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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
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
Main areas of trademark information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
The Egyptian Trademarks office recently has various projects related to IP systems and services, most of these projects running or planned to be deployed in cooperation with WIPO Industrial Property Office Business Solutions Division (IPOBSD), while other projects running or planned to be established under Egyptian Ministry of Internal Trade development policies;
The office recently has launched IPAS system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to ease processing the business transactions record and execution.
The office recently has used WIPO Publish system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to perform automatic data extraction and upload to WIPO Global Brand database
Statistics:
Total filing of trademarks on 31/12/2015: 328449
Total filing of trademarks in 2015 in comparative with 2014: 19625 (2015) – 19257 (2014)
Total registered trademarks in 2015 in comparative with 2014: 8335 (2015) – 14121 (2014)
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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