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Annual Technical Report 2007 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Thailand (SCIT/ATR/TM/2007/TH)

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I. Evolution of registration activities

Changes experienced in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to the previous year

- In the year of 2007,Department of Intellectual Property ( Ministry of Commerce ) DIP received 33,555 applications for the registration of Trademark in Thailand, With these number
- 20,140 was Thai applications
- 13,415 was Foreigner applications
- which have the details as below.
Trademark : 27,356 applications
Service mark : 6,162 applications
Certification mark : 20 applications
Association mark : 17 applications
- With these applications 24,640 was registered.
- The registered trademarks was increasing 2.13% comparing with the year 2006.

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Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year


There was no much change in the number of applications comparing with the year 2006.
But we can notice that even the number of the application stay rather flat but the number of registered was slightly drop down.
These are considered to be because of opposition activities which was increased comparing with last yea

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Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year


There was no much change in the number of applications comparing with the year 2006.
But we can notice that even the number of the application stay rather flat but the number of registered was slightly drop down.
These are considered to be because of opposition activities which was increased comparing with last year.

URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to trademarks

DIP Annual Report: http://www.ipthailand.org/ipthailand/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=17&id=112&Itemid

II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of secondary sources of trademark information, i.e., trademark gazettes

Publishing, printing, copying techniques

DIP Trademark office has only published registration for the Registration Advertising as in the procedure for applying for Trademark that the applications examined have to be advertised to the public for 90 days..
We published 3,990 issues and 13,224 CD ROM for the Gazette publication.

Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of trademark information

Paper Magazine Publication and CD ROM.

Mass storage media and microforms used

All new application both from paper filling and on line application will be first input to our Database system. Then print into paper form and file before sending to the examiners.
The examiners access Center Search System from their own terminal in DIP trademark office.
After the examination finish all the application will be on advertise for 90 days. Without any opposition each application will be registered.

Word processing and office automation

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Techniques used for the generation of trademark information (printing, recording, photocomposing, etc.)

As above,the marks in application forms will be scanned by ORACLE Form software system.

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

For Trademark online services: http://www.ipthailand.org/ipthailand/index.php?lang=en

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)

1. Nice International Classification for claasification in examination procedure.

DIP Trademark office has classified the applicant trademark by using the NICE Classification method.

2. Vienna Classification for Marks.

DIP Trademark office has classified the marks within trademark applications by using the Vienna Classification method.

Use of electronic classification systems to check the classification symbols furnished by an applicant and which are contained in the lists of goods and/or services

We check with our Center Search System database by the pronunciation of Trademarks, written alphabet names and logos.

Obligation for applicants to use pre-defined terms of the classification applied

All applicants must defined the classifications of Trademark within the application forms.

Bibliographic data and processing

DIP Thailand has used ORACLE database system for internal seach system. The applicants can search in advance by using computer installed this data or access online by register as the member of our service.

IV. Trademark manual search file establishment and upkeep

All searches still perform by examiners by using our Center Search data base system.

File Building

All new application both from paper filling and on line application will be first input to our Database system. Then print into paper form and file before sending to the examiners.
The examiners access Center Search System from their own terminal in DIP trademark office.
After the examination finish all the application will be on gazettes advertising for 90 days. Without any opposition each application will be registered.

Updating

Every changes and update information for each applicantion will be input to the center search system.

Storage, including mass storage media

Application that has already input will be storage in the center search system control high security in DIP building and after the registration all paper file will be storage in another room in DIP building to keep as the evidence.

Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file

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V. Activities in the field of computerized trademark search systems

In-house systems (online/offline)

As above DIP Thailand has supported by only one cemter search data base system which has limited access only from DIP computer terminal and DIP online service via DIP website.

External databases

Non. Only DIP Center Search Database which is provided in DIP building and online via DIP website only.

Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics and administrative support)

Non-separated administrative management systems. The search database system include all the information together.(including up-to-date data on application s and registration, the current status and prosecution history.)

Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), carriers used

Hardware for Data Base System : HP Proliant ML 370
for Application System : HP Proliant ML 350
Software: for Data Base System : ORACLE version 9i
for Application System : ORACLE Form (internal)
JAVA (on-line application )
Network : TCP/IP

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)

Planning, administration, automation, security

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Collection management, preservation

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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)

Our DIP Thailand provide search data base to search for trademarks which are the same as examiner using internal.
This data base system include up-to-date data on application s and registration, the current status and prosecution history.
This Data-Base system can be access from 3rd floor of DIP building or access online via our main website.

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)

Our DIP Thailand provide search data base to search for trademarks which are the same as examiner using internal.
This data base system include up-to-date data on application s and registration, the current status and prosecution history.
This Data-Base system can be access from 3rd floor of DIP building or access online via our main website.

URLs of web pages of the Office's website for electronic filing of trademark applications

For Trademark on-line services : http://61.19.225.221/tm-system/&Itemid=94

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.

For information about Trademark Registration Procedure in Thailand: http://www.ipthailand.org/ipthailand/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=236&Itemid=264

URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide a description of information products and services offered by the Office (e.g., trademark search service(s) and trademark databases), as well as information on how to access and utilize them

For Trademark on-line service: http://61.19.225.221/tm-system/&Itemid=94

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

-Regional Cooperation with ASEAN country
-International Cooperation with EU ( ECAP Ⅱ )

Exchange of machine-readable information

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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.)

- Thailand IP Fair: Held to promote the use of intellectual property as to enhance trade competition capacity and create business negotiation channels in Thailand IP market.
This fair will be held around September every year .
- IP Distance Learning : In cooperation with WIPO we are preparing the curriculum fro teaching intellectual property via the internet in the Thai Language based upon well-known DL-100 curruculun opereated by WIPO.
- Seminar on “ How to Register Trademarks Worldwide”: held as the forum for dissenminationg knowledge and understanding in connection with the Madrid Protocol and for brainstorming on this matter amongst personnel in the intellectual property sphere.
-Success in opposition procedure to the Registration “Rusi Datton” (Thai style Yoga) with Japan Patent Office.

Training courses for national and foreign participants

Traning course for Examiners, Registra and Administer Leader.
Training course in cooperation with WIPO.
Training course in cooperation with EU.
Traning course in copperation with JPO ( Japan Patent Office ).
Domestic Traning course in Thailand.

Assistance to developing countries (sending consultants and experts, receiving trainees from developing countries, etc.)

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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

For information about Thailand Trademark Law and regulations( in Thai only ):
http://www.ipthailand.org/ipthailand/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=188&Itemid=470

contain the Annual Report of the Office

http://www.ipthailand.org/ipthailand/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=17&id=112&Itemid

if necessary, provide further information related to the topics referred to in the current ATR

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provide open source codes related to trademark information systems

Free registration to access into Trademark on line system by filling your basic information. (Name, address, phone number, e-mail address etc.)

contain trademark-related news regarding the Office

For information about DIP Thailand News and Activities: http://www.ipthailand.org/ipthailand/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=19&Itemid=390

X. Other relevant matters

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