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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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in 2013 – 14 981, in 2014 – 14 698, i.e. 1.89 % decrease with respect to the previous year.
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From January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 within the test period of the electronic filing system for IPRs the SE "UIPI" received 1 620 trademark applications (6.25 % decrease with respect to the previous year).
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In 2014, the highest percentage of applications was filed according to the following classes of the Nice Classification:
Class 35 "Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions" (18.1%);
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II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
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There is also an opportunity for processing sound marks by the TMAS tools.
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Main types of publications in the field of trademark information, outline of the content and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
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In addition, such information is provided in the IRS "Information on Certificates of Ukraine for Marks for Goods and Services Deemed to be Invalid or Expired" and (as an extra operational component) in the relevant sections of the DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnit" and DB "Marks for Goods and Services Registered in Ukraine".
Other sources
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
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Administrative support is provided by built-in control tools of DBMS SQL Server 2005.
Other matters
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Office's library (if deals with trademark information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
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Publications related to different business procedures and trademark information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
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VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
The functions of patent documentation international exchange are performed by the SE "UIPI", recognized in 2003 by the law as the Centre of international exchange of publications according to the Convention on International Exchange of Publications, adopted on December 3, 1958 by the UN General Conference on the matters of education, science and culture.
In the framework of international exchange in 2014 the SE "UIPI" received official bulletins with information regarding trademarks from eight foreign Offices. The Official Bulletin "Promyslova Vlasnist" on DVD was sent to exchange partners.
In 2014 the SE "UIPI" also stopped documentation exchange on material carriers with Rospatent and mutual documentation exchange via FTP-servers of the Offices was started.
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to trademark information
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Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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