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Introduction to Computers 420-BWC  Lab 5 – Word Simon Tancredi A833418 1) Update your course Cover page indicating Lab 5 WORD. Print 2) Read Chapter 2 of your Go! Word book 3) Chapter 2 Formatting and Organizing Text The files are in S:\CompSci\Myles Burgess\Intro to Computers\Go! Office 2007_datafiles\Word\chapter_02 Do Project 2C – Patent Search pages 144 - 146. Print. Do Project 2G – Disputes pages 157 - 158. Print. 4) Do Matching page 142 (Hint: use Glossary at back of book) ___ 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5.  ___ 6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10.  ___11. ___12. ___13. ___14. ___ 15. 5) Assemble and staple pages. Hand in. Cover page A copy of this lab sheet with the matching answers (letters only) Patent Search Document Disputes Document 6) Close all programs. Shutdown the computer Start…Shutdown. GHS Law Partners Patent Search Process and Procedures GHS Law Partners conducts patent searches on behalf of its clients. Patent searches are conducted before preparing the patent application in order to discern if a similar product or process has been patented already. If a similar patent is discovered, the client’s pending patent application can be abandoned before too much time or money is invested in it; or, the information in the existing patent can be used to modify the patent application or change its focus. Patents are grouped into numerous classifications covering all areas of technology. The search process can be time consuming and expensive, but it is valuable for clients to have a search conducted by experts before investing millions of dollars in a new product or process. The number of patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office is large, and has been growing every year. According to the USPTO, in 1963, 48,971 patents were granted. In 2004, 181,302 patents were granted.  GHS Law Partners conducts three main portions of the patent search: 1. Organize the search and determine whether manual searches will be needed in addition to electronic searches. Manual searches may be needed for older technologies not available in the USPTO databases. 2. Run electronic searches and/or manually search at USPTO depository libraries or the USPTO main office in Virginia. 3. Examine the patent documents. GHS Law Partners employs experts in many fields who will examine the patent documents for their similarity to the new product or process. Patent documents consist of: • Reference section • Abstract – for example: United States Patent 6,826,296 Balaban, et al. November 30, 2004 Method and system for providing a probe array chip design database Abstract Systems and method for organizing information relating to the design of polymer probe array chips including oligonucleotide array chips. A database model is provided which organizes information interrelating probes on a chip, genomic items investigated by the chip, and sequence information relating to the design of the chip. The model is readily translatable into database languages such as SQL. The database model scales to permit storage of information about large numbers of chips having complex designs. Inventors: Balaban; David J. (San Jose, CA); Hubbell; Earl (Los Angeles, CA); Mittmann; Michael P. (Palo Alto, CA); Cheung; Gloria (Cupertino, CA); Dai; Josie (San Jose, CA) Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) Appl. No.: 737838 Filed: December 14, 2000 • Field and background of the invention • Drawings and figures • Detailed summary • Inventor’s description of the invention with references to drawings and figures GHS Law Partners can also assist clients in other types of patent  searches, such as infringement searches and state-of-the-art searches. Infringement searches can reveal whether a product already in production has been previously patented. State-of-the-art searches, conducted as part of large research and development processes, are technical reviews of the most recent developments in a particular area. GHS Law Partners and Internet Domain Name Disputes Domain names are Web site addresses used to direct Internet users to a particular site. Companies and organizations prefer to use a domain name that is easily identifiable with their company, service, or brand. Such domain names are easy to remember and often become identified with the company itself. Because Web sites are now an accepted and important part of almost every company’s operations and a huge profit-driver, the right to use a particular domain name has become an issue in intellectual property. Domain names are registered to various owners on a first-come, first-served basis. Under current law, a company like GHS Law Partners does not have automatic right to the terms GHS, law, or partners in a domain name simply because that is the name of the business. Because anyone can register a domain name, registration of a domain name before someone else registers it is an important part of business strategy. Registering a Web site name is inexpensive, but the names are highly valuable to businesses. This has resulted in what is called cybersquatting—registering a domain name with little intention of creating a Web site and assuming the name will be valuable enough to another entity to force them to buy it at a much greater price than was paid to register it. As WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization describes it, “As the holders of these registrations, cybersquatters often then put the domain names up for auction, or offer them for sale directly to the company or person involved, at prices far beyond the cost of registration. Alternatively, they often keep the registration and use the good name of the person or business associated with that domain name to attract business for their own sites.” When domain name disputes arise for GHS Law Partners’ clients, we work under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), which was developed by the WIPO for domain name disputes worldwide. In cases under this policy, the following factors are considered: 1. Whether the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights. 2. Whether the respondent has any rights or legitimate interests in the domain name (for example, the legitimate offering of goods and services under the same name). 3. Whether the domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith.  The policy defines “bad faith” in part as “circumstances indicating that you have registered or you have acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trademark or service mark or to a competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of your documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name.”  GHS Law Partners has experience representing clients on both sides of domain name disputes. We are experts in the complexities of UDRP and have relationships with other experts in many other countries. We can help our clients in these disputes regardless of the type or location of the other party.