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The statistics in Table 1 of the attached file show the number of applications in the last two years.
At the end of 2003, the D.C.I.P. is expected to receive a total of 9,400, which show a small increase compared to the previous years.
The statistics in Table 2 of the attached file show the number of registered trademarks in the last two years.
At the end of the year 2003, the number of registered trademarks will be 3,443 (see Figure 1 of attached file).
At the end of the year 2003, the number of renewed trademarks is expected to be 1550 or even more, which shows an increased rate compared to the previous years (see Table 3 of attached file).
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Notation: / licenses, changes in the name or address, property transfer/ that occurred in:
Trademarks , Patents , Industrial designs (see Table 4 of attached file).
At the end of the year 2003, the number of licenses is expected to reach 500 or more. No changes were noted compared to the previous years (see Figure 2 of attached file).
Evolution.doc - Evolution of registration activities
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* Administrative provisions of the Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection in Syria:
The provisions of the legislative decree 47 of 1946 which is amended by law No. 28 of 1980 and Paris convention of 1883 and London document which our country joined in 1934 and Stockholm document that, our country joined in 2002 and a legislative decree No. 135 of 1960 which contains the trademark and a legislative decree No. 8 of 1993 that contains the fees for the registration.
There is a study to join the Madrid Treaty and Madrid Protocol.
The Trademark Division is an essential division of the D.C.I.P. It consists of the following sections:
1. Examination section and computer section.
2. Trademark section.
3. Renewed trademark section.
4. Notation section /licenses, property transfer, change in the name or address, etc.
5. Industrial design section.
6. Legal Section.
* The stages of depositing applications:
The applicant or his agent deposits an application to the Receiving Section in
D.C.I.P.
- The application should contain the following information or it will be
abolished:
1. The name and address of the applicant.
2. The name and address of the agent if available.
3. The kind of the trade or the industry that the applicant owns.
4. A short brief description of the trademark.
5. Specifying goods or services.
6. A certificate of the state of origin if available.
7. Power of attorney if the agent is available.
8. A composition of the pharmaceutical of the trademark.
The following documents should be enclosed with the application:
a. Two copies of the trademark model which clarify its color.
b. The original copy of the power of attorney.
c. Metal model of the trademark and a certificate of the state of origin if available.
d. The required financial fee.
Then, the Receiving Section gives a serial number to the application, passes it to the computer section to be loaded and then to the examination section to examine the trademark accurately.
This process takes almost one month. Then the application is transferred to the head of the Trademark Division to propose acceptance or refusal and finally to the director to make the final decision.
If the trademark is accepted, the application is transferred to the computer section to be loaded as a temporary application. Then it is transferred to the Receiving Section to put a published receipt to the application.
Finally, it is transferred to the Trademark Section for a registration date and number. Then, it is loaded on computer as a registered trademark after which the certificate is issued.
Then the file is transferred to the archive to be saved.
In the case of refusal, the file is transferred to the archive to be saved.
VII. Matters concerning mutual exchange of trademark documentation and information
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