Annual Technical Report 2003 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (SCIT/ATR/ID/2003/MK)
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The expression "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models. Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.
I. Evolution of registration activities
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Industrial designs are classified according to the International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification, Eighth Edition).
WIPO Standard ST.80 is used for bibliographic data coding.
IV. Search file establishment and upkeep
Industrial design files are kept in paper form in the library, and they are updated continuously.
There is industrial design data (in electronic format) of applied and registered industrial designs, but pending the implementation of an in-house system, the research is still done manually.
V. Activities in the field of computerized search systems for industrial designs
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WIPO
Working group on the establishement of new regulations under the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, was attended in Geneva, June 24 to 27, 2003.
CARDS
Within the framework of the regional CARDS program (Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilization) of the European Commission a number of introductionary seminars were included for program and targets of this project.
IX. Other relevant matters