Facilitation in European patent process announced

As we can read in some journals, the EU commission is presently discussing new regulations for the European patent processes – it will be faster and cheaper, if the recent proposal will be accepted.

Due to a massive drop in costs (from 36.000 EUR to 5.000 EUR) this could be a big deal against product pirates as it automates and facilitates the patent registration processes. The immense costs are the result of translation requirements, which will be simplified to three “lingua franca” English, French and German.

As Italy and Spain vote against this simplification, we will see in the next months what will happen.  (Der Spiegel, 11.12.2012)

What’s about ?

Product ID Solutions is a “… young, dynamic company, which provides solutions against brand damage, revenue losses and liability/warranty issues due to product piracy, plagiarism, fakes and improper product usage… ” – a lot of company descriptions start in this way.

So what is different at Product ID Solutions?

  • we work interdisciplinary
  • we work strongly market and strategy oriented
  • we work only together with our clients and this means independent on provision. The client focus is ours!

Manufacturers, OEMs and retailers have a clear goal – to sell their products. Our goal is to provide maximum effectiveness and efficiency in protecting our clients production and supply chain processes and deliver strategies to support their objectives.

Founded in 2008, we are focused on SMB’s in innovative technological environments and niches. Due to this clear focus, we work with in the following thematic sectors:

  • innovation management and process design
  • globalsation effects, market entry and market management
  • organizational application of anti-counterfeiting knowledge and relevant methods

We help to design identification and authentication strategies – also along the manufacturing process and related systems (MES).

In this blog we will post new developments in the sector, but also new developments inside our organization. To improve our activities and benefits to the authentication crowd, we explicitly welcome external contribution and encourage discussions about anti-counterfeiting topics.

Be smart – have fun !