Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2015 submitted by Industrial Property Office
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Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.
I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of industrial design information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
Changes experienced in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to the previous year
Compared to 2013, there were changes in industrial design activities as follows:
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2015 | Compared to 2014 | |
National design application | 352 | +6 % (333) |
– submitted by domestic applicants | 340 | + 5 % (325) |
– submitted by foreign applicants | 12 | + 50 % (8) |
– number of designs contained | 993 | - 14 % (1164) |
Designs registrations | 347 | - 7 % (419) |
– domestic applicants | 340 | -13 % (389) |
– foreign applicants | 7 | - 77 % (30) |
– number of designs contained | 1033 | - 27 % (1424) |
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
Since 2008, progression of the number of industrial design applications has a sinusoidal character with amplitudes from 305 (min) to 457 (max). The number of design patterns contained in these applications has also a sinusoidal character with period of 4 – 5 years and with average values about 1000 design pattern. Concerning amount of registered industrial designs, there is a decrease – approximately 17 % compared to 2014. Number of designs contained in registrations has also decreased – by 27 %, compared to 2014.
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Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Statistics
Since 2000 the Annual Reports and statistics have been available at the Office’s website:
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The Bulletin: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html
The Office website
The helpdesk mailto: helpdesk@upv.cz
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http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsification-systems/classification--industrial-designs.html
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 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
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Registered and published designs are searchable by proprietor as well as the former proprietor, designer, by date of filing, registration and publication, by number of application and registration, and by indication of the product, legal status and the Locarno class and subclass.
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Main types of publications in the field of industrial design information, outline of the content (industrial design applications, design patents, registrations, etc.) and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
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http://upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases.html
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 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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Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
In-house systems (online/offline)
The Office maintains an in-house search database of national applications of industrial designs and registered industrial designs. The database is not accessible to the public but its structure corresponds to the public database (contains only national registered industrial designs since no. 3500).
External databases
The Office provides publicly free access to the database comprising the data concerning registered national industrial designs since no. 3500 at the IPO CZ website http://upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases.html .
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Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
File building
The industrial design search file consists of the collection of registered industrial designs of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia. The full retrospective collection of registered and published industrial designs is accessible via public database. The database contains bibliographic data as well as images of approx. 32 500 published registrations. The oldest data comes from the 1966/67 turn of the year.
Updating and Storage, including mass storage media
The data is updated daily and stored electronically (official databases, hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup) and in a paper version.
Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
Collections of official bulletins of foreign offices are available in an electronic (CDs/ DVDs, Internet) or in a paper version. WIPO and Community Design Bulletin are available in electronic version via Internet (new volumes) and in CD/DVD version (previous volumes).
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The Office uses the internal information system SYPP2(starting from January 2014) to proceed the applications of patents, supplementary patent certificates, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks and geographical indications. The system has been developed since 2011 as a major upgrade of previous version SYPP which was used from 2004 until 2013. The new application is more flexible, based on Oracle Forms with easier maintaining and more flexible data structure. Data are stored in xml format including the history. The system is also more user-friendly. System is connected with central registers of the Czech Republic (ISZR). The project was co-financed by the European fund for regional development within the EU project Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights..The system enables to maintain official registers of all the industrial property rights. Furthermore it archives all incoming and outgoing communications of the Office, provides the information on the state of proceeding, legal status of registrations and statistical data. The Document Management System (DMS) is integrated as well.. The system also processes foreign applications within PCT and the European patents valid in the territory of the Czech Republic. The data are transferred to the electronic Office’s Bulletin and to the public search database. The system is compatible with electronic filing recognizing authorized electronic certificates. The on-line filing system was launched in August 2006, the current version of on-line filing system was released in September 2009. Starting from January 2008, the system produces automatic electronic extracts from registers upon online request.
Information services available to the public
The information centre and the helpdesk operate during the working days. They provide the general information concerning the industrial property rights.
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The Office provides full range of brochures and flyers free of charge. They can be downloaded in PDF format from the Office´s web site, taken in the office headquarters or sent upon request. The Office publishes its own books and the Industrial Property Journal (6 issues per year) reflecting the current issues of IP rights.
Other matters
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION
Office's library (if deals with industrial design information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
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A „Youth Section" was launched on the Office's website at the end of October 2014. It offers a new graphic design and brings information on discussions and excursions, offers quizzes for download, informational fliers and comics on the topic of patents, trademarks and copyright.
VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION
International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
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The Industrial Property Office continued to fulfil responsibilities resulting from the Czech Republic's membership in the European Union especially related to the area of industrial property protection. It participated in the meetings of the EU Council Working Group on Intellectual Property.
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS