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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Comprehensive information about Rospatent's activities in 2024 and future plans is available in its Annual Report in English: https://rospatent.gov.ru/content/uploadfiles/1/RP-AR-2024-ENG.pdf

Summary of the Report is available in English at: https://rospatent.gov.ru/content/uploadfiles/1/SHORT-RP-AR-2024-ENG.pdf

For instance, the IP Office's goals, objectives, and plans can be found in paragraph 2.1 of the Annual Report (page 46). They are also published in the "Plans" section of its website (in Russian): https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/about/plans

Details about public services provided by Rospatent are specified in paragraphs 1.9 and 2.4 (pages 33-35 and 56-57) of the Annual Report. Statistics, including changes in application filings and grants (registrations) compared to the previous year, and trends or areas experiencing rapid changes can be found on pages 145 and 146 of the Report.

The main areas of information activities and related ICT practices that were the focus of attention last year can be found in paragraphs 1.9 and 2.2 of the Annual Report (pages 47-48 and 51-55).

For information on new projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies (plans) mentioned above, see paragraph 2.1 on page 46 of the Annual Report.

News about the IP Office's activities is available in English at: https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/news

In 2024, the new Rospatent Search Platform was developed:  https://searchplatform.rospatent.gov.ru/

During implementation of the new information infrastructure, modern approaches and technologies were used, unifying Rospatent's operational processes. Data exchange within the infrastructure is based on a unified data model compliant with international standards. System integration was ensured through a common integration bus, allowing for future platform development. Capability for software integration with Rospatent's public services was provided. Main plans for 2025 include development of existing information systems and services, as well as design and implementation of new technologies for government services to reduce examination timelines.

For statistics, see:

  • paragraph 1.2 of the Annual Report

  • paragraph 1.13-14 of the Annual Report

Other useful pages:

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

The web page addresses of Rospatent websites providing information on filing applications are as follows:

• On the Office website there is an opportunity to file an application for geographical indications, trademarks, and appellations of origin online and to maintain correspondence regarding such applications through the user's personal account (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki
https://online.rospatent.gov.ru

• Users of the FIPS website have access to user and technical documentation on setting up and operating an electronic application filing service for registering trademarks and service marks, and electronic correspondence:
https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki/podacha-zayavki-na-tovarnyy-znak/index.php

• State registration of trademarks, service marks, and collective marks, and the issuance of certificates for trademarks, service marks, and collective marks, and duplicates thereof (in Russian):
https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/stateservices/gosudarstvennaya-registraciya-tovarnogo-znaka-znaka-obsluzhivaniya-kollektivnogo-znaka-i-vydacha-svidetelstv-na-tovarnyy-znak-znak-obsluzhivaniya-kollektivnyy-znak-ih-dublikatov

• Recognition of a trademark, or a designation used as trademark, as a well-known trademark in the Russian Federation (in Russian):
https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/stateservices/priznanie-tovarnogo-znaka-ili-ispolzuemogo-v-kachestve-tovarnogo-znaka-oboznacheniya

• Access to documents of applications for State registration of trademarks, service marks, and collective marks, and issuance of copies of such documents (in Russian):

• Section "Forms of documents" (in Russian):
https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/documentforms

• Filing Applications section/ "Filing an application for an invention, utility model, geographical indication, trademark, appellation of origin" rubric (in Russian):
https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki/

• Fees section: https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/activities/dues

• Fee calculator (in Russian): https://www.fips.ru/podacha-zayavki/kalkulyator-poshlin/index.php

• Frequently Asked Questions section (in Russian):
https://rospatent.gov.ru/ru/faq/chto-takoe-tovarnyy-znak-i-znak-obsluzhivaniya

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

On the FIPS website in the "Open Registers" section, information is posted about documents contained in the electronic dossiers of trademark applications:
https://www.fips.ru/registers-web/action?acName=clickRegister&regName=RUTM/ (in Russian)

Users of the FIPS website have access to information about published applications and trademark registrations in the "Official Publications" section:
https://www.fips.ru/publication-web/bulletins/UsrTM

Matters concerning classification

Classification and reclassification activities; classification systems used, e.g., International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification), International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification), other classification
https://rospatent.gov.ru/en/products_services/classifications

In 2024, the Department of International Registration Systems continued to participate in activities to improve the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification), in order to create conditions for the use of new WIPO standards in the Federal Intellectual Property Service and improve international classifications of industrial property:

  • Preparation of proposals for amendments to the 12th edition of the Nice Classification version 2025 (NCL12-2025) for the 35th session of the Committee of Experts on the Nice Classification of Goods and Services;

  • Preparation of an official translation into Russian of new and modified terms used in the NCL12-2025;

  • Translation into Russian and formatting of terms for the WIPO Manager of Goods and Services service and transfer of materials to the International Bureau;

  • Preparation of the terms of the NCL12-2025 in Russian in a special format for uploading to the Rospatent software package for use by interested parties in the electronic filing of trademark registration applications and for electronic accounting during the examination of applications received by the IP Office.

Use of electronic classification systems and pre-defined terms of the classification applied

Since 2011, a procedure of automatic electronic classification of the figurative elements of the input stream of images of national trademark and Madrid registration applications submitted from the WIPO International Office, under the sixth edition of the Vienna Classification, has been used. This was made possible in 2006 when the SILOIZ system of linguistic description and search for similarities in figurative elements was introduced, itself a sub-system of the automated system, Trademarks in force in the Russian Federation.

The results of classification as an additional service are provided to experts when examining claimed trademark designations.

Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)

The Trademarks and Registration Division participates in the regulatory and method-related settlement of issues in the consideration of applications for registration of non-traditional trademarks, and the publication of corresponding information. Moreover, information received through Rospatent's involvement in the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications is widely used.

III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Main types of publications in the field of trademark information

The web page addresses of Rospatent websites providing information concerning Office publications are as follows:

Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.

In 2024, the following types of notifications on national and international trademark registrations were published. The forms of notifications on trademarks published in the Rospatent Official Gazette "Trademarks, Service Marks, Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin" comply with WIPO Standard ST.17. The Office continued to publish notifications concerning trademarks protected in the Russian Federation through international registration systems.

The addresses of web pages of the Office's site providing access to online publications:

From the above page, a user may refer to the following resources by means of the appropriate link:

  • Register of Trademarks and Service Marks of the Russian Federation

  • Register of Trademarks Well-Known in the Russian Federation

  • Register of Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin of the Russian Federation

  • Register of International Trademarks

  • Register of Russian Federation Trademark and Service Mark Registration Applications

  • Register of Applications for the Registration of Appellations of Origin of the Russian Federation

https://www1.fips.ru/publication-web/bulletins/UsrTM (in English)

Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases

During the reporting year, access was provided to the texts of international and domestic classifications via the Internet:

  • International Classification of Goods and Services (NCL, 12th edition version 2025) in English and Russian

  • Lexical and semantic identifier of goods and services (LEXINTU - 2025, 17th edition) in Russian, incorporating changes made in NCL 12-2025

  • Lexicographical information gazette of goods and services (LEXINFORM No. 23) in Russian

The addresses of web pages of the Office's site providing access to online publications:

Information products and services available to external users

The FIPS website provides three sources of free information on trademarks, appellations of origin and geographical indications:

  1. "Official Publications" section, containing data corresponding to the Official Bulletin on Trademarks, Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (available from 2005 to present)

  2. "Open Registers" section containing:

    • Trademark registrations (from 1926 by filing date)

    • Appellations of origin registrations (from 1994)

    • Trademark applications (from 1991)

    • Well-known trademarks (from 2001)

    • Appellation of origin applications (from 2005)

    • Geographical indications (from 2020)

  3. Information retrieval system with data identical to "Open Registers" (except for GIs). Advanced search (including fuzzy search for word marks) is available to users on a commercial basis.

In 2024, experts and external users continued working with the new Rospatent Search Platform containing trademark information: https://searchplatform.rospatent.gov.ru/trademarks (available in both English and Russian)

Access to information products and services:

The Office provides the following resources:

External users have free access to databases containing information on trademarks of the Russian Federation, foreign countries and international organizations in the electronic resources room of the All-Russian Patent and Technical Library (VPTB) of FIPS.

Legal status information

Information about legal status is published on the FIPS website in the "Open Registers" section and in Rospatent's Official Gazette "Trademarks, Service Marks, Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin".

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

For detailed information about software tools supporting business procedures, see paragraph 2.1 of the Annual Report (pages 46-48).

The Office's technical infrastructure includes:

Server equipment:

  • Fujitsu M10-4S server (64GB RAM, 16 processors, 40TB external memory)

  • 23 HP DL380 servers (4GB RAM, 2 processors, 200GB external memory each)

  • 5 QTech servers (256GB RAM, 2 processors, 2TB external memory each)

  • 8 HP DL580 servers (16GB RAM, 4 processors, 600GB external memory each)

Workstations:

  • 550 HP IRBIS workstations

Software:

  • Solaris operating system

  • Windows 2012 Server

  • Astra Linux operating systems

Storage media:

  • LTO-7 magnetic tapes

Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources

The database of published Russian trademarks contains information about 987 000 Russian trademark certificates from 1925 through 2024. This database is updated daily. Both examiners and external users have access to the search service for Russian trademarks. For examination purposes, the internal search system includes data from:

  • Russian trademarks

  • Appellations of origin

  • Geographical indications

  • Well-known trademarks

  • International trademarks (Madrid system)

Application processing:

  • Applications for trademarks, appellations of origin, and geographical indications are accepted through:

    • The e-filing system on the Office website

    • The Public Services Portal of the Russian Federation

System capabilities include:

  • Workflow management for trademarks, appellations of origin, and geographical indications applications

  • Workflow for post-registration procedures (renewals, ownership changes, cancellations)

  • Management of international registrations

International data exchange:

  • Electronic exchange with WIPO using MECA technology

  • Compliance with WIPO ST.66 Standard

  • Electronic transmission of provisional and final refusal decisions to WIPO

Additional technical specifications:

  • The systems support all stages of trademark examination and registration

  • Integration with other IP office systems

  • Regular updates to maintain compatibility with international standards

  • Robust data backup and recovery procedures

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION

Rospatent's Library Services

The All-Russian Patent and Technical Library (VPTB) division of FIPS provides comprehensive resources and services related to trademark information. For detailed information about the library's activities and collections, see paragraph 2.3 of the Annual Report (pages 51-55). Key resources include:

Publications and Information Resources

The Office provides various informational materials related to trademark procedures:

Cooperation and Partnership Programs

Rospatent maintains active cooperation with various institutions:

  • For details on university partnerships, see:

    • paragraph 5.5 of the Annual Report (page 91)

    • paragraph 6.3 of the Annual Report (page 108)

Key initiatives include:

Education and Training Programs

In 2024, FIPS conducted 3 thematic webinars for applicants and business representatives on trademark-related topics:

  1. "How to properly compile a list of goods and services when filing an international trademark application under the Madrid System"

  2. "Consideration of oppositions and statements regarding means of individualization according to Article 1248 of the Civil Code"

  3. "Electronic filing of applications in the OnlineRospatent system for intellectual property objects using trademark applications as an example"

Webinar recordings are available on the FIPS website (in Russian):
https://www1.fips.ru/about/vptb-otdelenie-vserossiyskaya-patentno-tekhnicheskaya-biblioteka/tematicheskie-vstrechi/plan-provedeniya-tematicheskikh-vstrech-2024.php

Other Outreach Activities

Rospatent continues to expand its educational outreach through:

  • Special programs for universities and research institutions

  • Collaboration with regional innovation centers

  • Participation in international educational initiatives

  • Development of new online learning resources

  • Support programs for young researchers and inventors

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION

 International Exchange of Trademark Information in Machine-Readable Form (e.g., Official Gazettes)

Within the framework of international cooperation on trademark information exchange, the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS), operating under Rospatent, systematically places official bulletins containing trademark information on its dedicated FTP server. This digital repository is made accessible through secure login credentials to the intellectual property offices of 45 foreign countries and 3 major international organizations specializing in intellectual property matters.

In the reporting year, the State Patent Collection was substantially enriched through this international exchange program. Specifically:

  • A total of 137 trademark bulletins were incorporated into the collection from 4 participating countries

  • The acquired materials were received in multiple formats to ensure comprehensive coverage:

    • 13 bulletins in traditional paper format

    • 13 bulletins distributed on optical discs (CD/DVD media)

    • 111 bulletins obtained through digital downloads directly from the official websites of foreign patent offices

This exchange program facilitates comprehensive access to international trademark data while ensuring the preservation of historical records in multiple media formats.

Participation in International and Regional Activities and Projects Related to Trademark Information

Throughout 2024, Rospatent actively participated in numerous high-level international forums and working groups concerning trademark information systems and legal frameworks:

34th Session of the WIPO Nice Union Committee of Experts

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    • Venue: Geneva, Switzerland

    • Format: Hybrid participation

    • Dates: July 9-17, 2024

    • The Russian delegation contributed to discussions on global trademark policy developments

Domestic Educational Initiatives:

As part of its commitment to knowledge sharing, Rospatent organized a specialized webinar for the business community on April 11, 2024, titled "How to correctly compile a list of goods and services for filing an international application for trademark registration under the Madrid System".

This practical training session, conducted in Russian, provided detailed guidance on meeting international application requirements. The complete webinar recording remains available for reference:
https://vk.com/video457927039_456239480?to=L3ZpZGVvNDU3OTI3MDM5XzQ1NjIzOTQ4MD8-

Assistance to Developing Countries

The report references Rospatent's cooperation with developing countries in three specific sections of the Annual Report:

See paragraph 4.4 of the Annual Report (page 77)

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WIPO Standard ST.61: The exchange of trademark legal status data 

Implemented

The Standard is used in internal processes of the IP Office, but not in published information.

WIPO Standard Standard ST.63: Content and layout of trademark gazettes

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WIPO Standard ST.90: Recommendation for processing and communicating Intellectual Property data using Web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

Planning to implement

Rospatent is planning to use the recommendations of this standard when developing new and updating existing information systems.

WIPO Standard Standard ST.91: Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images

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