Annual Technical Report on Trademark Information Activities in 2015 submitted by Egypt / Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
The Egyptian Trademarks office recently has various projects related to IP systems and services, most of these projects running or planned to be deployed in cooperation with WIPO Industrial Property Office Business Solutions Division (IPOBSD), while other projects running or planned to be established under Egyptian Ministry of Internal Trade development policies;
The office recently has launched IPAS system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to ease processing the business transactions record and execution.
The office recently has used WIPO Publish system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to perform automatic data extraction and upload to WIPO Global Brand database
Statistics:
Total filing of trademarks on 31/12/2015: 328449
Total filing of trademarks in 2015 in comparative with 2014: 19625 (2015) – 19257 (2014)
Total registered trademarks in 2015 in comparative with 2014: 8335 (2015) – 14121 (2014)
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
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
Matters concerning classifying
(i) Classification and reclassification activities; classification systems used, e.g., International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification), International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification), other classification
(ii) Use of electronic classification systems and pre-defined terms of the classification applied
Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
The Egyptian office was among of the first offices that publishing registered marks on WIPO Global Brand page since 2013
The office publishing online accepted trademarks through monthly gazette 3 years ago on the office site at: http://itda.gov.eg/TIDM/TIDM.aspx 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)
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
Other sources
The office publishing online accepted trademarks, including information for mark logo, mark words, Niece class and goods/services, filing date, owner and representative
The official gazette publishing online monthly in PDF file format at: http://itda.gov.eg/TIDM/TMG.aspx
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
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
Other matters
The office recently has launched IPAS system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to ease processing the business transactions record and execution.
The office recently has used WIPO Publish system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to perform automatic data extraction and upload to WIPO Global Brand database
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
Publications related to different business procedures and trademark information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
The office holds training sessions to students from various Egyptian universities
The office organizing many workshops aiming to spread IP knowledge for stakeholders Other activities
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
The office shares registered marks information at the WIPO Global Brand database at: http://www.wipo.int/branddb/en
The office Participate in most of the international and Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to trademark information
Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
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VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS