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The intellectual property diagnosis service of HIPO was restarted with the assistance of EPO. The intellectual property diagnostics service offers tailor-made advice to innovative enterprises on the possibilities of legal protection for their intellectual property. As part of the service a complex overview is prepared for the clients on the potential risks and the proposed course of action for theprotection the protection of intellectual property.
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New promotion campaign of HIPO entitled “TradeMarker” has been introduced. The aim of the campaign is to broaden the IP knowledge of small and medium-sized enterprises, individual inventors and youth by organizing events, workshops, drug counterfeiting campaign, youth campaign, businesses lectures, internet violations campaign.
Figures of national design proceedings (number of designs)
Valid designs: 3746
Applications: 688
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The number of national design applications was 128, while the number of designs contained therein was 688. Of the applications 98% have been filed by domestic applicants, 73% of whom were individual applicants. In 2017, HIPO granted design protection for 231 designs, contained in 72 national design applications. At the end of the year, there were 3746 valid national design rights.
Figures of international design proceedings under the Hague Agreement (number of designs)
Valid designs: 7 thousand
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The number of design applications filed within the framework of international of international cooperation (under the Hague Agreement) designating designating Hungary, and the number of designs included in the applications increased in comparison to last year; as a result, the HIPO received 53 such applications, including 233 designs. The number of designs registered within the framework of international cooperation was 134.
If applicants make use of the Community the Community design (RCD) protection system, it offers them the possibility to obtain, through one application and in a single procedure, design protection for the territory of all Member States of the European Union, including Hungary. In 2017, the number of RCD applications exceeded 26 thousand and that of the designs contained therein 95 thousand; this represented an increase of more than 5% for both categories. The number of designs registered in 2017 by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) was 95 304, an increase of nearly 6% over 2016. Although the design activity of Hungarian applicants was of low intensity, it still increased by 8% to 234 designs.
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
HIPO Facts and Figures 2017:
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II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Detailed information and support is accessible on the website of HIPO, ege.g:
e-Filing: https://ugyintezes.sztnh.gov.hu/eBej2/step1/case1
Forms and fees: https://ugyintezes.sztnh.gov.hu/eBej2/sugo#5
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How can I protect my intellectual property?: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/hogyan-vedjem-a-szellemi-tulajdonomat/hogyan-vedjem-a-talalmanyomat
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
The e-dossier gives inspection and communication platform providing online administration.
EE-dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-aktabetekintes/?lang=HU
Locarno Classification: edition 11: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/locarno/locpub
III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
E-SEARCH: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=HU
Web-based GAZETTE, published twice a month: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
Web-based GAZETTE, published twice a month: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
E-SEARCH (internal): http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=HU
DesignView: https://www.tmdn.org/tmdsview-web/welcome?lang=hu
Hague Express: http://www.wipo.int/designdb/hague/en/
Web-based GAZETTE, published twice a month: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
Locarno Classification: edition 11:
http://www.wipo.int/classifications/locarno/locpub
E-SEARCH (for the public): http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=HU
DesignView: https://www.tmdn.org/tmdsview-web/welcome?lang=hu
Hague Express: http://www.wipo.int/designdb/hague/en/
Web-based GAZETTE, published twice a month: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
Locarno Classification: edition 11:
http://www.wipo.int/classifications/locarno/locpub
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
E-Dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-aktabetekintes/?lang=HU just just for information purposes.
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Certified statement on the validity of protection can be received against payment.
The IT system of HIPO effectively provided the information technology background necessary for official and service activities and performed the tasks related to e-administration and information, and information security. HIPO continued to take the necessary steps in order to further reduce detected IT risks and to implement information security requirements. HIPO implemented the developments as mandated by the Act on Information Security and executed the tasks prescribed by the ISO risk management improvement plan. Clients can make use of the following services online: e-search, e-file inspection, e-filing, e-register, TM e-Filing, TMView, and DesignView.
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
See: Industrial Property Special Library: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/services/industrial-property-special-library
The partners and customers of HIPO, who are interested in intellectual property, can choose from a variety of services or programs of customer service, information provision and education, eg.: AIDA, IP-Panorama, Start-up guide, Partner Search, Tenders, IP-Valuation, etc.: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/hogyan-kezdjek-hozza
The website of HIPO (www.sztnh.gov.hu) offers valuable information both to potential clients who are less well-informed of intellectual property matters and to professional users. The portal was visited on more than 1.5 million occasions by nearly 524 thousand individually identifiable users, who downloaded more than 14.5 million pages. According to statistics on use, the number of individual visitors, visits, hits and downloaded pages increased significantly, by one-third compared to the previous year. On the website of the HIPO more than 45 thousand documents are available.
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Clients can access useful and free e-administration and information services on the website such as the e-search, e-file inspection, e-filing and e-register. In addition to those, they can use the TM e-Filing system to file national trade mark applications, the TMview system for electronic trade mark search, as well as the Designview database, which contains designs protected in the European Union.
Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
Extending of knowledge on industrial property and copyright, as well as the improvement of awareness of intellectual property rights among small and medium-sized enterprises are objectives of outstanding importance. For entrepreneurs interested in industrial property protection it is essential that they be able to have personal consultation at information points or events close to them, in their regions, where they can be given information. In order to ensure this, 23 different organisations – 16 chambers of commerce and industry in counties and towns, 6 regional innovation agencies and one professional organisation – maintained information points based on agreements concluded with the HIPO. In addition to these, HIPO cooperates with so-called PATLIB (Patent Library) centres linked to six institutions of higher education outside Budapest: in Debrecen, Miskolc, Sopron, Pecs, Gyor and Szeged. The aim of the IP protection information and advisory network is to broaden the IP knowledge of enterprises, individual inventors, researchers, teachers, as well as of professionals in the areas of technology, science, agriculture and economics.
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The patent search services of the assistance of HIPO provide user-friendly, evaluating type reports and patent search results. Clients have the following five services at their disposal: novelty search, novelty search with preliminary patentability report, preliminary patentability report, validity search and freedom to operate (FTO).
Education and training: training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
HIPO has valid cooperation agreements with 17 institutions of higher education. In these agreements the HIPO undertook to participate in giving courses on the protection of intellectual property, to partake, where appropriate, in the elaboration of internal IP protection regulations, and to help implementing the technology transfer tasks of these institutions.
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HIPO once again invited applications for the „Ujvári János Award for Diploma Works” the purpose of which is to provide incentives for graduating students of higher education to develop the intellectual property protection aspects of their theses or dissertations. In the school year of 2016/2017 23 students submitted their applications, most of them from Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and Pazmany Peter Catholic University.
E-learning modules:
http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/sztnh/szellemitulajdon-vedelmi-kepzes/tavoktatas
VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION
In 2015 Hungary joined the Designview design search tool of the Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market.
The objective of the National Board Against Counterfeiting (NBAC) is to reduce the supply of counterfeit and pirated products, to enhance the effectiveness of enforcement action in the fight against the infringement of IP rights, and to mitigate the unfavourable economic impact of counterfeiting and other infringements. In order to achieve the above objectives it drew up proposals and plans for regulation, organised trainings, events and information campaigns for awareness raising, conducted surveys, did research and brought about cooperation among domestic and international stakeholders and representatives of the media. The body actively cooperates with the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (Observatory), operated by EUIPO, and representatives of NBAC regularly attend its plenary sessions and the meetings of its five working groups.
Assistance to developing countries