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Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
The legal protection of trademarks is carried out according to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan «About trademarks, service marks and appellation of origin» (new edition) of August 30, 2001 № 267-II with changes and additions of August 30, 2002 №405-II, September 19, 2007 №ZRU-111, December 26, 2011 №ZRU-312 and December 29, 2012 №ZRU-345. In 2013 procedures of filing of applications, carrying out examination and issue of trademarks certificates remained invariable.
Main areas of trademark information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus
Сomplex of information systems (CIS) «The Innovation» is developed and introduced. Development of an internal information portal of Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan (IIP) is begun. The internal information portal has to provide information service of internal users –Agency stuff and administration for the purpose of increase of level of management and decision-making support at the expense of the organization of collecting, consolidation and the analyzing of information on types of intellectual property objects.
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
In 2013 year filed 5099 applications for registration of trademarks, including 2114 applications on national procedure and 2985 - on the international procedure. Reduction of applications filing on national procedure on 19,5 % is observed. On the international procedure the increase in comparison with 2012 has made 11,5 %. From national applicants 1523 applications that make 72 % from total of the filed applications on national procedure have arrived. On a share of the foreign applicants who have filed the applications on national procedure - 28 % are necessary. The total of the registered trademarks in 2013 on national procedure has made 1859 that on 37,4 % more than last year. From total of the registered trademarks of 72,7 % have made registration addressed to national applicants, on share of foreign applicants 27,3 % are necessary. The legal protection is given for 2045 trademarks under the Protocol to the Madrid agreement.
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
The statistical data on trademarks is available on the following link: http://ima.uz/ru/about/statistic/?ELEMENT_ID=29
Annual reports of Agency available on the following link: http://ima.uz/ru/pub/?SECTION_ID=34.
Official information on trademarks are available on the following link http://ima.uz/ru/news/
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Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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