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During 2012 the Office received 2,870 trade mark applications, what represents decrease by 7.6 per cent in comparing with the previous year.
When compared with 2011, the number of domestic trade mark applications decreased by 4.9 per cent to 2,218.
In 2012, 1,855 international trade mark applications were filed under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement. It represents decrease by 8.7 per cent when compared with 2011.
Total number of registered national trade marks increased by 10.5 per cent to 2,552.
The number of domestic registered trade marks increased by 10.5 per cent (1,892), the number of trade marks registered for foreign applicants increased by 10.5 per cent to 660.
By December 31, 2012 there were 48.996 valid trade marks registered in the Office register.
For comparison, there is the statistics on trade mark applications and registrations of the years 2005 - 2012.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to trademarks
URL to Annual Technical Reports on Trademarks:
http://www.upv.sk/?vyrocne-technicke-spravy
URL to Annual Reports of the IPO SR:
http://www.upv.sk/?annual-reports
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of secondary sources of trademark information, i.e., trademark gazettes
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Publication of trademarks
The Office publishes published trademark applications and registered/ renewed trademarks in the Official Gazette.
Official Gazette "Vestník ÚPV SR"
Trademark information forms part of the Official Gazette - "Vestník ÚPV SR", covering all industrial property rights in one publication. IPO SR publishes official version of the Official Gazette in electronic form on CD ROM in PDF format. In 2012 the Gazette had a circulation of 130 copies, of which 33 were distributed monthly by subscription. Other copies were sent free of charge to patent information centres and contact and information points of the IPO SR, to information and consulting sites INNOINFO, within the frame of industrial property information exchange to foreign offices and as statutory copies according to the act as well. In 2011 the Office ceased the publication of online version of the Gazette in the Internet. It was replaced by its electronic version in PDF format, which is available via Internet address http://www.upv.sk/?vestnik-uradu-priemyselneho-vlastnictva-slovenskej-republiky.
Within international exchange the Official Gazette was distributed into 30 countries including EPO and WIPO.
The following numbers of trademarks were published in the Official Gazette in 2012:
2 564 published trademarks applications
2 655 registered trademarks
2 508 renewed trademarks
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of trademark information
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Text processing and office administration automation is ensured by application of databases of trademarks.
Techniques used for the generation of trademark information (printing, recording, photocomposing, etc.)
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In accordance with the Act No.506/2009 the applicant is obliged to indicate in the application the goods and services for which the trademark is filed, according to the International Classification (Nice Classification) accompanied with the appropriate number of this Classification. But there is no obligation for applicants to use pre-defined terms of the classification.
Bibliographic data and processing
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Internet databases in particular:
Registered trademarks database of the IPO CZ
WIPO Gazette of International Marks
International Trademark Information Database ROMARIN
OHIM – Community Trademarks Database
National databases USPTO and IPOUK
Search system TMview
System for searching and classifying goods and services TMclass
Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics and administrative support)
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The Office's on-line filing room enables filing of the European patent applications, international PCT patent applications and national patent and utility model applications including subsequently filed documents relating to proceedings on patent applications, utility model applications and applications for translations of patent claims of European patent applications and of European patent specifications with designation for SK in electronic form http://www.upv.sk/?electronic-filing-of-applications.
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.
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In 2012 followed the mutual exchange of trademark information in the form of official gazettes between the IPO SR and other offices also international organizations, including the OHIM and the WIPO.
Exchange of machine-readable information
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-legislation in force http://www.upv.sk/?legislation-in-force
-related legislation http://www.upv.sk/?related-legislation
-invalid legislation http://www.indprop.gov.sk/?neplatne-pravne-predpisy
-multilateral treaties http://www.upv.sk/?multilateral-treaties
-EU legislation http://www.upv.sk/?eu-legislation
contain the Annual Report of the Office
http://www.upv.sk/?annual-reports
if necessary, provide further information related to the topics referred to in the current ATR
Information relating to subjects of industrial property rights
Office's Web page contains basic information which are useful for the applicant by filing the application of particular type of industrial property right, such as application forms, legislation, instructions of the IPO SR, information for applicant, administrative fees, contact to expert assistance, etc.:
Patents http://www.upv.sk/?Patents
SPC http://www.upv.sk/?supplementary-protection-certificates
Utility models http://www.upv.sk/?utility-models
Designs http://www.upv.sk/?designs
Topographies http://www.upv.sk/?topographies-of-semiconductor-products
Trademarks http://www.upv.sk/?trademarks
Geographical indications http://www.upv.sk/?designation-of-origin-and-geographical-indications
contain trademark-related news regarding the Office
http://www.upv.sk
X. Other relevant matters