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The year 2003 has seen the continuous soaring increase of trademark appl=
ications since 2000 and has witnessed the most trademark applications in th=
e history of China Trademark Office (CTMO). In 2003, the CTMO in total acce=
pted 452,095 applications for the registration trademarks, increased by ove=
r 80,000 or 21.6% than that of 2002. Among them, 405,620 were domestic appl=
ications, accounting for 89.7% of the total, 26.3% more than that of 2002; =
46,475 were foreign applications (including 12,563 Madrid applications for =
territorial extension), making up 10.3% of the total. In the first six mont=
hs of year 2004, application filings were 268,050, increased by 65,577 or 3=
2.39% compared with the same period of last year. And the total trademark a=
pplication filings are projected to exceed 500,000 in 2004.
In 2003, the CTMO totally approved 242,511 applications for registration, =
increased 29,978 or 14.1% over that of 2002. The accumulative number of Chi=
na=E2=80=99s registered trademarks had reached 1.973 million by the end of =
2003.
The CTMO extracts text and image data by the process of scanning, typing=
and proofreading to generate two kinds of trademark electronic archives. I=
n the succedent procedure of trademark registration, the trademark image an=
d text information will automatically be sent to the desktop of the staff a=
nd the trademark notification system from the central database.
The CTMO publishes 4 issues of Official Gazette in paper and electronic fo=
rmats on a regular date every month. Each issue of the Official Gazette con=
tains a Notices Section in which the Office publishes various materials rel=
ated to the registration and maintenance of trademarks. Currently, the pape=
r form Official Gazette is only published at home, and the electronic form =
Official Gazette published on the Website http://www.ctmo.gov.cn is opened =
to the world.
As described above, all trademark applications are computerized through sc=
anning technology, and stored in the trademark database as graphics file. I=
n CTMO, all the staff can easily refer to any electronic trademark files th=
rough their working terminals within the office.
The CTMO has realized the automation of procedures of trademark registrati=
on. Upon receiving an application, the Trademark Office immediately scans t=
he paper and types the information into the trademark database. The paper d=
ocument will be archived as the final backup. The following examination ste=
ps of the trademark registration are bases on electronic text and image dat=
a in the computer system. In addition, the OA system can automatically prov=
ide related trademark information to make uniform, standard text models for=
the examiners when dispatching various trademark decisions.
The CTMO uses =E2=80=9CInternational Classification of Goods and Service=
s for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks=E2=80=9D (Nice classificati=
on) for classification of goods and services, and uses =E2=80=9CVienna Agre=
ement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elemen=
ts of Marks=E2=80=9D for indexing the figurative elements of design marks. =
The CTMO uses =E2=80=9CClassification of Similar Goods and Services=E2=80=
=9D, which is based on Nice Classification (eighth edition), to make detail=
ed reclassifications on goods and services.
In accordance with the above-mentioned classified regulation, we have esta=
blished the computer aided classification system to help examiners classify=
and search the items of goods and services and images that are requested f=
or registration, and to help the applicants fill in the application form wi=
th standard names of goods and services, and finally to promote the automat=
ion of trademark information management.
Currently, trademark registration and administration automation system in =
CTMO provides powerful capability in searching access with one or more comb=
ined trademark elements.
The CTMO has established a special department to collect and maintain a = manual trademark search file, which are stored in the dampproof, mothproof = and fireproof storerooms in the order of serial number with the assistance = of computers.
There operates two independent trademark electronic databases in CTMO in=
tranet, among which one is image-based original scanned files for the searc=
h of original application forms and the other is byte-based trademark data =
for the information search of trademark registration and administration. Th=
e CTMO doesn=E2=80=99t provide external online search service at present fo=
r the lack of well-rounded external database.
The byte-based trademark database mentioned above is also a perfect tradem=
ark administration system. Besides meeting searching requirements, it provi=
des fully automated support for, and access to, most all resources required=
to support trademark operations, as well as the statistic of mark data and=
the management of daily work.
The CTMO trademark system runs under a good environment equipped with rich=
software and hardware. The documentation server and trademark data central=
server run on Sun Ultra Enterprise 6000 series mainframe. The operating sy=
stem is Solaris and the database is Oracle. The storage medium is the disc =
array server from Sun Micro-system and the terminal software is developed b=
y CTMO itself based on the Windows system.
The CTMO has been constantly improving trademark services. At the end of= 2003, China Trademark Website http://www.ctmo.gov.cn was open to the publi= c, offering the trademark-related laws, regulations, rules and other regula= tory orders, publicizing the latest trademark registration and administrati= on information, notifying the trademark application procedure, fees and oth= er requirements, releasing the latest 12 issues of Trademark Gazette, for t= he better understanding of China=E2=80=99s trademark legal regime and regis= tration procedure by the public and applicants. As to the trademark registr= ation and searching service, the CTMO is trying its best to improve the fac= ilities and services of the Trademark Registration Hall. On the other hand,= Phase III of the Automation of Trademark Registration and Administration i= s under positive discussion and has been put on the working agenda, aiming = to realize online publication, searching, application and payment.
As the trademark authorities of many countries have opened their own off=
icial websites, it is one of the most important channels for CTMO to exchan=
ge information through Internet. The official website of CTMO is http://www=
.ctmo.gov.cn .
Meanwhile, the CTMO often communicates with other trademark authorities th=
rough visits and seminars for mutual exchange of trademark documentation an=
d information.
The CTMO offers various programs to publicize its activities to the publ=
ic for more effective utilization of the information. The means include new=
spapers, magazines and Internet.
In addition, the CTMO hosted 34 visiting foreign delegations, dispatched 3=
5 missions abroad all together in calendar year 2003, which has successfull=
y introduced our trademark processing procedure and technique and given det=
ailed explanation to the questions that concerned visitors.
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