Annual Technical Report 2010 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Uzbekistan (CWS/ATR/TM/2010/UZ)
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I. Evolution of registration activities
Changes experienced in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to the previous year
The procedures of filing application, examination and registration of trademarks have not changed in 2010.
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
In 2010 the total of the filed applications for registration on trademarks has made 4702, that is more on 2,5 % in comparison with last year. By national procedure were filed 2377 applications that is more on 17,3 % than last year. Substantially the increase of applications made by national applicants, which is more on 22,3% in 2010. The applications on national procedure from foreign applicants is more on 5,4 % than 2009. 1750 applications were filed by national applicants, that was made 73,6 % from total number of the filled applications on national procedure. In a share of the foreign applicants, filled applications on national procedure makes 26,4 %. 2325 applications were filled on the international procedure, that is less on 9,3 % than 2009.
1381 trade marks are registered in 2010, that is less on 7,2 % than last year. From total number of the registered trade marks, registration of national applicants have made 61,7 % and foreign applicants - 38,3 %. The legal protection is given to 2547 international trademarks.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to trademarks
The statistical data on trademarks is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/statistics.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « About office » / Statistics.
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of secondary sources of trademark information, i.e., trademark gazettes
Publishing, printing, copying techniques
The SPO has published the following official publications on trademarks in 2010:
• The official bulletin «Rasmiy Akhborotnoma» - 12 issues
• The collection of annual indexes to the official bulletin «Rasmiy Akhborotnoma» (section of the index on trademarks) on the electronic carrier.
Data on the registered trademarks are published in section "Trademarks" of the official bulletin «Rasmiy Akhborotnoma», which is published on CD-ROM from 2004. Data on trademarks includes bibliographic data and image. Data on 1321 trademarks are published in official bulletins in 2010.
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of trademark information
The most important announcements, concerning activity of the office on trademarks are published in section "Official news" of the bulletin «Rasmiy Akhborotnoma» and also available on the website of the office (www.patent.uz).
Mass storage media and microforms used
Data on national trademarks are stored in existing bibliographic database "Trademarks" of SPO and in electronic storehouses.
Word processing and office automation
During processing applications all the documents, concerning trademarks, are scanned and saved in facsimile form in format TIFF.
Collecting chapters of the official bulletin on trademarks is carried out automatically on the workplace of the employee of Publication Division. By specialized inquiry the bibliographic data from database (SUBD MS SQL Server 2000) and texts of documents (abstracts) are selected and sorted from electronic storehous. The subsequent operations (page makeup, duplicating) are made by means of programs Word and Adobe Acrobat.
Techniques used for the generation of trademark information (printing, recording, photocomposing, etc.)
Images of trademarks are saved in format JPG by means of program Adobe PhotoShop. Bibliographic data are saved and processed in format XML and in parallel in DB SQL Server.
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
The official bulletin is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/bul.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « Electronic publication».
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)
Goods and services are classified according to the International classification of goods and services (Nice Classification, 9th edition). The Figurative elements of trade marks are classified according to the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification).
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
Examiners of the SPO use the electronic version of ICGS of 9th edition for updating the classification headings specified by applicants
Obligation for applicants to use pre-defined terms of the classification applied
An applicant should put down classification indexes in application documents on trademarks according to ICGS (Nice Classification) operating edition.
Bibliographic data and processing
Bibliographic data are saved in the form of dynamic XML-documents and in the internal database constructed on the basis of SUBD MS SQL Server 2000. Primary filling of base is made by special group of input. Bibliographic data are supported and updated during life of the application by all departments involved in process. Changes in base will be authorized. Interfaces of access to base are constructed on the basis of Intranet-technologies.
IV. Trademark manual search file establishment and upkeep
Searching trademarks at traditional carriers is not carried out by examiners of the SPO; it is carried out only by other users on the basis of collections of the State Fund of the Patent Documentation in reading rooms.
V. Activities in the field of computerized trademark search systems
In-house systems (online/offline)
Within the limits of performance of works on creation of Internal information portal of SPO, the first stage on development of internal portal which is included preparation for work of a server, necessary installation for functioning of databases of operational systems and software (Linux, Oracle), creation of structure of a database of new system, is completed. Works were complete together with national developers of software of Company « National Developers ».
External databases
Examiners access through the Internet to database of WIPO international trademarks - International Trademark Information Database (ROMARIN) is provided. Search is carried out by examiners of the office through using indexes of Nice classification, and Vienna classification of graphic elements of signs. Indexes of the Vienna classification are regularly bringing in a database "Trademarks".
Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics and administrative support)
The SATOZ has the full-function system of administration, which provides an authorization, access to the information, safety, and management of the rights of users, groups and options of system
Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), carriers used
The equipment: Server group, network infrastructure (cable communications, routers), workstations (from P-II, up to P-V), periphery (printers, scanners, photocopy).
Operational system: Windows 2003 (servers SQL Server 2000/2003, Exchange 2003, ISA, IIS, server of reserve copying/restoration of the information), Vista and Windows 2000/XP (workstations).
The applied software: SATOZ/Landocs, an external site www.patent.uz, bibliographic database system of patent searching, an internal site (PIPS), System of knowledge testing, Semantic antivirus system.
Applied systems: "Norm" program system, account system“1C”, machine translation system “Promt 10”, system of dictionaries “Lingvo 10”, ORT-system Fine Reader, Photoshop CS2, office system MS Office (professional), Adobe Reader 7.0.
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
The State Patent Documentation Fund of SPO collects the information on trade marks. This Documentation Fund is structural division of SPO and also has practically unique full collection of the patent documentation in territory of Uzbekistan. On the basis of State Patent Documentation Fund of SPO is carried out the patent- information services for office experts and public.
Collection management, preservation
The collection of Fund includes patent bulletins with data on trademarks of 25 countries and WIPO. Acquisition is carried out on the basis of international exchange, in order of a subscription and acquisition by own editions. The collection on a paper is stored on metal racks and in wall cupboard, collection on CD/DVD-ROM disks are stored in stores in wall cases.
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)
The information services which are carried out by order of consumers, which includes carrying out of the automated search on CD/DVD-ROM; classification on international classification of trademark; searching in the database of the office, consultation on complication the applications for trademark (filling application for international registration); copying, selection and issue of documents by inquiries of users, and etc. About 1,8 thousand patent-information services were done.
Issue of patent documents on traditional carriers is carried out directly in reading rooms, and also in electronic fund, which presents the patent documentation and the information on trademarks on optical disks.
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.
The information on filling and consideration of applications for trademarks is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/tovarznaks.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « Objects IP » /Trademarks.
The information on the order of granting is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/vedomakts.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « Legislation » / Office acts.
The information on appeal procedure is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/pravsovet.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « Adjudication validity » / Rules of submission of appeals in Appeal Board.
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
The information on products and services offered by office in on-line is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/vremenie/htm . Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « Patent fee and tariffs » / Tariffs for SPO services.
The form of filling application for carrying out of the patent-information services by office in on-line is available on the following link:http://www.patent.uz/uslugs.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section «Services».
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
On the basis of the bilateral and international exchange, the SPO send the Official bulletin of SPO «Rasmiy Akhborotnoma» with data on the registered trademarks to 28 countries and international and regional organizations as WIPO, EPO, and EAPO.
Exchange of machine-readable information
Since 2004 the SPO has published the official bulletin on CD-ROM disks. In 2010 on the basis of bilateral exchange SPO has received official bulletins with data on trademarks from offices of 17 countries and WIPO, from its official bulletins on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks from 11 countries and WIPO.
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 2010 the SPO cooperated with Committees of Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic Uzbekistan in the field of preparation of the information-analytical materials and participation in sessions and seminars, in particular, in October, 2010, the representatives of SPO have took part in seminar on the theme “Role of Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “ On trademarks , service marks and appellation of origin” in developing industry and increasing competitiveness of products”, organized by Committee on industry, construction and trade issues of Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In this session the representative of SPO made a presentation on a theme « The analysis of execution Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On trademarks, service marks and appellation of origin”.
Activity of SPO in the field of trademarks is the part of seminars organized by the SPO, in particular, in 2010 the seminars were held for employees of the State Public Prosecutor of Republic Uzbekistan; and the State Public Prosecutor of Republic Uzbekistan; for experts of the enterprises, institutes and oil-gas and a pharmaceutical industry; for small and medium enterprises; Total of participants has made nearby 200 person.
In mass media publications about necessity of a legal protection of trade marks are placed.
Information on necessity legal protection of trade marks is published in mass media.
Training courses for national and foreign participants
Issues on a legal protection of trade marks are basic part of lectures, practical seminars of SPO in educational institutions of Republic of Uzbekistan. In 2010 about 400 participants took part in lectures and practical seminars.
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
The legislation on trademark is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/zakons.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « Legislation » / Office acts.
contain the Annual Report of the Office
The Annual Reports of SPO is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/bul.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section « Electronic publication».
contain trademark-related news regarding the Office
The news of SPO on trademark is available on the following link: http://www.patent.uz/bul.htm. Access to the given page is carried out through the main page web-site SPO from section «Electronic publication».