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The most important publications in the field of industrial design documentation are the following:-
- The Official Bulletin of Industrial Property Protection (BOPI) – monthly publication (PDF format);
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- The National Industrial Designs Register;
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- The National Industrial Designs Applications Register.
BOPI includes Sections V with information on industrial designs. Section V contains:-
- BA1L Applications for registration (bibliographic data and graphic reproduction);
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- List of industrial designs applications containing a request on publication delay;
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- FF4L List of registered industrial designs;
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- FG4L List of industrial design certificates, issued in …(date of issuing);
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- ND4L List of renewed industrial designs;
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- FG4L List of industrial designs registered in the Republic of Moldova according to the Hague Agreement, ranged in the numerical order and in the order of the ICID;
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- ND4L List of renewed industrial designs in the Republic of Moldova according to the Hague Agreement.
Section VI contains various types of notices referring to all amendments occurred to the legal status of the protected industrial property objects (List of amendments, List of cession contracts, Errata, FC9L List of rejected industrial designs, FA9L List of withdrawal industrial designs, MK4L List of industrial design registration certificates the term of validity of which has expired, etc), etc.
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Examiners use the information on industrial designs registration from following sources:-
- RO – Bulletins in PDF monthly updated;
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- RU – Internal database monthly updated;
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- OHIM, UA, HU, UK, FI, SI, CZ, PL, MK, EE, LT, GE, BY – Online databases;
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- WIPO – internal database weekly updated.
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
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In the year under review were administered, updated and improved the databases and their management applications. Among major actions can be highlighted the following:-
- optimization of DB “AGEPI Forms” and the program for management, verification, adjustment and integration of standardized documents in the IPO management programs;
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- improvement of the procedure for data exchange with WIPO by sending the total or partial refusals of “International ID”;
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- migration to the Unicode of public DB “Industrial Designs” and modification of updating and search programs.
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
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At the disposal of examiners in their daily practice, there are the following databases:-
- National automated searchable database “Industrial Design”;
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- International applications received in the International Design Bulletin (paper form and CD-ROM);
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- Collection of OHIM, RO, RU, UA, HU, UK, FI, SI, CZ, PL, MK, EE, LT, GE, BY applications received in the Design Bulletins (searchable database or CD-ROM).
Moreover, the manual paper search files consist of special books, periodicals, booklets, and a number of other lists and sources.
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Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
- - RO – Bulletins in PDF monthly updated;
- - RU – Internal database monthly updated;
- - OHIM, UA, HU, UK, FI, SI, CZ, PL, MK, EE, LT, GE, BY – Online databases;
- - WIPO – internal database weekly updated.
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At the Library visitors may obtain the following services:-
- to consult, subscribe to or to purchase the official publications of AGEPI in the field of intellectual property which cover information on practical aspects related to trademarks and geographical indications, traditional specialties guaranteed, etc
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- to review the BOPI, "Intellectus", "AGEPI INFO", etc., and the collections of laws and methodical literature in the field of intellectual property, CDs edited by AGEPI;
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- to obtain methodological assistance in searching the information from the electronic DB;
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- the library-bibliographic services in "request-offer", "information-express" regime, by complying with the bibliographic, thematic and factual references;
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- the opportunity to participate in the local and republican activities on promotion of IP information.
The program for beneficiaries is from 9.00 to 16.00 on Monday to Friday. Days without a program - Saturday and Sunday.
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In the year under review, AGEPI continued publishing and distributing on paper carrier, on the basis of mutual agreements with foreign national IP offices and International and European Organizations, and during the main promotion actions organized by AGEPI, periodical provided by its statute, namely:-
- Annual Report AGEPI-2013 in 2 languages (Romanian and English);
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- Collections of communications “AGEPI Readings-2013” and “AGEPI Readings - 2014”;
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- The Official Bulletin of Industrial Property (BOPI), on a monthly basis (ISSN 1810-7095);
Also, AGEPI updated the existing publications:-
- IP magazine “INTELLECTUS” (ISSN 1810-7079 – on paper);
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- Digest “AGEPI-INFO”, a supplement of the IP magazine “INTELLECTUS”;
The collection Library of Intellectual Property includes the publications which contain useful information in respect to industrial designs:
Brochures-
- “How to Register an Industrial Design in the Republic of Moldova”, in Romanian and Russian;
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- “The ABC of Intellectual Property”.
Folders-
- “Intellectual Property for SMEs”, in Romanian and Russian;
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- “Welcome to AGEPI”, in Romanian, Russian, English and French;
Booklets-
- Protection of IP Objects (thematic booklets);
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- Advertising brochures “INFOINVENT”, in Romanian, English and Russian.
Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
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On the basis of mutual agreements with foreign national IP offices and International and European Organizations, AGEPI distributes on CD-ROM the following periodicals:-
- Annual Report AGEPI in 2 languages (Romanian and English)
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- The Official Bulletin of Industrial Property (BOPI), on a monthly basis (CD-ROM (ISSN 1857-050X)).
Also, the publications may be accessed online on official website www.agepi.gov.md .
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During the 2014 year, AGEPI has actively participated in the following international and regional activities related to industrial designs:-
- The 4th session of Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for international registration of industrial design, International Symposium on the 15th anniversary of the Geneva Act regarding the Hague Agreement for international registration of industrial designs - 16 to 19 June 2014, Geneva, Switzerland.
Assistance to developing countries
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