Annual Technical Report 2002 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Lithuania (SCIT/ATR/TM/2002/LT)
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I. Evolution of registration activities
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Registrations have been classified in accordance with:
eighth edition of the International (Nice) Classification;
fifth edition of the International (Vienna) Classification.
Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification of Data (INID Codes) relating to marks were used in the Register and in the Official Gazette.
From December 2002, the database of the International Classification of Goods and Services is available on the SPB website (http://www.vpb.lt).
IV. Trademark manual search file establishment and upkeep
The internal file of the SPB contains Lithuanian Official Gazette.
The exchange of the Official Gazette of the SPB with foreign states and intergovernmental organisations is effected by LTL, and this way LTL is updated with national and foreign documentation.
LTL file contains national and foreign Official Gazettes.
The card index "Protection of Industrial Property in Lithuania" is maintained and file of Lithuanian trademark applications (on paper) is also open to the public access at LTL.
V. Activities in the field of computerized trademark search systems
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In 2002 the official gazette of the SPB was distributed in 44 foreign states and intergovernmental organisations (AM, AT, BA, BG, BY, BX, CA, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EM, EP, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, JP, KG, KZ, LV, MC, MD, MK, NO, PL, RO, RU, SE, SI, SK, TJ, TM, TR, UA, US, UZ, WO, YU) on the basis of mutual exchange.
While the monthly batches of bibliographic and legal status data on trademarks were sent to COMPU-MARK.
VIII. Matters concerning education and training including technical assistance to developing countries
Lithuanian specialists took part in the following events:
PATLIB2002;
EAC 2002.
Foreign and Lithuanian press published articles on the improvement of the Lithuanian industrial property information system.
IX. Other relevant matters
During the year 2002 the replies of the Lithuanian party to SCIT Circulars were directed to WIPO and the formats of the publication and exchange of the Lithuanian industrial property data based on WIPO standards were determined.
In 2002, Lithuanian industrial property statistical data were submitted to WIPO to be published in its publication "Industrial Property Statistics".