Annual Technical Report on Trademark Information Activities in 2018 submitted by the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
In the framework of the process of harmonization with the new EU legislation in the field of trademarks the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO) has done significant work during 2018 to prepare and implement changes in the industrial property legislation. The draft amendments to the Law on Marks and Geographical Indications has been prepared. The transposition of the Directive is complete. The National law was published for comments and interdepartmental reconciliation. The next step is submission to the Council of Ministers of Republic of Bulgaria. The bill will then be submitted for vote to the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria.
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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
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Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
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Other activities
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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In order to make entries on the legal status of exclusive rights protected on the territory of Bulgaria, every person should submit relevant application and pay a fee to the account of the Office. People (clients, customers, users) can also obtain excerpts from the register.
Other sources
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 dossiers of the national trademarks are stored, in two separate collections in paper format only: Registered trademarks – in numerical order under the registration number; Refused trademarks – in numerical order under the application number. The dossiers of the international trademarks designating Bulgaria are stored in numerical order under the number of the international registration – MI (marques internationales) documents. The dossiers of the international registrations with a subsequent territorial extension for Bulgaria (so called ET ”extenension ”extension territoriale” documents) are given a separate number forming part of a sequential numbering system and are stored in numerical order.
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In the field of trademarks, BPO uses IPAS as an administrative management system.
Other matters
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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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- 2 conferences on importance of Intellectual Property
- meeting on European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy activity during 2018
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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Assistance to developing countries
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Other activities