICPI (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle) as well as LESI (Licensing Executives Society International) and the German Physical Society (DPG).

Dr. Schorr speaks German, English and French.

 

He uses and programs a web server for downloading patent documents.