Annual Technical Report on Trademark Information Activities in 2015 submitted by Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia
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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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At the same time the number of trademark applications filed under the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol decreased for 487 applications. We had 5104 international applications in 2014 and in 2015 total number of international trademark applications is 4617. On the other hand, the International trademark department issued 3810 Grant of protection statements in 2015, against 4411 in 2014..
Trademark applications:
Year MadridSystem National Total
2009 5422 2084 6263
2010 4927 2161 7088
2011 4968 1987 6955
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Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
http://www.zis.gov.rs/about-us/annual-report.106.html
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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IPO of the Republic of Serbia allows registration of trademark for the three-dimensional, color and sound (musical) signs.
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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Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.
The Intellectual Property Office of Serbia, on the basis of Trademark Law, publishes its official gazette: Intellectual Property Journal. The Intellectual Property Journal is published bimonthly, 6 times a year. The Intellectual Property Journal, in the part referring to trademarks, is prepared by means of computer, using the IPAS system. From the beginning of the 2010 gazettes can be found on our official web site http://www.zis.gov.rs/информационе-услуге.48.html
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
Electronic trademark register contains bibliographic data on applications and registered trade marks and representations of trade marks, as well as the data on changes relating to applications and registered marks (assignments, licenses, pledges. Examiners use also IPAS, internal database which contains more information available through workflow.
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
Electronic register, and also Alphabetical list of goods and services of the Nice Classification are available to the external users via the official website of the IPO, free of charge.
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
Legal status information are available through the Electronic Register of Trademarks, and also in paper version for the applications submitted before January 1st 2014.
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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Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
Oracle database, IPAS case management system
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
MySQL database that is regularly updated, periodically, by transferring/converting appropriate dataset from internal Oracle database. Available for external use via hyperlink on IPO web site.
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
Other matters
General informations information related to trademarks are posted to IPO web site by employees of Trademark Department by means of CMS software.
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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I Promotion of national study of the contribution of the creative industries to economy of Serbia – WIPO project, co-organizers: the Faculty of Law of the Belgrade University and the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia.
II Organization of the conference in the framework of the Tesla Fest with the support of WIPO and the awarding of the WIPO medal for the best inventor;
III The commercialization of the results of the R&D, the WIPO seminar, is organized by the University of Belgrade and the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia.
IV Organization of the conference: ”Role of the intellectual property in the positioning of the economy of the countries of the west Balkans at the global market” – EPO project, co-organizers: The Faculty of Law of the Belgrade University and the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia;
V The opening of the national exhibition: “Industrial property in the Republic of Serbia” in the Gallery of the Museum of Science and Technology SANU and the international exhibition “EPO Hall of Fame” in the Museum of the History of Serbia;
VI The seminar of the European Patent Organization for judges in the field of intellectual property, co-organizers: the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Justice.
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
Other activities