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

Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes

Changes experienced in terms of application filings and grants with respect to the previous year

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Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year

In  In 2017 the average registration procedure time period was 8,2 months from the date of submitting the trademark registration application. This time period includes formal and substantive examination of the applications, technical procedure concerning the preparation for publication, three month statutory time limit for opposition and registration time. In comparison with 2016 the registration procedure time hasdecreasedhas decreased.

Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

Statistics

Since 2000 the Annual Reports and statistics have been available at the Office’s website: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/annual-report/annual-report.html

The Bulletin: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html

The Office website

The helpdesk: helpdesk@upv.cz

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

Information on classification system

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsification-systems/classification--trade-marks.html

Obligation for applicants to use pre-defined terms of the classification applied

To use pre-defined terms of the classification applied is only recommended.

Bibliographic data and processing

Trademarks are searchable by application and registration number, TM wording, name of applicant or holder or licensee, previous holder (for IPO CZ employees only), representative, pledgee (for IPO CZ employees only), Vienna classes, classes of goods and services and names of goods and services, application filing date, priority date, publication and registration date and date of termination of validity.  Representation of trademarks is also available in form of a gallery.

III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

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Trademark bulletins of foreign offices in an electronic or paper version are received regularly. WIPO and European Union Trademarks Bulletin are available in electronic version via Internet (new volumes) and in CD/DVD or paper version (previous volumes).

Description of information products and services offered by the Office and how to access and utilize them

The Office’s website: http://www.upv.cz/en.html

 Information Information on Services: http://upv.cz/en/client-services/information-services/information-and-consultation-centers.html 

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Trademark classification system: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsification-systems/classification--trade-marks.html

Since 2007, there are no official gazettes of the Official Bulletin of IPO CZ produced and published on CDs or in paper versions.

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

Publishing, printing, copying techniques

The trademarks information is accessible in the Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Since from 2007 this has been published weekly in an electronic form only and the paper version has been discontinued.

Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of trademark information

The Bulletin is published on a weekly basis (updated every Wednesday) instead of the monthly basis as it was before. The files are downloadable free of charge with no prior registration / subscription needed.. The information as published shall be the authentic one for legal purposes. As from No.1/2000, the Official Bulletin has been available at the web site of the IPO CZ as an electronic document in PDF format. You can find it here:

http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html

The Bulletin contains the following types of announcements:

Survey of the INID codes for identification of bibliographic data              

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Other relevant data and official rectifications
Survey of the published applications of the coloured trademarks

Mass storage media and microforms used

Mass storage media used are hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup, and physical original in paper version.

Word processing and office automation

Trademarks are searchable in the public database. It provides a range of search options including application and registration number, TM wording, name of applicant or holder or licensee, , , Vienna classes, Classes of goods and services and names of goods and services, application filing date, priority date, publication and registration date and date of termination of validity. Representation of trademarks is also available in form of a gallery. The public database is updated daily and automatically from database of the IPO. The public database contains trademarks (IPO CZ, EUIPO, WIPO-CZ, WIPO-EU) valid in the Czech Republic.

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http://upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/trade-mark-databases/foreign-database.html

Other sources

Access to online trademark bulletin and to other sources of trademark information, including download of bulk trademark data

The Official Bulletin URL: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html

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• ISO 9001 – QMS (Quality Management System) helps to assure a constant level of quality of services provided by the Office
• ISO14001 – EMS (Environmental Management System) is used to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes, etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e., cause adverse changes to air, water, or land); (b) comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other environmentally oriented requirements, and (c) continually improve in the above.
• ISO 27001 – ISMS (Information Security Management System) specifies a management system that is intended to bring information security under explicit management control. Fields of concerns are Security policy, Asset management, human resources security, access control, incident management system etc.
• OHSAS 18001 – (Occupational Health and Safety Advisory System) helps companies to propose and implement precautions that, wherever possible, remove, reduce risks or isolate employees from them in a workplace. In case this is not possible, working activities have to be planned and managed through organizational precautions so that employees’ performance was safe and healthy.

The business process management system (BPMS) internally named ADONIS that describes the office’s processes flow structure is also deployed, maintained and improved. Each employee can find information on organizational structure, valid laws, rules and other documents, available applications, databases and information systems.

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Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources

In-house systems (online/offline)

The Office maintains an in-house search database of all trademark applications and registered trademarks with effect for Czech Republic (national, EU, WIPO). The database is not accessible to the public but its structure corresponds to the public database.

External databases

The Office provides free access to the database comprising the data concerning not only the Czech national trademarks but also the international trademarks (applied for or registered)  valid in the territory of the Czech Republic or EU, WIPO – 6ter and the European Union trademarks applied for or registered by EUIPO at the IPO CZ website http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/trade-mark-databases.html

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Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)

Planning, administration, automation, security

Applications for trademark registrations can be filed by post, in person, by fax, via data box (an upload up to 20 MB) or electronically (with electronic signature an upload up to 100 MB) to the Office. Wide range of other communications may be submitted electronically via user-friendly interface (an upload up to 100 MB).

Bibliographic details of applications are entered into SyPP2 manually if the application is filed in paper form or automatically if the application is filed via online filing facility. The applicants receive confirmation of filing via post upon their request or electronically if application is filed online. The application file can be inspected after publishing the registration via the Office´s web site http://isdv.upv.cz/portal/pls/portal/portlets.rejst.formular?lan=en

Collection management, preservation

Extended safety is secured via SSL.

Backing up of data changes is done twice a week. Full back up of data is on weekly basis. Backed up files are preserved for 4 weeks.

Information services available to the public

The information centre and the helpdesk operate during the working days. They provide general information concerning the industrial property rights.

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Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

The Office presented its information activities and products at the following exhibitions and trade fairs:

The Office presented its information activities, information and educational products at the following exhibitions and trade fairs:

• 59th International Engineering Fair (Brno, CZ)
• 16th International Trade Fair of Engineering Technologies FOR INDUSTRY 2017 (Prague, CZ)
• The Science Research Innovation Trade Fair (Brno, CZ)
• Science Trade Fair (Prague, CZ)
• Science Festival (Prague, CZ)
• For Interior (Prague, CZ)
• Innovation 2017 (Prague, CZ)
• 20th Moscow International Inventions and Innovative Technology Salon (Moscow, RU)
•  KIWIE KIWIE - Korean International Women’s Invention Exposition (Seoul, KR)
• INTARG (Katowice, PL)
• IWIS (Warsaw, PL)
• IENA (Nuremberg, DE)
• INFOINVENT (Chisinau, MD)

Training courses for national and foreign participants

The IPO CZ regularly organizes wide range of training courses and seminars - such as Trademarks  - National and International Legal Protection, Searches in the National and Foreign Trademark Databases, IP Protection and National (CZ) and International Systems of IP Protection, Intellectual Property Protection in Business (SMEs), Technology Transfer, Enforcement of Intellectual Rights, IP Jurisdiction (administrative and judicial issues),. All the educational activities are organized for public, mainly for students, academic staff of universities, representatives of SMEs or research institutions and IP professionals.

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