Annual Technical Report 2013 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Armenia (CWS/ATR/TM/2013/AM)
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
The average duration of the examination of applications on trademarks from filing date to the date of taking decisions on refusal or granting of protection of the trademarks in 2013 was 4-5 months (the duration of the examination of applications on trademarks in 2013 was the same as in 2012).
As compared to 1122 applications in 2012 the number of applications filed by national applicants in 2013 has been increased to 1797 decreased by national procedure. As concerns the activity of foreign legal persons it is decreased by national procedure (658 applications in 2012 and 630 applications in 2013).
The statistical data on trademarks are given at the following site http://www.aipa.am of the Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia.
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Upon registration of trademarks, goods and services are classified according to the 10-th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Agreement), and figurative elements of trademarks are classified according to the International Classification of Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Agreement).
The list of goods and services in the application for registration of trademarks are indicated by the applicant according to ICTS.
http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nivilo is used to check the classification symbols
Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
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Trademark search system is available for the public which is free of charge on the internet, contains trademarks information registered by the national procedure (http://www.aipa.am/en/national-procedure-reg/).
Electronic filing system of trademark applications is available for the public (https://my.aipa.am/)
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Dell PowerEdge R620 server
(Intel® Xeon® E5-2640 2.50GHz, 32GB RDIMM, 1600 MHz, 2400GB Hard Drive)
Dell PowerEdge R620 server
(Intel® Xeon® E5-2643 3.30GHz, 16GB RDIMM, 1600 MHz, 3600GB Hard Drive)
HP Touch Smart 7320 (4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive) workstations
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
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VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS