Annual Technical Report 2006 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by Poland (SCIT/ATR/ID/2006/PL)
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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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Industrial design documentation is available in the Office's reading-room and in the "Patent Office's Announcements" ("Wiadomosci Urzedu Patentowego") which is issued monthly and is available on paper and on PPO's web page in the PDF format.
In 2006 1,563 announcements on the registered industrial designs were published in the "Patent Office's Announcements".
Publishing, including printing, copying techniques and electronic printing
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Modern datacenter that assures the right and secure use of servers. The server-room has been furnished with air-condition appliances and a dozen of specifically equipped cabinets, fire-extinguisher devices, the CCTV system and the access control systems.
In-house computer network (LAN) based on the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet solutions. Cisco and Alcatel switches and firewalls.
Telecommunication system with VOiP over WiFi improving direct communication with in-house and outside users.
Basic functions of the servers:
-Email and group work servers working on MS Exchange 2003;
-Domain controller on Windows 2003 with DHCP, DNS;
-Rounting and firewall on MS ISA Server and CISCO PIX;
-web page on the Microsoft Content Management Server;
-Tivoli Storage Manager system of data backup 5.2;
-MacAfee Anti-virus system and Antispam with email scanner;
- Application for database searching: MIMOSA V 5., Patent WebAccess, PatentWS, IRIS.
The working applications were supported on the basis of the following tools:
-REVELATION- managing external patent and utility models databases;
-DB2 and JAVA-managing trademark and industrial design database;
-Pearl, PHP, C#. NET- creating of inter- and intra- websites;
-IBM CONTENT MANAGER - managing the application documents of trademarks and industrial designs;
-SQL SERVER and C# - managing the external database;
-ULTRANET and IRIS - supporting the net access to optical discs;
-Adobe and Corel software- publishing purposes.
VI. Administration of industrial design information products and services available to the public (relating to facilities, e.g., for lodging applications, registering designs, assisting clients with search procedures, obtaining official publications and registry extracts)
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Filing with the PPO:
National Procedure:
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Procedura+krajowa/
International Procedure:
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Procedura+miedzynarodowa/
Forms (including those for electronic filing):
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Procedura+krajowa/Formularze/Formularze.htm
Databases:
Polish:
http://www.uprp.pl/patentwebaccess/databasechoose.aspx?language=polski
English:
http://www.uprp.pl/patentwebaccess/databasechoose.aspx?language=english
Procedures before the PPO - Basic Information:
http://www.uprp.pl/Polski/Informacje+o+UPRP/Podstawowe+informacje+i+poradniki/
http://www.uprp.pl/English/About+the+Polish+Patent+Office/Basic+information/
URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide a description of information products and services offered by the Office (e.g., industrial design search service(s), industrial design databases, etc.), as well as information on how to access and utilize them
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Within the twinning programme project with the Danish Patent Office "Enforcement of the protection of industrial and intellectual property rights" a series of seminars and workshops were conducted from April to December 2006. In cooperation with patent information centres in 7 provinces the workshops were conducted in the following locations:
-Regional Patent Information Centre at Technical-Agricultural University in Bydgoszcz;
-Regional Patent Information Centre at the University in Lodz;
-Regional Patent Information Centre at Higher Vocational School in Kalisz;
-Multimedia Center for Management of Patent Information at Technical University in Szczecin;
-Scientific and Patent Information Centre of the Library of Technical University in Lublin;
-Conference centre of the Warminsko-Mazurski University in Olsztyn;
-Management Department of the Technical University in Bialystok;
Assistance to developing countries (sending consultants and experts, receiving trainees from developing countries, etc.)
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X. Other relevant matters