Annual Technical Report on Trademark Information Activities in 2014 submitted by Croatia
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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Total number of active national registrations: 28643
(Residents: 13087, Non/Residents:15556)
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II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
Filing on paper (instructions, Trademark Examination Guidelines):
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/obrasci/zig/Uputa_zig.pdf
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/eng/Pat_pub/Trademark/guidelines-mrk-en.pdf
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Clasification – list of goods and services (instructions and proprietary application):
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III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Main types of publications in the field of trademark information, outline of the content and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
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General information on trademarks and trademark registration procedures is provided free of charge. It can be obtained face-to-face at the Office’s Information Centre (acronym INCENTIV, http://www.dziv.hr/hr/informacije-usluge/incentiv/ & http://www.dziv.hr/en/sipo-information-services/information-centre/), by phone, via fax, e-mail or posted letter, and is also available at the Office’s web site (http://www.dziv.hr/hr/intelektualno-vlasnistvo/zigovi/ & http://www.dziv.hr/en/intellectual-property-protection/trademarks/the-registration-process/).
Trademark’s databases professional search services and registry extracts are available upon user’s request and payment. Standard trademark search services include similarity search, search by owner and listing of bibliographic data. Trademark monitoring and competition watch services are also offered to the users as well as tailor–made search services. The Office is partner in the CETMOS service which offers, upon single request and at favourable fees, trademark search services in the national and international registers of nine Central European Countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). Several hundred of trademark’s databases searches are performed every year.
On-line search services (e-services) of national register are available to users at http://www.dziv.hr/hr/e-usluge/pretrazivanje-baza-podataka/zig/ & http://www.dziv.hr/en/e-services/on-line-database-search/trademarks/ and http://www.dziv.hr/hr/e-usluge/pretrazivanje-baza-podataka/medjunarodni-zig/ & http://www.dziv.hr/en/e-services/on-line-database-search/international-trademarks-hr/ as well as links to the e-search-services of other institutions at institutions at http://www.dziv.hr/hr/informacije-usluge/usluge-pretrazivanja/bp-iv-bez-naknade/ & http://www.dziv.hr/en/sipo-information-services/non-commercial-ip-db.
Public computers in the INCENTIV premises are available to users free-of-charge for on-line database searches and web browsing.
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IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
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The Office proprietary web application assists applicants to generate in the proper format a list of goods and services from the TMclass pre-defined classification terms database, and helps examiners to check the regularity of the list of goods and services submitted by applicants:http://www.dziv.hr/hr/intelektualno-vlasnistvo/zigovi/medjunarodna-klasifikacija-proizvoda-i-usluga/.
The Office proprietary web application for substantial examination of the international trademark registrations (designations HR) using data from MECA (Madrid Electronic Communications System) and enables rendering XML and PDF files that are uploaded to the WIPO ftp site through the MECA input system. Also, the same system enables rendering and uploading Grant of Protection data in XML format.
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V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Office's library (if deals with trademark information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
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Trademark leaflets and publications:
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/pristojbe/zahtjev_oslob_plac_up.pdf
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/pristojbe/Letak_uplatnica_1.pdf
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/pristojbe/Letak_uplatnica_2.pdf
http://it-app.dziv.hr/Uplatnice/
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/pristojbe/zigovi.pdf
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/pristojbe/prist_trosk_pregled_ZIG.htm
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/obrasci/zig/brosura_zig.pdf
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/obrasci/zig/Letak_ZIG_web.pdf
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/obrasci/zig/Letak_CETMOS.pdf
http://www.dziv.hr/files/File/eng/Pat_pub/Trademark/Letak_zig_EN.pdf (trademark search services)
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Trademark Examination Guidelines:
http://www.dziv.hr/hr/prirucnik-za-ispitivanje-zigova/
Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
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Seminars, Workshops and Lectures on Intellectual Property for Academic Community in 2014
- Lectures “Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights “, within the specialization course of the Police Academy - Zagreb, 20 January 2014 and 24 March 2014.
- Workshop “Intellectual Property Data Base Searches “at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering and Technology - Zagreb, 18 February 2014.
- Seminar on Seminar on intellectual property for students and staff of the Faculty of Civil EngineeringCivil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy - Split, 4 March 2014.
- Lecture “Protection of Intellectual Property “, within the manifestation “Engineers’ Days” at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing - Zagreb, 18 March 2014.
- Lecture “Trademark and Industrial Design Registration Procedures “, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design – Zagreb, 22 May 2014.
- Lecture on intellectual property for students of the Chemical Department of the Faculty of Science - Zagreb, 25 October 2014.
- Seminar for students of the Faculty of Economics and Tourism University in Pula - Zagreb Zagreb, 11 December 2014.
Lectures for Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium Enterprises in 2014
- Lecture “Use Lecture “Use of Intellectual Property in Business Operations of Small and Mediumand Medium-Sized Enterprises “ - Pula, 6 February 2014.
- Series of Series of lectures on the application of intellectual property in business and assessing and assessing the potential of intellectual property in cooperation with the Croatian the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, intended for representatives of small and mediumand medium-sized enterprises - Split, Osijek, Zagreb, Karlovac, February - April 2014.
- Lecture “Protection Lecture “Protection of Intellectual Property in Activities Related to Agricultural ProductionAgricultural Production" - Biograd na moru, 10 May 2014.
- Lecture “Intellectual Lecture “Intellectual Property Protection by Trademark for Female Entrepreneurs “ within “ within the seminar “Woman and Rural Development “ - Sisak, 13 September 2014.
- Lecture “Protection Lecture “Protection of Intellectual Property and its Use in Business “, within the conference the conference “Protect your Idea by JCI“ - Zagreb, 20 September 2014.
- Lecture “Overview Lecture “Overview of Intellectual Property Rights and the International System of Protection of Protection “, within the seminar “Intellectual Property and International Business” International Business” - Zagreb, 25 November 2014.
Seminars and workshops for the representatives of state institutions and judicial bodies in 2014
- Workshop for judges for judges "Intellectual Property Rights – Basic Module ", in cooperation in cooperation with the Judicial Academy - Zagreb Zagreb, 3 October 2014.
- Lecture “Basics of “Basics of Intellectual Property“, for employees of the Technology Department of the of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports - Zagreb, 19 December 2014.
Public Seminars and Distance Learning Courses organized in 2014:
- General Course on Course on Intellectual Property (DL-101HR) – 4 February – February – 16 April 2014 and 15 September – 20 November 2014.
- WIPO’s International WIPO’s International Summer School on Intellectual Property in Croatia – Dubrovnik– Dubrovnik, 26 May – 6 June 2014.
Public Events in which the Office Participated in 2014
- Public events Public events within the action Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy – Slavonski Brod, 14 14 February 2014; Varaždin, 14 June 2014; Zaprešić, 13 December 2014.
- 8th International 8th International Fair of Innovations in Agriculture - Biograd na moru, 9 – 11 May 11 May 2014.
- 12th International 12th International Innovation Exhibition ARCA 2014 - Zagreb, 15 – 18 October 2014October 2014.
Professional and Promotional Events in which the Office Participated
- Round table Round table “From an Idea to the Commercialization of Innovations” - Pula, 6 February 6 February 2014.
- National conference National conference of the project “Improving Information to the Croatian Business Community Business Community BIZimpact II”; Presentation of the mini guide ““With Intellectual ““With Intellectual Property to Successful Business “ – Zagreb, 28 February 2014.
- 5th Intellectual 5th Intellectual Property Rights Conference “Intelektiv“ - Zagreb, 28 May 2014May 2014.
- Conferences regarding Conferences regarding the presentation of results of the EVLIA project; Round table on the on the results and the perspective of the methodology resulting from Evlia project - Zagreb, 16 December 2014December 2014.
Professional and Promotional Events in the Co/organization of the Office
- Presentation of the European Observatory for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights - Zagreb, 26 November 2014.
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VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
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