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In order to enable electronic record-keeping during the provision of State services, the following work was undertaken at the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (hereinafter referred to as FIPS) in 2015:
- operability Operability and fitness for purpose of FIPS information systems and resources was ensured, including the Electronic State Register for Trademarks (hereinafter referred to as EGR TZ), and the List of Well-Known Trademarks in the Russian Federation (EGR OTZ).
- a A system for official Internet publication of information on IP subject matter from the EGR was trialed.
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The following pages of the Office’s website contain:
- legal Legal information- Regulation section: http://www.rupto.ru/docs/tz_nmpt;
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The addresses of web pages of the Office’s site providing access to online publications:
- Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin in the Official Publications section:
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Third party users are free to enjoy the following trademark databases:
- a A database containing information on trademarks and service marks of the Russian Federation, No.501068, published in the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Gazettes
- the The ICGS database.
In 2015, internal and external users made more than 5,833,000 requests through the information-search system, of which approximately 9% related to trademark databases.
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The addresses of web pages of the Office’s site containing information on information products and services provided by the Office:
- information Information on subscribing to patent information products–in the Patent Information Products section: Catalog of Publications and Databases:
http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_ru/ru/publishing_activities/;
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http://www1.fips.ru/wps/wcm/connect/content_ru/ru/ofic_pub/ofic_bul/tz_zo_nmpt;
- information Information on how to access and use resources – in the Information-Search System section, Services:
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- RF TZ automated system for prosecuting applications for trademarks and appellations of origin.
- the The Amendments to Trademark Registrations automated system for the prosecution of requests received following registration of a trademark (e.g. extension, change of owner or termination of validity).
- the The Madrid Paperless Prosecutions of International Registrations automated system.
- TM-ADMIN, the electronic document flow system for registering and handling documents, including scanning, recognition and data entry procedures, document consideration processes, and preparing and sending outgoing correspondence.
- the The electronic trademark application filing service, KPS RTZ, is intended for the filing of trademark applications and for electronic correspondence with applicants from the applicant’s personal area, and to provide the processes for exchanging electronic documents between applicants and the Office. It functions using a means of cryptography and electronic signatures, and is integrated into the hardware and software environment of the automated system for paperless prosecution of trademark applications, TM-ADMIN.
- the The ‘My Area’ service on the FIPS website is intended for electronic correspondence relating to paper applications, and for a number of documents submitted electronically which require original documents to be submitted with hard-copy signatures.
- electronic Electronic exchange of data with WIPO on the international registration of trademarks is carried out using MECA technology and WIPO Standard ST.66. Decisions on preliminary and final refusal are sent to WIPO electronically.
- the The Electronic State Register of RF Trademarks and Service Marks, and the electronic list of trademarks well known in the Russian Federation (EGR). Each entry in EGR is signed with the electronic signature of the in-putter, which allows the signatory to be identified and his/her authority to be verified at the time of signing.
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In 2015, as part of the Program for Regional Information Support, Rospatent provided 23 new accesses to FIPS’ full-text databases (hereinafter, DB) to business entities in the Russian regions free of charge.
The The opportunity to access databases on the FIPS website free of charge via the Internet was provided to 302 organizations in nine federal districts of the Russian Federation as at December 31, 2015. Access was provided to: 48 support organizations; eight science cities; 41 State scientific centers (SSC), 35 scientific centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SC RAS), 18 organizations within the framework of the Federal Target Program, Development of Nanoindustry Nano-industry Infrastructure in the Russian Federation for 2008–2011 (FTP), 133 TISC and 19 other organizations.
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At FIPS, professional development for employees is organized under the Common Training System (ESO), according to the principle of continuous training from the time of hiring. Both internal and external training methods are used. Guaranteeing conditions for the continuous professional development of employees is provided for under the FIPS Charter.
Organization of FIPS employee training using in-house training methods
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Under FIPS higher professional education programs:
- two Two FIPS employees gained a first degree in intellectual property management and Law respectively;
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- March 25 – regional practical research conference for specialists of the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation, ‘Current Issues in Legal Protection and Use of the Resultsof Intellectual Activity and Means of Individualization’ (Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education,Tambov State Technical University, Tambov);
- March 25-26 – national seminar organized in conjunction with WIPO on ‘Promoting Efficient Use of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Trademarks, and the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs’ (State Institution of Culture, F.I. Tyutchev Bryansk Regional Universal Scientific Library, Bryansk);
- April 22 – round table on ‘Trademarks, Appellations of Origin, and Geographical Indications’ as part of the events organized at the St.Petersburg city festival, ‘Intellectual Property Days, 2015’ (St. Petersburg);
- April 22 – practical research conference, ‘Intellectual Property– Innovation Potential of Russia’, organized by Rospatent as part of the Eighth International Forum, ‘Intellectual Property in the 21st Century’, held at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Rospatent, Moscow);
- April 24 – round table on ‘Electronic Interaction of Applicants with FIPS’, as part of the events organized at the St.Petersburg city festival, ‘Intellectual Property Days, 2015’ (St. Petersburg);
- June 30 – regional practical research conference for specialists in the Crimean Federal District of the Russian Federation, ‘Current Issues in Legal Protection and Use of the Results of Intellectual Activity and Means of Individualization’ (Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol’);
- September 23-24 – 19th Rospatent practical research conference, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Rospatent, ‘Intellectual Property: History and Current Trends’ (Rospatent, Moscow);
- September 30 – regional practical research conference for specialists in the Siberian Federal District of the Russian Federation, ‘Current Issues in Legal Protection and Use of the Resultsof Intellectual Activity and Means of Individualization’ (Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education, Omsk State Technical University, Omsk);
- October 20-21 – national seminar organized in conjunction with WIPO on ‘Promoting Efficient Use of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Trademarks, and the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs’ (Federal State Independent Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education, First President of Russia, B.N. Yeltsin, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg);
- October 27-28 – training seminar for Technology and Innovation Support Centers of the Russian Federation, organized in conjunction with WIPO with the participation of Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education, Petrozavodsk State University (Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education, Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk);
- December 10 – scientific section meeting, ‘Intellectual Property and Innovation’, at the M. Gorky House of Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg).
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