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Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
1) Legislative process for the reform of the European Union’s trade mark system
2) Enhancing the intellectual property institutional performance
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
1) As closure of the legislative process for the reform of the European Union’s trade mark system, on 15 December 2015 the European Parliament adopted the revised and amended texts of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (Trade Mark Regulation) and Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Trade Mark Directive). The adopted texts were published in the Official Gazette of the European Union in December 2015. The provisions of the Directive shall be transposed into the national laws of the Member States by 14 January 2019, or certain of them by 14 January 2023. The amended text of the Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March 2016, in respect of certain provisions thereof on 1 October 2017.
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Main areas of trademark information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
The IT system has provided the necessary background for the Office’s official and service activity, and supported its tasks related to e-administration. The system supports 135 different services or service families altogether. Out of those, 69 service families provide direct support for the performance of the Office’s official and central tasks, and an additional 66 systems support the operational, service management, information security and ISO certification objectives of the previously mentioned functions. Clients can make use of the following services online: e-search, e-file inspection, e-filing, e-register, TM e-Filing, TMView, and DesignView.
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Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
In 2015 the International Bureau of WIPO received 1,633 international trade mark applications (under the Madrid system) designating Hungary, which is more by 2% than in the previous year. More than 130 thousand Community trade mark applications extending also to Hungary were filed and 109 thousand Community trade marks were registered in 2015[1]. The activity of the Hungarian applicants also increased, 562 such applications were filed, which is an increase of nearly 6%. Moreover, the domestic applicants filed 255 international trade mark applications and HIPO transmitted 286 international trade mark applications to the International Bureau of WIPO.
Main figures of trade mark applications targeting Hungary under
international cooperation and filed following the national route (2011–2015)
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
International trade mark applications | |||||
International trade mark applications (under the Madrid system) | 2 117 | 2 102 | 2 139 | 1 599 | 1 633 |
Community trade mark applications | 105 943 | 107 988 | 114 295 | 117 496 | 130 398 |
National trade mark applications | |||||
Domestic trade mark applications | 3 772 | 4 177 | 3 428 | 3 489 | 3 178 |
Foreign trade mark applications | 425 | 422 | 429 | 392 | 313 |
Foreign trade mark applications | 425 | 422 | 429 | 392 | 313 |
Applications filed following the national route in total | 4 197 | 4 599 | 3 857 | 3 881 | 3 491 |
In 2015 the number of trade mark applications following the national route was 3,491, which is a 10% decrease compared to the previous year. 91% of these applications were filed by domestic applicants, the activity of domestic applicants were less by 9% than in the previous year. The institutional applicants filed nearly 10% less trade mark applications than in 2014. The number of foreign applications filed directly with HIPO was around at the level of the previous years.
Figures of trade marks valid in Hungary (2011–2015)
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Valid national trade marks | 53 973 | 56 130 | 55 942 | 55 813 | 55 628 |
Valid international trade marks (under the Madrid system) | 121 145 | 121 299 | 112 684 | 108 487 | 106 165 |
Registered Community trade marks* | 792 866 | 888 495 | 986 569 | 1090351 | 1 199 767 |
*Accumulated amount of all registered protections, irrespective of renewal
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Annual Report 2015: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/mivel-fordulhatok-a-hivatalhoz/tajekoztatas/kiadvanyok/a-hivatal-eves-jelentesei-0
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
Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) – URLs
Detailed information and support is accessible on the website of HIPO, ege.g.:
e-Filing: https://ugyintezes.sztnh.gov.hu/eBej2/step1
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Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
The e-dossier gives inspection and communication platform providing online administration.
EE-dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-aktabetekintes/?lang=HU
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Matters concerning classifying
(i) Classification and reclassification activities; classification systems used, e.g., International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification), International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification), other classification
(ii) Use of electronic classification systems and pre-defined terms of the classification applied
Nice Classification and Vienna Classification systems are used.
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Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
Different types of non-traditional marks should be filed as some photos taken in different positions of the mark.
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Main types of publications in the field of trademark information, outline of the content and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
E-SEARCH for external use: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=HU
Web-based GAZETTE, published twice a month: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
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Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.
Web-based GAZETTE, published twice a month: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
E-SEARCH for internal use, covering the public and non-public data.
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Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
E-SEARCH (for the public): http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=HU
GAZETTE: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
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Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
E-Dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-aktabetekintes/?lang=HU just for information purposes.
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Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
The IT system has provided the necessary background for the Office’s official and service activity, and supported its tasks related to e-administration. The system supports 135 different services or service families altogether. Out of those, 69 service families provide direct support for the performance of the Office’s official and central tasks, and an additional 66 systems support the operational, service management, information security and ISO certification objectives of the previously mentioned functions. Clients can make use of the following services online: e-search, e-file inspection, e-filing, e-register, TM e-Filing, TMView, and DesignView.
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Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
Unix Tru64 server
Linux server
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Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
The Unified Administrative System of the Office is used for file building, which covers all industrial property titles of protection. It is a real-time updated system and has a daily backup storage.
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Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
The Unified Administrative System of the Office comprise the bibliographic and image data, the documents and the official letters that belong to the different intellectual property rights.
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Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
Unified Administrative System
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Office's library (if deals with trademark information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
Services of Industrial Property Special Library: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/services/industrial-property-special-library
Publications related to different business procedures and trademark information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
The partners and customers of HIPO, who are interested in intellectual property, can choose from a variety of services or programs of customer service, information provision and education, ege.g.: AIDA, IP-Panorama, Start-up guide, Partner Search, Tenders, IP-Valuation, etc.: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/hogyan-kezdjek-hozza
The interest in the National Board Against Counterfeiting is indicated by the fact that its website www.hamisitasellen.hu was visited in 2014 by 21,495 individually identifiable users. The visitors viewed 46,244 pages in 2015, which is more by 11% than in the previous year. The No fake! blog is also popular, the No fake! Facebook page counted 3,952 followers.
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Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
The enlargement of knowledge on industrial property and copyright, the improvement of awareness on intellectual property of small and medium sized enterprises are objectives of high importance. In case of these parties it is essential that they can have personal consultation not only at the headquarters in Budapest but they also can find information points or events close to them, in their regions, where they can receive information. In this spirit, the relations with partners strengthened in 2015. HIPO cooperated with 16 chambers of commerce and industry in counties and towns, 7 regional innovation agencies, one professional organisation (SEED Foundation for Small Enterprise Economic Development) 6 PATLIB centres linked to institutions of higher education in the countryside in programs related to awareness raising.
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Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
The courses on industrial property and the education on intellectual property in institutions of higher education are important fora of education and awareness raising in Hungary. They significantly contributed to the improvement of the culture of industrial property, to the education of future IP experts.
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International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
HU Trade Marks can be searched via TM-VIEW.
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Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to trademark information
A regional seminar on the enforcement of intellectual property rights was jointly organised in November 2015 in November2015 inBudapest Budapest by HIPO, OHIM and NBAC for law enforcement experts of 13 countries.
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