ICELAnD
ICELAnD
ICELAnDIC CoURts HAVE ConsIDERED
tHE ExHAUstIon of tRADEMARK
RIGHts to BE IntERnAtIonAL
and explanations provided in the Trademark Act Bill. Th is interpretation Th e SIS gives PCT applicants the option of requesting one or more
was contrary to the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the supplementary searches from participating international searching
Silhouette case, which stated that the exhaustion of trademark rights in the authorities (ISA) in addition to the main PCT search. PCT applicants
EU should be regional. Th e decision of the EFTA Court on July 8, 2008, in may request an SIS to be carried out by a diff erent ISA than the authority
the so-called L’Oréal case, overruled the prior interpretation of Maglite. Th e handling the PCT application. Th e SIS request must be fi led with and fees
court ruled that exhaustion of trademark rights should be regional within paid to the International Bureau.
the EEA, harmonising it with the ECJ. Th erefore an amendment to the
Th e Nordic Patent Institute draws upon the resources of the national patent
Icelandic Trademark Act was deemed necessary.
offi ces of the contracting states, with a staff of 170 examiners. Its searches
cover Nordic fi les in addition to the PCT minimum. Th e institute also
nPI now offers supplementary International
has a quality management system based on International Standardization
searches
Organization (ISO) standards and uses only ISO-certifi ed contractors.
Th e Nordic Patent Institute (NPI) is an intergovernmental organisation Th e Danish and the Norwegian national patent offi ces, which perform the
established by the governments of Denmark, Iceland and Norway. It searches on behalf of the NPI, are ISO-certifi ed. Th e institute has a European
operates through co-operation between the national patent offi ces of the search procedure based on international rather than US classifi cation, and
three contracting states and exploitation of the existing resources and the NPI examiners are skilled in both classifi cation systems. Th e NPI delivers
competencies of the national offi ces. Since the beginning of 2009, it has the supplementary search report within two months of receiving the request
off ered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Supplementary International from the World Intellectual Property Organization. Th e price is the same as
Searches (SIS). for an international search.
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