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To streamline the work on examination of trademarks it was requested the creation of a Unique Search Program that allows searching in both National Trademarks DB and International Trademarks DB. During the year, there were carried out works on the development and testing of a common DB (jointly with the Informatics Information Department). The unique search program DoRa was implemented on the basis of Order No. 155 of 17. 09.2014.
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Under the Madrid System procedure applications proceeded from 60 countries, most of them proceeding from Russian Federation (13%), Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) (11%), Germany (10%), Switzerland, Turkey (7% each), Italy, United States of America Ukraine (5% each), China, France, Hungary, (4% each), etc.
AlltogetherAltogether, trademark registration applications filed with AGEPI in 2014 proceed from applicants from 78 countries (with 2 less than in 2013), the largest share belonging to those from the Republic of Moldova.
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During the reporting period, AGEPI persevered with the information and tuition of civil society, the development, training and upgrading of staff in the field of IP. Thus, in 2014 were organized 55 training/upgrading/information events in the field of intellectual property (conferences, seminars, roundtablesround-tables, training courses) (31 – in Chisinau and 24 – in the territory), including: 18 – for business environment, 6 – for academic environment, 4 – in public institutions, 9 – in educational institutions and 18 – in libraries. Approximately 753 economic agents, including from SMS sector, were familiarized with the role of IP as an economic instrument, the modality of registration and use of IPOs, ways of enforcement of IPRs, etc.
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During the year under review, the AGEPI trademarks’ examiners have applied during their activity the following classifications:-
- The 10th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) starting on 1st January 2014;
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- The 7th edition of the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification), starting on 1st January 2013
(ii) Use of electronic classification systems and pre-defined terms of the classification applied
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The main publications used by the National Office to inform the public and interested person about the trademarks are the following: -
- The Official Bulletin of Industrial Property Protection (BOPI);
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- The Trademark Register;
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- National Register of Applications for the Registration of Trademarks;
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- The Protected Geographical Indications Register;
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- The Protected Appellations of Origin Register;
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- National Register of Applications for the Registration of Geographical Indications;
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- National Register of Applications for the Registration of Appellations of Origin
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.
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There are 3 chapters related to trademarks:
Chapter III contains:-
- Applications for registration;
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- Examined applications for trademark registration;
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- List of registered trademarks;
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- List of renewed trademarks.
Chapter IV contains:-
- Applications for registration of appellations of origin of goods submitted under the Lisbon Agreement;
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- Applications for registration of appellations of origin of goods or of geographical indications submitted by national procedure;
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- List of registered international appellations of origin.
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- List of registered national appellations of origin and/or geographical indications.
Chapter VI contains various types of notices referring to all amendments occurred to the legal status of the protected industrial property objects (List of amendments, List of assignment agreements, Errata, etc), the half-yearly subject indexes of registered trademarks.
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In 2014 regulatory-legislative activity in the field of intellectual property was focused on continuation of previously initiated actions, and also initiation of new drafts in order to improve and harmonize the legal framework necessary for optimal functioning of the intellectual property protection system in the country.
ThusThus, in the reference period by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldovan was adopted the Law No. 114 of 07.03.2014 on State Agency on Intellectual Property, expressly governing the general principles regarding the National Intellectual Property Office (AGEPI) and its status, core activities, extrajudicial examination of disputes, evaluation of IPOs and representation in the field of intellectual property. In order to implement the provisions of this law there were initiated several draft normative acts, especially aimed at reorganizing the AGEPI, amending and supplementing the Government Decision No. 774 of 13.8.1997 on the fees for legal services in the field of protection of intellectual property objects, it was also continued the procedure for promotion of draft Government Decision approving the Regulation of the Mediation Board of AGEPI.
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In 2014, 144 appeals were filed with the Board of Appeals, with 36 (25%) less than the previous year. Of the filed appeals 141 (97.92%) relate to trademarks, including 95 (67.4%) - national trademarks and 46 (32.6%) - international trademarks.
To To ensure public access to legal and jurisprudence information in the field of intellectual property, in the reference period as well AGEPI website (http://agepi.gov.md/en/node/6795) was supplemented with new final judgments and irrevocable decisions of the courts on IP-related disputes. In this regard, during 2014, there were published 71 judgments and decisions, their total number amounting to 423, of which 312 relate to trademarks.
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Within the Moldavian Office, there is a subdivision named AGEPI library structure which provides information-library services in the field of intellectual property to beneficiaries, including on various aspects related to registration and protection of trademarks.
The AGEPI Library is the depositary depository of the National Patent Collection of the Republic of Moldova. The Library has a reading room with the equipment necessary to use the information on various media and from various sources, including the Internet. Beneficiaries of services provided by the library are experts and other collaborators of AGEPI, and all interested individuals from other institutions: counselors in intellectual property, researchers, inventors and rationalizers, teachers, students, etc.
At the Library visitors may obtain the following services:-
- to consult, subscribe to or to purchase the official publications of AGEPI in the field of intellectual property which cover information on practical aspects related to trademarks and geographical indications, traditional specialties guaranteed, etc:
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- to review the BOPI, "Intellectus", "AGEPI INFO", etc., and the collections of laws and methodical literature in the field of intellectual property, CDs edited by AGEPI;
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- to get copies of the descriptions of inventions from patents for invention;
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- to obtain methodological assistance in searching the information from the electronic DB;
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- the library-bibliographic services in "request-offer", "information-express" regime, by complying with the bibliographic, thematic and factual references;
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- the opportunity to participate in the local and republican activities on promotion of IP information.
The program for beneficiaries is from 9.00 to 16.00 on Monday to Friday. Days without a program - Saturday and Sunday.
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In the reporting year, four issues of the Journal of Intellectual Property “Intellectus” (ISSN 1810-7079 – on paper carrier) have been published. The edition was accredited in 2009 and reaccredited re-accredited in 2014 by the National Council for Science and Technological Development of the ASM (NCSTD) in the category “B”, on profiles law, mechanical engineering, biology, chemistry, and economics. The National Council for Accreditation and Attestation (CNAA) is co-publisher of the journal, its specialists supporting a profile column in its pages. In the four issues of the journal were published 76 scientific articles, with a total volume of 486 pages, in Romanian, English and Russian, with abstracts in these 3 languages.In 2014 were updated and reprinted a number of publications in the Collection Library of Intellectual Property, with reference to the protection of intellectual property objects (inventions, trademarks, industrial designs, geographical indications, appellations of origin and traditional specialties guaranteed, plant varieties), in Romanian and Russian.
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In the period under review, AGEPI participated as organizer and coorganizer co-organizer of a large number of national events aimed to promote the intellectual property and the benefits for its protection. Here we have to mention 18 national exhibitions in the framework of which the AGEPI experts have participated with reports, about 55 seminars, training courses, organized for public and educational institutions, libraries and entrepreneurs.
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During the 2014 year, trademarks examiners have actively participated in the following international and regional activities:-
- The 31st session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications - 17 to 21 March 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
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- The 9th session of the Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin) - 23 to 27 June 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
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- IP executive week, organized jointly by European Patent Office and Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market - 7 to 11 July 2014, Munich, Germany
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- The 10th session of the Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin) - 27 to 31
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- October 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
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- The 32nd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications - 24 to 27 November 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
Assistance to developing countries
Every year the developing countries receive assistance to improve the intellectual property field on national level. This assistance is provided by the main international institutions in the field and by the national IP offices with which AGEPI has bilateral cooperation agreements or Memorandum of understanding. In 2014, the AGEPI have successfully participated with the financial assistance (full or partial) of WIPO and other institutions in the following events related to trademarks:-
- Seminar organized jointly by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market and Romanian State Office for Patents and Trademarks cooperation in context of Program of convergence and the international cooperation projects - 3 to 5 September 2014, Constanta, Romania
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- WIPO Training on trademarks organized by WIPO jointly with IP Office from Norway - 15 to 19 September 2014, Oslo, Norway.
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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