Annual Technical Report 2004 on Industrial Design Information Activities submitted by Poland (SCIT/ATR/ID/2004/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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1. In 2004, the Polish Patent Office (PPO) received 2.224 industrial design applications a 11.1% decrease compared to 2003 among which 1.918 were domestic applications and 306- foreign applications.
2. In 2004, 3.425 decisions were taken, 3.185 being positive on the registration of designs. 2.786 designs were registered.
3. The number of exclusive rights in force on December 31st, 2004 was 7.118 for industrial designs.
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 7th edition system of the Locarno Classification. The existing files are not reclassified.
Application documents were scanned and indexed.
IV. Search file establishment and upkeep
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• 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 issues
VI. Administration of industrial design 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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Full text specifications of industrial designs registered in the PPO organized in classified collections were displayed for the users in our Office’s Library. We receive official bulletins from 15 countries part of which is available to users.
In addition to the search facility, the Patent Office website provides information relating to design registration including forms and fees, legal decisions, guides for applicants. Information is also available from our enquiry centre.
VII. Matters concerning mutual exchange of industrial design documentation and information
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Members of the PPO’s staff participated in conferences, meetings and training courses organized jointly with international organizations such as the OHIM. The courses focused on various issues including industrial designs:
“Protection of trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications in Poland after the accession to the EU”
Seminar for staff of patent information centers (the PPO and OHIM)
Seminar on protection of trade marks and industrial designs in the EU (the PPO, OHIM)
IX. Other relevant matters