the protection of the marks

According to the article published on Forbes.com, Apple would plan to reiterate the success of nano Ipod, while declining a new model quite as nano but for IPhone.This advertisement was made by Kevin Chen an analyst of JP Morgan after having  found a patent filling of Apple of a new product similar to nano Iphone  and published the 5 julliet by  the American office of the patents.

This model would have more limited functions, to be cheaper than its groin (in the neighbourhoods of 300$)

According to Kevin Chen, the date of exit is planned for the end of 2007.

This example shows the importance of a regular technological survey for the companies of the sector industrial.

This instrument of monitoring enables you to keep up to date the with most recent technological innovations (80% of technical information are published only in the patents), to follow the innovating activities of competitors, current or future, and to determine the future technological developments.  A technological survey enables you moreover to identify without delaying the patents and the patent applications likely to carry reached to your titles of protection or your technologies so that you can make opposition within the deadlines.