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Under the Madrid System procedure applications proceeded from 61 contracting parties, most of them - from Russian Federation, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), Germany (10% each), United States of America (8%), Switzerland (7%), Hungary, Turkey (6% each), Italy, Ukraine (5% each), China, France (4% each), etc.
AlltogetherAltogether, trademark registration applications filed with AGEPI in 2015 proceed from applicants from 77 countries (in 2014 – from 78 countries), the largest share belonging to those from the Republic of Moldova.
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In the applications filed by national way, the most requested classes of the International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS) remain to be: class 35 (advertising, business management services, etc.) − in 636 (on the decrease by 1 percentage points compared with 2014) applications; class 05 (drugs, pharmaceuticals, etc.) − in 236 applications (on the decrease by 4 percentage points compared with 2014); class 41 (education, entertainment, sporting activities) – in 228 applications; followed by classes 30 (sugar, flour, preparations made from cereals, etc.) − in 212 applications; class 33 (alcoholic beverages) – in 193 applications; class 29 (meat, fish, poultry and game, eggs, milk and milk products) − in 182 applications; class 34 (tobacco; smokers’ articles; matches) − in 158 applications; class 43 (services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation) – in 153 applications; 03 (bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use) – in 143 applications, etc.
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In the applications for international registration filed by national applicants, most frequently are designated: Romania (58 applications) Ukraine (48 of applications), Kazahstan Kazakhstan (29 applications), China(24 applications) and Russian Federation (22 applications), Belarus (19 applications)
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between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union on the Protection of Geographical Indications of Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs, signed on 26.06.2012, which became an integrant part of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Republic of Moldova, on the other hand (hereinafter – the EU-RM Association Agreement).
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Non-traditional trademarks are protected in the Republic of Moldova under the Law 38/2008 on protection of trademarks. The requirements for non-traditional trademarks are the same as those for the traditional trademarks. Any graphically representable re-presentable designations may be registered as trademarks and may serve to distinguish the goods and/or services of one natural person or legal entity to be distinguished from the goods and/or services of other natural persons or legal entities (in the Republic of Moldova on the national were registered two sound marks and more than a thousand of three-dimensional trademarks).
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Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.
The Official Bulletin of Intellectual Property is a monthly publication, which includes official information on applications for patenting/registration of intellectual property objects (IPO) in the Republic of Moldova and titles of protection granted, to the changes occurred in the legal status of applications and titles of protection of IPO and the results of appeals examination in the Contestation Commission of AGEPI, court decisions on disputes over IPOs, general information. The BOPI is issued in Romanian, English, Russian languages on paper carrier (ISSN 1810-7095), CD-ROM (ISSN 1857-050X) and online on the AGEPI website http://agepi.gov.md/en/publication/48
The Annual Reportreflects the activity of the AGEPI during a whole year. It includes data on the registration / patenting of intellectual property objects, the most important events organized with the participation of the AGEPI as a partner, implemented projects and goals for the following year. The Publication is issued and distributed to regional IP Offices, national public authorities on paper carrier and is available online at the following address: http://agepi.gov.md/en/publication/50
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- List of registered national appellations of origin and/or geographical indications.
Chapter VI contains:
various types of notices referring to all amendments occurred to the legal status of the protected industrial property objects (List of amendments, List of assignment agreements, Errata, etc), the half-yearly subject indexes of registered trademarks.
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The Library is a subdivision in the AGEPI structure that provides information-library services in the field of intellectual property, including on industrial designs information to beneficiaries. The AGEPI Library is the depositary depository of the National Patent Collection of the Republic of Moldova. AGEPI readership covers inventors and innovators, researchers, managers and lawyers, patent attorneys, representatives in IP, experts and other collaborators of AGEPI. At their disposal, and also at other persons interested in the field of intellectual property were placed two reading rooms, of which one is computerized, and the electronic catalog of books and that of scientific articles in the field of IP. The reference fund and the collection of periodicals are in regime of open access to the shelf.
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Also, AGEPI continued to publish some other IP related publications, namely:
Intellectus"- a quaterly quarterly publication, represent the journal of intellectual property which has been regularly published as a quarterly journal since 1995(ISSN 1810-7079 –on paper carrier and ISSN 1857-0496 – on CD-ROM). “Intellectus” journal pursues the competent and multilateral reflection of intellectual property aspects, elucidation of provisions of the national and international IP legislation, publication of scientific and methodological materials, providing the public with information on the country`s intellectual treasure etc. The journal also covers the procedures for acquiring intellectual property protection, reveals the mechanism of enforcement and observance of rights, exploitation of IP objects, publishes studies signed by researchers in various fields of science, economy and technology.
The journal is available on –line at the following address: http://agepi.gov.md/en/publication/49
"AGEPI Info"- is a quaterly quarterly supplement to the “Intellectus” journal and deals with different aspects of IP protection quarterly, reproduces certain IP-related materials of the written and online press. The publication is distributed within the main IP promotion actions, seminars and exhibitions, training courses for employees organized by AGEPI. Through the heading “Stock of Inventions” the best domestic patented inventions proposed by inventors for implementation are promoted. The publication is available on paper carrier and on-line at the following address: http://agepi.gov.md/en/publication/51
“AGEPI Expo” – supplement to the “Intellectus” journal. The publication is devoted to the results of each edition of the International Specialized Exhibition "INFOINVENT". It includes more interviews with participants from home and abroad in this forum of inventions. It reveals the mechanism of exploitation of intellectual property objects, provides business people with useful information on conclusion of assignment and license contracts in order to implement the latest scientific and technical achievements in production. The publication is issued on paper carrier and availbale available on-line at the following address: http://agepi.gov.md/en/publication/52
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- Regional Forum of Plum Producers and Processors of the Republic of Moldova, organized in Nisporeni city, with the support of the Project “Agricultural Competitiveness and Enterprise Development”;
- 2 roundtables round tables on the promotion of geographical indications and appellations of origin protection system, organized by the Ecological Movement of Moldova jointly with AGEPI;
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Every year the developing countries receive assistance to improve the intellectual property field on national level. This assistance is provided by the main international institutions in the field and by the national IP offices with which AGEPI has bilateral cooperation agreements or Memorandum of understanding. In 2015, the AGEPI have successfully participated with the financial assistance (full or partial) of WIPO and other institutions in the following events related to trademarks:
- Regional Seminar on enforcement of the IPRs, organized from November
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11 to 13, 2015, in Budapest, Hungary.
- The 10th 10th session of the WIPO Advisory committee on IPR enforcement, organized from November 23-25, 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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