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Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
The legal protection of trademarks is carried out according to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan «About trademarks, service marks and appellation of origin» (new edition) of August 30, 2001 № 267-II with changes and additions of August 30, 2002 №405-II, September 19, 2007 №ZRU-111, December 26, 2011 №ZRU-312 and December 29, 2012 №ZRU-345. In 2013 procedures of filing of applications, carrying out examination and issue of trademarks certificates remained invariable.
Main areas of trademark information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus
Сomplex of information systems (CIS) «The Innovation» is developed and introduced. Development of an internal information portal of Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan (IIP) is begun. The internal information portal has to provide information service of internal users –Agency stuff and administration for the purpose of increase of level of management and decision-making support at the expense of the organization of collecting, consolidation and the analyzing of information on types of intellectual property objects.
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
In 2013 year filed 5099 applications for registration of trademarks, including 2114 applications on national procedure and 2985 - on the international procedure. Reduction of applications filing on national procedure on 19,5 % is observed. On the international procedure the increase in comparison with 2012 has made 11,5 %. From national applicants 1523 applications that make 72 % from total of the filed applications on national procedure have arrived. On a share of the foreign applicants who have filed the applications on national procedure - 28 % are necessary. The total of the registered trademarks in 2013 on national procedure has made 1859 that on 37,4 % more than last year. From total of the registered trademarks of 72,7 % have made registration addressed to national applicants, on share of foreign applicants 27,3 % are necessary. The legal protection is given for 2045 trademarks under the Protocol to the Madrid agreement.
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
The statistical data on trademarks is available on the following link: http://ima.uz/ru/about/statistic/?ELEMENT_ID=29
Annual reports of Agency available on the following link: http://ima.uz/ru/pub/?SECTION_ID=34.
Official information on trademarks are available on the following link http://ima.uz/ru/news/
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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The statistical data on trademarks is available on the following link: http://ima.uz/ru/about/statistic/?ELEMENT_ID=29
Annual reports of Agency available on the following link: http://ima.uz/ru/pub/?SECTION_ID=34.
Official information on trademarks are available on the following link http://ima.uz/ru/news/
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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By examiners of Agency free consultations and expert meetings-negotiations regarding rendering of the methodical help on filing of applications for applicants and general public are spent. The information on conditions of filing of applications is placed on the Agency web site. The web page address on which the information on rules of filing of applications contains on trademarks -
Questions of registration of application materials on registration of trademarks are component of the various actions spent by Agency directed on increase of legal culture and knowledge in the field of intellectual property.
Besides, at Agency the State Unitary Enterprise “INTELLEKT EKSPERT” renders services on registration of applications for reception of protection documents for trademarks, support of examination and consultations concerning registration of the rights to trademarks.
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
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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
Goods and services are classified according to the International classification of goods and services (Nice Classification, 10th edition). The Figurative elements of trademarks are classified according to the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification).
Use of electronic classification systems and pre-defined terms of the classification applied
Examiners of the Agency use the electronic version of ICGS of 10th edition for updating the classification headings specified by applicants
Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
Agency carries out registration of nonconventional kinds of trademarks, including in color execution, volume, sound, light, etc. In case of filing of such trademarks applicants are obliged to observe the applications made to their stated in Rules of drawing up, filing and consideration of the application for trademark and service mark registration. For example, if on registration as a trademark the volume (three-dimensional) designation in the column «Image of declared designation» the image of general view of this designation is located is declared and images of all necessary projections of the declared designation giving about it exhaustive representation are in addition represented.
Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
Agency carries out registration of nonconventional kinds of trademarks, including in color execution, volume, sound, light, etc. In case of filing of such trademarks applicants are obliged to observe the applications made to their stated in Rules of drawing up, filing and consideration of the application for trademark and service mark registration. For example, if on registration as a trademark the volume (three-dimensional) designation in the column «Image of declared designation» the image of general view of this designation is located is declared and images of all necessary projections of the declared designation giving about it exhaustive representation are in addition represented.
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
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The collection of annual indexes to the official bulletin «Rasmiy Ahborotnoma» for 2013 (section of the index on trademarks) published on the electronic carrier.
The Annual Report of Agency for 2012 on the electronic carrier and on a paper is published; the electronic version of the Annual Report is placed on the Agency site on the Internet.
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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1.Server HP ProLiant DL380 G4 – 3
2.ServerHPProLiantML370 – 3
3.Server HP ProLiant DL380 G7 – 1
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
With a view of increase of efficiency of search and processing of patents in Agency the subsystem of automation of patent search and preparation for the publication of patent documents (PIPS) functions.
PIPS - patent-search information system (conducting bibliographic bases, patent search, reports: registers, statistics, decisions of examinations).
The system of automation of search and preparation of documents of Agency has been designed on the basis of technologies Intranet with wide use of language means of the objective structured data presentation - universal language of the description of data XML/XSL and control system of databases of corporate level MS SQL Server.
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
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The State Patent Documentation Fund of Agency collects the information on trade marks. This Documentation Fund is structural division of Agency and also has practically unique full collection of the patent documentation in territory of Uzbekistan. On the basis of State Patent Documentation Fund of Agency is carried out the patent- information services for office experts and public.
The collection of Fund includes patent bulletins with data on trademarks of 27 countries (on 18 countries and WIPO - the retrospective information whereas since the certain moment official bulletins of these countries are exposed on sites of patent offices); collection is placed on the countries and years.
Publications related to different business procedures and trademark information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
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At Agency the State Unitary Enterprise «Center on retraining and advanced training in sphere of intellectual property» («IP-Center») functions.
In 2013 IP-Center organised and spent courses of improvement of qualification of shots under the program of "Intellectual Property Basis». Questions on a legal protection of trademarks are included in Centre curriculums.
Besides, these questions are a component of lectures, seminars, exhibitions, which organized by Agency.
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
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On the basis of the bilateral and international exchange, the Agency send the Official bulletin «Rasmiy Ahborotnoma» with data on the registered trademarks to 27 countries and international and regional organizations as WIPO, EPO, and EAPO.
Agency has published the official bulletin on CD-ROM disks. In 2013 on the basis of bilateral exchange AGENCY has received official bulletins with data on trademarks from offices of 9 countries, on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks.
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to trademark information
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VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS