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Table I below shows that the overall number of trademark registration applications filed in the Russian Federation in 2008 remained virtually at the level of 2007. The total reduction is 0.26 per cent, owing to a fall of 4.69 per cent in the number of applications received from Russian applicants. In comparison with 2007, the number of applications filed by foreign applicants was 5.16 per cent higher.
As regards trademark registration, the positive trend in this area was preserved (growth of 19.18 per cent in comparison with last year).
The examination of a large volume of applications and the work done on trademark registration became possible as a result of a series of measures being conducted, aimed at reducing labor intensity by means of automation, the improvement of technological procedures and organization processes for examinations and the registration of rights.
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URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to trademarks
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Rospatent trademark publications are cited in Table 2 attached.
In 2008, annual indexes were issued for the following gazettes from 2007:
• the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on paper - three parts.
The Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on electronic CD-ROM carrier with search system and the corresponding paper gazette are distributed by subscription. The last two Gazettes are available on the Rospatent site.
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Mass storage media and microforms used
Data are stored on paper, diskettes and optical disks, as well as in the form of databases or files. Below are given a list and short description of the means of storing data files:
- the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on CD-ROM, with 24 issues per year. Alongside the Official Gazette on CD-ROM, a paper edition of the Gazette is published;
- sets of information on trademarks for 2005 to 2007, each on one DVD;
- a retrospective file of trademark information for 1991 to 2004, on one DVD;
- the ICGS (ninth edition) on CD-ROM and paper;
- the annual index to the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Gazette was issued on paper.
All the products on optical disks were distributed together with the ISS MIMOSA software, providing a search of bibliographical data, ICGS indexes, verbal elements of a mark and also combinations thereof.
In 2008, the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette was published on the Rospatent Internet site and registers of Russian trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin, trademarks well known in Russia, applications for Russian trademarks and service marks, and international trademarks with the indication Russia, including details of their legal status, continued to be kept.
In 2008, as part of practical operations on the Office site information began to be inputted daily on current registrations of trademarks, service marks, appellations of origin, well known trademarks, and also notifications of changes made to the State Register of Trademarks prior to their publication in the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette.
Information on the FGU FIPS database concerning trademarks, appellations of origin and well-known trademarks, as well as the number of documents contained therein, a retrospective collection and the frequency of updating is given in Table 3. The search system and open registers databases coincide fully (see Tables 3 and 4).
Word processing and office automation
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In 2008, the trademarks gazettes issued to all countries constituted about 22,700 storage units on paper and users consulted about 27,800 optical disks.
In 2008, users were provided with the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on CD-ROM, of which 24 issues were published during the year. Alongside the Official Gazette on CD-ROM, a paper Gazette was published.
Also in 2008 users were supplied with sets of information on trademarks for 2005-2007, each on one DVD, and also a retrospective set of information on trademarks for 1991-2004 on one DVD.
In 2008, users were supplied with the Ninth Edition of the ICGS on CD-ROM and paper.
All products on optical disks were distributed together with the MIMOSA information search system software which provides searches of bibliographical data, ICGS indexes, verbal elements of a mark and also combinations thereof. Documents found during a search may be consulted and printed in full.
An annual index was issued on paper for the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Gazette.
In 2008, the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette was published on the Rospatent Internet site and registers of Russian trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin, trademarks well known in Russia, applications for Russian trademarks and service marks, and international trademarks with the indication Russia, with details of their legal status, continued to be kept.
In addition, users are granted free access, through the open registers, to information on applications for the registration of a Russian Federation trademark and service mark with a date of receipt after January 1, 2005.
As part of the operations in 2008 on the Office site, information began to be displayed on a daily basis concerning current registrations of trademarks, service marks, appellations of origin, well-known trademarks and also notifications of changes made to the State Register of Trademarks, prior to their publication in the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette.
On the basis of official information relating to RF trademarks, thematic databases are produced according to users' special orders.
Users' work with information search system:
Examiners are given the opportunity to work with all databases on trademarks, appellations of origin, national trademarks, trademark applications and international trademarks with the indication Russia.
Access for external users to databases, apart from the databases of applications and national trademarks, is provided by mutual agreement. Searches of the trademarks applications database for external users are currently unavailable.
Organizations of the Federal Customs Service received 18 passwords providing free access to trademark databases.
External users are provided, free of charge, with access to:
- databases containing documents published in the last two Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Gazettes;
- the Trademarks Well Known in Russia database; and
- the ICGS database.
Table 5 (attached) contains data on the number of database search system inquiries.
The search system provides the opportunity to carry out a search simultaneously of the trademarks, appellations of origin, national trademarks and trademarks applications (for examiners) databases.
Table 5 contains general information on the number of database inquiries made by internal and external users.
Table 6 (attached) contains data on the number of database inquiries for trademarks, appellations of origin, national trademarks, international trademarks and trademarks applications registers.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide information on business procedures such as: filing, publication, examination and registration procedures related to trademarks; opposition and appeal procedures related to trademarks; etc.
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