Annual Technical Report 2006 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Poland (SCIT/ATR/TM/2006/PL)
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I. Evolution of registration activities
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Information on trademarks is stored on papier carrier and machine-readable forms (discs, CD-ROM and DVD). In 2006, information was available:
1. For external users:
-on the premises of the PPO in the form of official bulletins on paper;
-in the PPO, for retrieval on the databases contained on CD-ROM (TRACES, DEMAS, CASSIS, TRADEMARK PENDING, CASSIS TRADEMARK ASSIGN, CASSIS TRADEMARK REGISTERED, COMMUNITY TRADEMARKS BULLETIN, TRADEMARKS OF RUSSIA, WIPO);
-via the Internet, from 8 workstations installed in the Office's Library to perform retrieval from the PPO database containing the complete verbal and graphic data on all trademarks filed and protected in Poland as well as information service on trademarks designating Poland prepared on the basis of the data received from the WIPO;
- from the user's computer via the Internet;
2. For the Polish Patent Office examiners:
- in-house database ROMARIN accessible in the network from examiners' workstations.
Word processing and office automation
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The Polish Patent Office uses the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) 8th edition as well as International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification) 5th edition. Applicants should classify the goods and services properly. For figurative marks the PPO uses the Vienna Classification system.
During the granting procedure, goods and services classes can be amended by the Office's staff. Reclassification during the application stage is performed by the Office, in the trademark registered, reclassification takes place upon the request of the entitled person.
No electronic classification systems are used to check the classification symbols provided by the applicant.
Application documents of national trademarks are scanned and indexed: Server AIX, application-IBM Content Manager.
Use of electronic classification systems to check the classification symbols furnished by an applicant and which are contained in the lists of goods and/or services
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Modernisation of the Office's Internet homepage (administration of services for outside users of the Office's information sources).
Databases on subjects of industrial property filed and under protection in Poland.
Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics, administrative support, etc.)
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Modern datacenter that assures the right and secure use of servers. The server-room has been furnished with air-condition appliances and a dozen of specifically equipped cabinets, fire-extinguisher devices, the CCTV system and the access control systems.
In-house computer network (LAN) based on the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet solutions. Cisco and Alcatel switches and firewalls.
Telecommunication system with VOiP over WiFi improving direct communication with in-house and outside users.
VI. Administration of trademark information products and services available to the public (relating to facilities, e.g., for lodging applications, registering trademarks, assisting clients with search procedures, obtaining official publications and registry extracts)
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Filing with the PPO:
National Procedure:
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Procedura+krajowa/
International Procedure:
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Procedura+miedzynarodowa/
Forms (including those for electronic filing):
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Procedura+krajowa/Formularze/Formularze.htm
Databases:
Polish:
http://www.uprp.pl/patentwebaccess/databasechoose.aspx?language=polski
English:
http://www.uprp.pl/patentwebaccess/databasechoose.aspx?language=english
Procedures before the PPO - Basic Information:
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Informacje+o+UPRP/Podstawowe+informacje+i+poradniki/
http://www.uprp.pl/English/About+the+Polish+Patent+Office/Basic+information/
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide a description of information products and services offered by the Office (e.g., trademark search service(s), trademark databases, etc.), as well as information on how to access and utilize them
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VII. Matters concerning mutual exchange of trademark documentation and information
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In 2006, PPO received official bulletins containing among others data on trademarks from 27 countries, OHIM and WIPO.
The PPO received 50 numbers (300 booklets) of Gazette OMPI (WIPO) des Marques Internationales free of charge.
In 2006, the exchange of trademark documentation and information with foreign patent offices was continued. The PPO sent abroad:
-to 36 countries, 432 copies of "Patent Office's Announcements"
-to 16 countries, 416 copies of "The Patent Office's Bulletin"
Exchange of machine-readable information
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In 2006 within industrial property protection the following events were organised:
11th all-Poland conference for patent information centers;
All-Poland conference for representatives of science, pharmaceutical industry and patent attorneys on "The industrial property in biotechnology";
The conference on "The protection of geographical indications-challenges for Poland after accession to the European Union (in cooperation with the TAIEX Office from Brussels);
Krakow conference "Inteltrans 2006" on "The quality, innovation and technology transfer in the development of enterprises";
Seminar for employees of PPO and Patent Information Centres "Cooperation with the European Patent Office";
Seminar for patent attorneys from universities and academies in Cedzyna;
Awards ceremony of the winners of the 4th edition of Competitions organised by the Patent Office for the best poster, doctoral and master's thesis and student dissertation on the industrial property protection.
The Patent Office also organised exhibition, information and promotion stands at conferences, exhibitions and fairs:
Stand at PATLIB 2006 conference in Prague (in cooperation with EPO);
Stand at International Fairs in Poznan;
Stand at Scientific Picnic of the Polish BIS Radio;
Joint stand with EPO at epoline conference (Online services user day)in Warsaw;
Informational -promotional stand in the Museum of Technic in Warsaw during the 12th Exhibition of Inventions awarded at international exhibitions in 2005;
XI Nationwide Conference for Patent Information Centres;
-Promotional stand at international conference "EPO-Patent Information Conference 2006".
Training courses for national and foreign participants
Within the twinning programme project with the Danish Patent Office "Enforcement of the protection of industrial and intellectual property rights" a series of seminars and workshops were conducted from April to December 2006. In cooperation with patent information centres in 7 provinces the workshops were conducted in the following locations:
-Regional Patent Information Centre at Technical-Agricultural University in Bydgoszcz;
-Regional Patent Information Centre at the University in Lodz;
-Regional Patent Information Centre at Higher Vocational School in Kalisz;
-Multimedia Center for Management of Patent Information at Technical University in Szczecin;
-Scientific and Patent Information Centre of the Library of Technical University in Lublin;
-Conference centre of the Warminsko-Mazurski University in Olsztyn;
-Management Department of the Technical University in Bialystok.
Assistance to developing countries (sending consultants and experts, receiving trainees from developing countries, etc.)
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X. Other relevant matters