Dear All,
I forward to the list the positive answer from the BL.
ciao,
Antonio Scutiero
FILDATA srl
Lgt. Pietra Papa, 111 - 00146 Roma www.fildata.it
tel +39065560295 fax +39065587921 e-mail info_at_fildata.it
Patent information and searches in Italy and abroad
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Dear Mr Scutiero
Thank you for your email of 12 December concerning the patent, trademark, a=
nd designs pages on the British Library website.
You are of course correct in pointing out that much of the intellectual pro=
perty content was removed when the collections and services sections of the=
website were reworked as the new 'Help for researchers' area of the site, =
which went live in October.
Although the established patent, trade mark, and designs pages were extreme=
ly extensive, much of the material had not been subject to wholesale review=
since it was added to the website some years ago. A gradual accumulation o=
f additional text and links meant that the content had grown well beyond th=
e scope originally envisaged by the intellectual property team and had beco=
me almost impossible to maintain.
The intellectual property team therefore took the opportunity provided by t=
he development of 'Help for researchers' to carry out a root and branch rev=
iew of the pages for which they were responsible. Collections pages were in=
place for the launch of the site, and I hope that you will be pleased to s=
ee that some of the links pages have been restored at http://www.bl.uk/resh=
elp/findhelpsubject/socsci/intprop/tradmk/iptmdatabses/databases.html, http=
://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/socsci/intprop/ipdes/ipdesdata/databas=
es.html, and
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/socsci/intprop/ippatents/ippatdata=
/databases.html. More will be added in the near future. We expect the revi=
sed patents links page to go online in January 2009.
In revising the patent, trademark, and designs material, the intellectual p=
roperty team are concentrating on creating content that is focused on the L=
ibrary's collections, highlights the most important resources elsewhere, an=
d can be can be kept fully up to date. The new pages are more selective tha=
n the previous set, and will be much easier to use. We will explore communi=
ty-based approaches for developing and maintaining more exhaustive sets of =
links.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the sudden unavailability of t=
he material you clearly value a great deal. We will ensure that we communic=
ate future changes of this kind more effectively. In the meantime we hope t=
hat you find the new intellectual property content helpful in the months an=
d years to come.
Yours sincerely.
Sue Ashpitel
Sue Ashpitel =
Manager, Business & IP Collections
The British Library,
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
email: sue.ashpitel_at_bl.uk voice: +44 (0)20 7412 7968
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----- Original Message -----
From: fildata
To: piug_discussion_list_at_v2.listbox.com
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [PIUG List] Loss of British Library link collection
Thank you very much Steve for having shown up this removal of the patent li=
nk collection from the British Library website. And thank you very much Mik=
k for giving the hint of the "waybackmachine". Neverthless I strongly suppo=
rt the reinstatement of the collection and its updating, if possible, and I=
agree to the suggestion to write to the British Library (even as a non Bri=
tish user!).
Ciao,
Antonio Scutiero
FILDATA srl
Lgt. Pietra Papa, 111 - 00146 Roma - www.fildata.it
tel +39065560295 fax +39065587921 e-mail info_at_fildata.it
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mikk
To: PIUG Discussion List @ Listbox
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PIUG List] Loss of British Library link collection
Dear all,
The link collection is still available if to use http://web.archive.org h=
elp:
Patent and other links - Part 1 http://web.archive.org/web/20080124023327=
/www.bl.uk/collections/patents/othlink2.html
Patent and other links - Part 2 http://web.archive.org/web/20070911133606=
/www.bl.uk/collections/patents/othlink3.html
Patent and other links - Part 3 http://web.archive.org/web/20070826204737=
/www.bl.uk/collections/patents/othlink4.html
With best regards,
Mikk Putk
Mikk Putk
Patent attorney, patent searcher
Tehnoloogiauuringute OÜ
Akadeemia tee 19, Tallinn, Estonia
http://www.tehnoloogiauuringud.ee
Tel: +372 6838025
Faks: +372 6838001
E-mail: mikk_at_tehnoloogiauuringud.ee
Skype: mikkputk
Prior Art Search Tool / Patendiuuringute tööriist: http://ipestonia.o=
urtoolbar.com/
Blog: IP Estonia http://ipestonia.wordpress.com/
Patent Search by Technology Fields: http://ip-promoter.blogspot.com
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Stephen Adams <stephen.adams_at_magister.co=
.uk> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I have recently discovered to my horror that the many years of work whi=
ch Steve van Dulken has devoted to setting up a high quality link collectio=
n for patents information has been scrapped. The redesign of the British L=
ibrary website has removed his listings of searchable patent databases, and=
the directory of patent offices. Whilst other sources contain some of thi=
s information, none adds the helpful text notes which Steve has contributed=
, with hints and tips on searching and comments on pricing policy.
The disappearance is attributed to a change in BL policy, which limits =
the amount of work which BL staff can do to provide information "which is a=
lso available elsewhere". I feel strongly that this was (is?) a unique col=
lection of genuine value-added data. Ironically, whilst patent information=
specialists might be able to obtain portions of it from elsewhere, it was =
perhaps most valuable to less experienced users, who are supposed to be the=
focus of the BL's promotion of IP information.
I would appeal to you, if you value this collection, to make your views=
known to the BL management. Write to the Chief Executive (Dame Lynne Brin=
dley) at The British Library, St Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB o=
r e-mail to patents-information_at_bl.uk to register your protest and support =
for the reinstatement of this material on the website. If the PIUG Board a=
nd/or PATMG and other user groups would like to consider a corporate respon=
se, I'm sure that would be welcome, too.
Stephen Adams
--
Stephen Adams
Magister Ltd.
Business address: Crown House, 231 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 4LS, GB
Tel: +44 (0)118 966 6520
Fax: +44 (0)118 966 6620
E-mail: stephen_dot_adams_at_magister.co.uk (replace _at_ by @ to use)
Website : http://www.magister.eu
Magister Ltd. is a company incorporated under the laws of England and W=
ales (registered number 3407685) having its registered office at Shah & Shi=
n, 42A The Broadway, Joel Street, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 1PA, GB.
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