Annual Technical Report 2011 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by Australia (CWS/ATR/ID/2011/AU)
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The expression "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models. Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.
I. Evolution of registration activities
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Design applications filed
2010: 5,863
2011: 6,024
Percentage difference: Design applications filed increased by 3%
Design applications granted
2010: 5,326
2011: 5,646
Percentage difference: Design applications granted increased by 5%
Note: A single application may include a number of designs (multiple). However, each design in the application will be allocated a separate application number even if it is filed as a multiple. The figures above are for the number of designs filed.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to industrial designs
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do/ip-statistics/
IP Australia has released a new website. Any links to the previous site will be redirected to the new home page. Please contact IP Australia if you need assistance.
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of industrial design documents and of secondary sources of industrial design information, i.e., official gazettes
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The Australian Official Journal of Designs is published fortnightly. There are 25 issues per year - the Easter and Christmas weeks being excluded. The Journal is available on-line, free of charge, via the IP Australia internet site and contains both bibliographic text, and images.
Standard Notices and Letters are produced via the Designs mainframe business application as XEROX XICS output.
Examination Reports are generated in Microsoft Word.
Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of industrial design information
The Official Journal contains the following announcements:
- Applications Filed
- Applications Registered or Published
- Amendments and Changes
- Applications Lapsed/Withdrawn
- Assignment, Transmittals and Transfers
- Cancellation of Entries in Register
- Renewal of Registration
- Official Notices
Mass storage media and microforms used
The Office's bibliographic data is maintained on an ADABAS Natural (zOS) mainframe. Design images (representations) are stored in a Unix file directory.
Australian registered designs are published in the Australian Official Journal of Designs and on microfiche (historical from 1906 to 30 September 1998).
Bibliographic data and images for registered designs post 1985 are also available on the Australian Designs Data Search (ADDS) system on the internet.
Databases and office automation
Current standard desktop software includes Microsoft Windows XP SP3 with Microsoft Office 2003.
The Office's publication system is partially mainframe based and produces:
- camera ready copy of the Australian Official Journal of Designs;
- design certificates and original register entries; and
- notices for design applicants or their agents.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide access to online industrial design gazettes and to other sources of industrial design information, including download of bulk industrial design data
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IP Australia presented at the following seminars and workshops in 2011:
• WIPO Sub-regional seminar on the formulation and implementation of results-based intellectual property action.
• China Intellectual Property Symposium in Shanghai, China on the ‘IP System in Australia” and “An Examiner’s Perspective on Amendments”.
• WIPO Regional Workshop of Effective Strategies on IP Public Education and Awareness Campaigns in Singapore.
Assistance to developing countries (sending consultants and experts, receiving trainees from developing countries, etc.)
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The Australian Design IP system provides for 2 types of applications:
• Application for registration to obtain rights in the design
• Application for publication which provides no rights except to exclude others from obtaining a valid registration as subsequent designs would not be new.
All applications are assessed against a Formality check prior to Registration or Publication.
Once registered, the owner has a range of rights including the right to use, license and assign the design. However, the right to enforce and prevent others from using, selling or importing the design can only be commenced once the design has been examined and a certificate of examination has issued.