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The expression "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models. Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.
In 2010 203 applications for industrial designs were filed under the national route (295 in 2009), 200 of them were submitted by domestic applicants (292 in 2009) and 2 - by foreign applicants (3 in 2009).
34 applications were filled under The Hague Agreement (35 in 2009). 25 applications were filled by domestic applicants via the international route (3 in 2009).
181 industrial designs were registered (312 in 2009), of them. 149 owned by national applicants (216 in 2009) and 32 - from foreign applicants (48 in 2008).
There is a slight decrease in applications filed by domestic applicants under the National route. The comparison with the applications filed in the previous years shows a stable tendency for the total number of the applications for industrial designs to drop off.
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=643&Itemid=416
The information about industrial design applications and granted certificates for industrial designs is published in the Official Bulletin of The Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO) which is a monthly edition. As from April 2009 the paper version has been discontinued and the bulletin is being published exclusively in electronic form – CD ROM, and on the Office’s official web site simultaneously
Publications consist of bibliographic data, classification symbols and images of industrial designs .
Besides, the bulletin contains announcements concerning all entries in the State Industrial Designs Register concerning the legal status: transfer of rights; change in name/address of owner; revocation of registration of industrial design; invalidation of registration of Industrial design; termination of legal protection; renewal of the registration; licensing contracts; industrial designs as a pledge objects; industrial designs as a security objects; industrial designs in bankruptcy proceedings
The dossiers of the industrial design applications are stored in paper form In numerical order according to the number the number of the application(only for refused applications) and the number of the registration respectively.
Registered designs are searchable via the BPO on-line database. It provides a range of search options including name of applicant or owner, Locarno classes, application filing date, registration date, application and registration number. For the publications in The Official Bulletin the data is extracted from the internal database IDIS.
The Official Bulletin URL:
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=167&Itemid=269
The public database URL:
http://www1.bpo.bg:8080/bpo_online/rd?login_now=1&page=split&searchMode=on&ord=0&dir=A&subCmd=IDesign
Since January 1, 2009 the 9-th edition of the Locarno Classification is used. All registered designs were reclassified according to the 9-th edition.
BPO maintains on-line searchable bibliographic data for Industrial Designs via internet tool "BPO On-line".
Two files on paper:
- dossiers of registered industrial designs in numerical order arranged under the number of the registration;
- dossiers of the refused industrial designs applications arranged by application's number.
A paper card file includes the bibliographic data and the graphical presentation of all expired registered industrial designs. The file is arranged according to the classes and subclasses of the Locarno Classification.
The files are regularly updated depending on the number of registrations and refusals.
BPO maintains all data concerning applications and registered industrial design on paper carrier (dossier).
WIPO "INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS BULLETIN" (WO);
OAMI- ONLINE- DATABASES;
Official bulletins of other national offices containing information about Industrial Designs .
The Office maintains an specialized in-house searchable database of national applications and registered industrial designs - IDIS. The database is not available to the public but its structure corresponds to the public database.
BPO_online - web-based service for public access to information of the published industrial design in BPO.
OHIM database on CD-ROM which is loading every month in the database of national Industrial Designs;
BPO On-line - web-based service for public access to information of the applications and registered Industrial Designs in BPO.
WIPO database
The BPO maintains IDIS and State Register of the industrial designs which is regularly updated.
Filing system of the IDIS automation system is based on:
Hardware: Server PSERV HP K360
Operation system: HP-UX 11.0 .
Instance: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.5.0.0
Workstations: Intel Pentium based PCs;
Software:
Workstations: Windows XP as OS, MS Office as documents management, etc.;
Carriers used: CDs, DVDs.
The Central Patent Library is a part of the Bulgarian Patent Office.
There are no special requirements for the library use.
There is free access to the library's reading room. Mostly of services provided in the library are free of charge.
Weekly backing up of data changes.
The services in the field of the industrial designs are generally provided by the examiners. In 2010, the searches for novelty and infringement of IP rights were 153 and the searches for legal status, by name of owner, author and etc. were 377. In the Central Patent library’s reading room personal assistance and consultations were provided to the clients on how to use the on-line the BPO- on-line - designs; NIPIES.bpo.bg; Hague express - WIPO; RCD- (OHIM). During the year under revue 231 searches in the field of Industrial Designs were provided to the public.
A wide range of information is available at the BPO's website - basic information on Industrial Designs, filing and registration instructions, fee information and full texts of National and International legal documents. All application forms can be saved and filled in on the computer screen.
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Information:
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=360
Fees:
http://www1.bpo.bg/images/stories/tariff/tariff_of_fees_may_07.pdf
The Office web site: http://www1.bpo.bg/
Classification of Industrial Designs
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=211&Itemid=368
Free access to the Official Bulletin from N 1/2009 onwards is available on the Office´s web site:
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=167&Itemid=269
There is no international or regional cooperation in the exchange of machine-readable information on industrial designs. The exchange of statistical data proceeds with OHIM and WIPO by mail post.
Activities in the frame of Technical cooperation agreement between OHIM and BPO - 2009: Organization of exhibitions in four Bulgarian cities promoting CTM (Community Trademark) and RCD (Registered Community Design) systems; Organization and providing of "Day of CTM and RCD" during the "Week of the Patent Office in the Universities"; Organization of a workshop on CTM and RCD;Read a round of particular lectures on CTM and RCD in other events, organized by Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria, as seminars, workshops, conferences and lectures at universities; Creation and publication of a Collection including articles, studies, analyses and summary of OHIM's practice and of the practice of the Court of First Instance and the European court of justice in CTM and RCD matters; Creation and publication of Guidance for officials of the customs and the police concerning the CTM and RCD systems; Participation in Plovdiv International Fair; Establishment of "CTM & RCD Help desk".
Training courses in the field of industrial design for IP representatives (attorneys).
Training courses in the field of industrial design for IP representatives (attorneys).
http://www1.bpo.bg:8080/bpo_online/rd?login_now=1&page=split&searchMode=on&ord=0&dir=A&subCmd=IDesign
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=150
general information:
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=360
international registration procedure:
http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=367
registration procedures:http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=364
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News regarding the BPO activities have been regularly published on the Office’s web site: http://www1.bpo.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=2&id=3&Itemid=169⟨=en