Annual Technical Report 2011 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Poland (CWS/ATR/TM/2011/PL)
Where URLs are requested below, it is preferred that either URLs which are likely to remain stable over time (three years or more) are provided, or home (main) page URLs are provided with a short explanation of how to access the corresponding information.
I. Evolution of registration activities
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Statistics are accessed at the following URLs:
- http://www.uprp.pl (Annual Reports’ box)
- Detailed statistics may be bespoke provided (write to: http://ipu.uprp.pl/portal/web/guest/kontakt)
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of secondary sources of trademark information, i.e., trademark gazettes
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Word processing is carried out using MS 2007 Office and the MS Windows XP is commonly used.
All examiners have access to the internal and external on-line databases.
All staff has access to the Internet and Intranet and enjoys the MS 2007 Outlook variety of facilities through the networked PCs which are connected to a local area network.
The public reading-room is equipped with terminals and 24-inch monitors, and the Office's conference and training rooms is furnished with modern audiovisual means.
The online filings in the online system effectively works, enabling the electronic trademark filings under the national procedure.
Techniques used for the generation of trademark information (printing, recording, photocomposing, etc.)
The constantly modernized publication system enables production of the Office's publications on its own. The publishing process is based on the DTP system and covers preparation of data contained in the Office's databases, text editing in MS Word programme and picture processing in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Final typesetting is made in InDesign CS3 programme. Printing is performed on the offset machine and digital reproducer. The text of patent specifications is scanned in OCR technique and pictures are scanned in Adobe Photoshop CS3 programme. Then, the text is combined with the pictures and the first page with bibliographic data. Finally, the patent specification is proof-read and printed in Ms Word programme. Printing is performed on the digital reproducer.
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide access to online trademark gazettes and to other sources of trademark information, including download of bulk trademark data
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• Published trade mark applications on search systems are updated fortnightly (applications are disclosed after 3 month-period following the date of filing).
• Registered trade marks on search systems are updated monthly.
Storage, including mass storage media
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The Office uses ACSEPTO - the primary search and examination system for trademarks - a tool that integrates many types of IT resources to conduct searches of trademarks.
The Office has its own internal search and retrieval systems: MARPOL, MARMAD, CTM SEARCH REPORTS and TULIPAN with access restricted exclusively to examiners. The systems offer procedural data concerning national trademarks (MARPOL), regional trademarks (CTM SEARCH REPORTS) and international trademarks (MARMAD) in the course of the whole procedure.
External databases
Both the Office's website and the Online Services Portal offer facilities for accessing Polish trademarks and designations to Poland made through the Madrid Protocol. Functionality is offered to customers to receive periodic information, information on procedure and fees and procedural information from the PPO's databases. Links to statutory searches within procedure databases including ROMARIN (WIPO), MADRID EXPRESS (WIPO), CTM Online (OHIM), EUROCLASS (OHIM), TMVIEW (OHIM) and the INN (WHO) among others are provided.
Commercial search services are offered by Austrian Patent Office and Hungarian Patent Office through the CETMOS Project (details at http://www.cetmos.eu), for which our Office prepares search reports, and for OHIM through the CTM Search Report System.
The Office's website is linked to WIPO trademark and OHIM trademark online search facilities (www.uprp.pl).
Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), carriers used
- Workstations run under Windows XP environments, and server's operational systems are Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and Debian 5 GNU/Linux. The SAN mass storage network was configured in order to make disk-arrays available to the computing systems. All of workstations are secured by McAfee antivirus and antispam system. All network connections are based on CISCO and Alcatel equipment with 50 Mb access to the Internet.
Server infrastructure for the Online Portal includes 9 application servers; 5 database servers; 10 TB build-up array; back-ups for Tivoli Storage Management, Fujitsu FI-5900C scanner, 125 packages for the purposes of qualified signatures. On-Line Portal servers are supported by local UPSs and they are also hooked to Main power supply unit for the PPO.
- Back office hardware located in secured/zoned Data Centre with fire alarm and CTV system, redundant air-conditioning and technical floor.
- Modernization of the software edge firewall.
VI. Administration of trademark information products and services available to the public (relating to facilities, e.g., for lodging applications, registering trademarks, assisting clients with search procedures, obtaining official publications and registry extracts)
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Community Trademark information is downloaded using the XML data which is then passed to our search systems.
XML trademark files are downloaded from WIPO and are also passed to our search systems.
VIII. Matters concerning education and training, including technical assistance to developing countries (please indicate URLs of web pages of the Office’s website wherever appropriate)
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In 2011, the incident and assistance managing system to users of our IT system was effectively carried out by the ServiceDesk solution - consistent with the ITIL practice.