Annual Technical Report 2010 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Lithuania (CWS/ATR/TM/2010/LT)
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I. Evolution of registration activities
Changes experienced in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to the previous year
Application filings and registrations in 2010:
2240 applications filed directly with the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB), from which 87,6 % applications are originating in Lithuania (including 65 international applications);
1585 trademarks registered;
2805 decisions to grant protection for international trademarks in Lithuania made.
Filings directly with the SPB increased by 8,3 %.
Filings originating in Lithuania decreased by 0,8 %.
Lithuanian trademarks registrations decreased by 42,9 %.
Decisions to grant protection for international trademarks in Lithuania decreased by 28,7%.
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
Lithuania, United States of America, Switzerland, Estonia, Germany and South Korea were the leading countries of filing as reflected in 2010.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to trademarks
Statistics of the year 2010 (national trademark applications and national trademark registrations, national trademarks in force) has been provided on SPB website (http://www.vpb.gov.lt/index.php?l=en&n=321).
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of secondary sources of trademark information, i.e., trademark gazettes
Publishing, printing, copying techniques
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of trademark information
The Official Bulletin Inventions, Designs, Trademarks contained announcements published in 2010:
FG9Y Registrations published in accordance with Article 16 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
MF9Y Registrations invalidated in accordance with Article 18 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
PD9Y, TC9Y, TH9Y Changes in the Register on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with Article 23 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
PA9T Replacement of national registration by international registration in accordance with Article 33 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
ND9Y Renewal of registration of the mark in accordance with Article 36 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
MM9Y Registrations lapsed in accordance with Article 24 and Article 36 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
PC9Y Transfer of registration of the mark in accordance with Article 43 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
QB9Y Licensing (sublicensing) in accordance with Article 44 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
QC9Y Licensing (sublicensing) contracts removed from the Register in accordance with Article 44 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
MG9Y Registrations invalidated in accordance with Article 46 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
MA9Y Registrations removed from the Register in accordance with Article 24 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
RC9Y Pledging of the mark in accordance with Article 45 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
RD9Y Attachment of the Registrations in accordance with Article 45 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
TK9Y Rectifications;
MF9T Invalidation of international registration extension to the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with Article 34 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
QB9T Licensing (sublicensing) by holder of international registration of the mark in accordance with Article 34 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
MG9T Invalidation of international registration extension to the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with Article 46 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania;
CZ9Y Decisions adopted by the Division of Appeals of the State Patent Bureau in accordance with Article 18 of the Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania.
Sections of the Official Bulletin have been coded in accordance with WIPO Standard ST.17.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide access to online trademark gazettes and to other sources of trademark information, including download of bulk trademark data
SPB Official Bulletin has been published in an electronic format and has been accessible on SPB website (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=en&n=245).
Database of the Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania has been accessible on SPB website (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=en&n=300).
III. Matters concerning classifying, reclassifying and indexing of trademark information
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 (please indicate whether goods and services for the registration of marks and whether the figurative elements of marks are classified by your Office and, if so, which classification(s) is (are) used)
The ninth edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification);
the sixth edition of the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of the Marks (Vienna Classification).
Bibliographic data and processing
Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification of Data (INID Codes) relating to trademarks have been used in the Register of Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania and in SPB Official Bulletin Inventions, Designs, Trademarks.
IV. Trademark manual search file establishment and upkeep
File Building
The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB) published on its website (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=en&n=245) the Official Bulletin Inventions, Designs, Trademarks and database of Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania.
Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
Industrial Property search and other services have been also provided by Patent Information Centre of Lithuanian Technical Library (http://www.tb.lt/PIC/PIC.htm).
V. Activities in the field of computerized trademark search systems
In-house systems (online/offline)
Public users had a possibility to use the following CD/DVD-ROMs received in 2010:
Promyšlennaja sobstvennost. Oficialnyj biuleten (AM);
Schweizerisches Patent-, Muster- und Markenblatt (CH);
Buletin Oficial de Proprietate Industriala (MD);
Glasnik intelektualne svojine (RS);
IPPO Glasnik (MK);
Industrial Property Bulletin (GR);
Boletin Oficial de la Propiedad Industrial. (ES);
Published registered trademark and reclassification on registered trademark (JP);
Published unexamined/international trademark applications (JP);
Buletin Oficial de Proprietate Industriala (RO);
Tovarnyje znaki, znaki obslužyvanija i naymenovanija mest proischoždenija tovarov (RU);
Resmi Marka Gazetesi (Tescil Edilmis Markalar) (TR);
Promislova vlastnist (UA);
Trademarks BIB (US);
Patents and Trademarks ASSIGN (US);
Trademarks ASSIST (US);
Rasmij achborotnoma (UZ);
Benelux Merkenblad. Recueil des Marques Benelux (BX);
Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics and administrative support)
Database of the Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania has been accessible on SPB website (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=en&n=300).
The SPB website Trademark Database has been an exact copy of the data stored in the Register of Trademark of the Republic of Lithuania and contained data on trademarks registered and applications filed directly with the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania.
VI. Administration of trademark information products and services available to the public (relating to facilities, e.g., for lodging applications, registering trademarks, assisting clients with search procedures, obtaining official publications and registry extracts)
Information services available to the public (including computerized services and search files contained in libraries remote from your Office and trademark information posted by your Office on the World Wide Web)
LTL also offered for visitors the opportunity to get acquainted with a wide range of Lithuanian publications (SPB Official Bulletin, etc.), Official Gazettes of foreign states and intergovernmental organisations on CD/DVD-ROMs, sets of communications and regulations in 2010.
The visitors of LTL had been consulted on the spot as well as by phone or e-mail and had an opportunity to order trademark search.
Search for the international and Community trademarks and other services also have been provided by Patent Information Centre of LTL (http://www.tb.lt/PIC/PIC.htm).
SPB published on its website (http://www.vpb.gov.lt/en) the Official Bulletin Inventions, Designs, Trademarks and database of Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania.
URLs of web pages of the Office's website for electronic filing of trademark applications
It is not possible to file trademarks applications or any other document with the SPB electronically.
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.
SPB website (http://www.vpb.gov.lt/index.php?n=296&l=en) provided information on legislation related to trademarks;
website (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?n=184&l=lt) provided information (e.g. forms) on filing, registration, renewal and other procedures.
VII. Matters concerning mutual exchange of trademark documentation and information
International or regional cooperation in the exchange of trademark information, e.g., in the form of official gazettes
SPB Official Bulletin has been published in an electronic format and has been accessible on SPB website (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=en&n=245).
The bibliographic and legal status data on trademarks has been supplied to THOMSON/COMPU-MARK to be included in COMPU-MARK databases.
VIII. Matters concerning education and training, including technical assistance to developing countries (please indicate URLs of web pages of the Office’s website wherever appropriate)
Promotional activities (seminars, exhibitions, visits, advertising, etc.)
In year 2010 the SPB organized seminars, attended exhibitions and other events, namely:
In February 2010 the SPB organized a seminar "How to Protect Trademarks and Designs in the European Union" in the premises of the LTL. Branches of LTL in Kaunas, Klaipėda and Panevėžys had open days organized by PIC of the LTL, during which SPB's specialists informed on possibilities how to protect marks and designs in the European Union.
On 26 April 2010, commemorating the World Intellectual Property day for the tenth time, a non-profit organization IPR-help of the Council of the European Union together with the SPB organized a seminar "How to Protect Intellectual Property and Feel Safe in EU and Global Markets" in the premises of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. The seminar was designated for developers and users of intellectual property objects, small and medium-size enterprises in .particular. At the same time an exhibition called "Protection of Intellectual Property after Restoration of Independence" was arranged, people were invited to an open day in the premises of the SPB. Later this exhibition was held at Vilnius Gediminas Technical .University (VGTU), Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Klaipėda University and the branch of LTL in Kaunas. One more exhibition of the SPB and LTL was held at Šiauliai University.
In May 2010 the SPB attended an exhibition "Balttechnika 2010" and events of the Entrepreneurship week, which took place at the Lithuanian exhibition centre LITEXPO. PIC specialists represented at the stands of the SPB.
Lithuanian Technical Library published 4 information publications "Protection of Industrial Property" in year 2010.
Training courses for national and foreign participants
In September 2010 the SPB and WIPO organized a seminar “The Role of Patent Information and Use of Technologies in Promotion of Innovations” in Palanga. Representatives of PIC made two reports in this seminar.
In November 2010 the SPB and WIPO organized a regional training seminar for judges. Judges from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Poland attended the seminar.
IX. Other general information related to the Office that is available on the Internet -- URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that:
provide information on legislation related to trademarks
SPB website (http://www.vpb.gov.lt/index.php?n=296&l=en) provided information on legislation related to trademarks.
contain the Annual Report of the Office
The Annual Review of the Office has been included on the SPB website (http://www.vpb.gov.lt/index.php?l=en&n=318).
contain trademark-related news regarding the Office
The SPB website (http://www.vpb.lt/index.php?l=EN) contained trademark-related news in 2010.
X. Other relevant matters
In 2010, Lithuanian industrial property statistical data had been submitted to WIPO to be published in its publication Industrial Property Statistics.