Where URLs are requested below, it is preferred that either URLs which are likely to remain stable over time (three years or more) are provided, or home (main) page URLs are provided with a short explanation of how to access the corresponding information.
In 2003 the evolution of registration activities increased with respect to the previous years.
Evolutionofregistrationactivities
OFFICIAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY BULLETIN (BOPI) - section “Trademarks”. It contains: All data concerning registered trademarks, various information on the changes of the legal status of trademarks, lists containing the Romanian industrial property attorneys and other useful information.
Trademarks applications & registrations, changes, renewals, legal contest; decisions of the Law Courts, the registration and renewal certificates are generated automatically.
Tape storage and CD-ROM
Word perfect: WP 11 for current activities and for issuing the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property, section "Trademarks"
Printing of Official Bulletin Section “Trademarks” is done in-house using WPS as word processor and information is recorded also in PDF format. The documents in the Common Software are generated automatically in 2003
We use only Nice and Vienna International Classifications.
We have a system of programs: Common Software (CS), version 2.1.8 containing a list of Classes according to Nice Classification and NIVILO CD-ROM.
We do not ask for it.
There is QBE for bibliographic data in CS version 2.1.8.
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES (Data base, Common Software)
YES (ROMARIN; WIPO Database through INTERNET: U.S. OFFICE Database, OFDVII Database, TRACES CD-ROM, 6ter CD-ROM).
There is a Statistics Chapter in CS v. 2.1.8, as well as WUC statistics.
The CS Program systems v 2.1.8 is provided by EPO. It consists of:
1. Hardware:
- Server GS 80, 1G Ram, 500 GB HDD in RAID.
- Workstation - 40 computers, minimum Pentium 600 MHz, min. 256 Ram, min. 10 G HDD;
- Network type - 100 Mbps;
- 2 Cannon Network printers – BW
- 1 Cannon Network printers - color
2. . Software:
- Server:
- Unix TRU64
- Informix Dynamic Server 9.4
- Workstation
- Windows 2000 as Operating System
- TCP/IP for network connectivity
- "Common Software"
NO.
We have a preservation workshop for restoring worn out documents.
We have not yet the trademark information posted on the World Wide Web.
On CD-ROM using TRACES and on paper, our official gazette (BOPI - Section “TRADEMARKS”).We also receive information on US PTO and OHIM containing pending applications and registered trademarks.
TRACES project for creating the Common CD-ROM for the following countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia.
OSIM organized:
- seminars and training in various regions of Romania, in order to make industrial property issues more clear for the persons concerned. At present, there exist fourteen regional centers in the most important towns (Brasov, Constanta, Bacau, Oradea, Baia-Mare, Craiova, Bistrita-Nasaud, Braila, Timisoara, Suceava, lasi, Covasna, Galati, Targu Mures).
- seminars and conferences in the country;
- participation in fairs across the countries for the entrepreneurial sectors, small and medium size enterprises and business to business groups;
- training of company specialists;
- contributing to the perception of the offices as a public service for the general public, focusing on small and medium size enterprises and supported by advertisments and specific pamphlet and prospectus.
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