Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2018 submitted by Industrial Property Office
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Compared to 2017, there were changes in industrial design activities in 2018 as follows:
2018 | Compared to 2017 | |
National design application | 252 | -8 % (273) |
– submitted by domestic applicants | 239 | -2% (244) |
– submitted by foreign applicants | 13 | -55 % (29) |
– number of designs contained | 718 | -16 % (855) |
Designs registrations | 103 | -53 % (221) |
– domestic applicants | 91 | -42 % (156) |
– foreign applicants | 12 | -82 % (65) |
– number of designs contained | 327 | -51 % (661) |
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
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Use of an electronic classification system to check the International classification for industrial designs: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsificationclassification-systems/classification--industrial-designs.html
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Industrial classification system: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsificationclassification-systems/classification--industrial-designs.html
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Classification and reclassification activities; classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification
The 11 th 11th edition of the Locarno Classification has been used since January 1, 2017 until 31.12.2018. The 12 th 12th edition of the Locarno Classification has been used since January 1, 2019.
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The Office provides publicly free access to the database comprising the data concerning registered national industrial designs since no. 3500 and registered community designs at the IPO CZ website http://upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases.html . In summer 2018, the Office launched a pilot version of new national industrial property rights information databases in parallel with existing national databases. Until the end of 2018, when the original databases´operation databases' operation was ended, users had the ability to test these databases and provide their suggestions and observations.
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The Office uses the internal information system SYPP2 (starting from January 2014) to proceed the applications of patents, supplementary patent certificates, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks and geographical indications. The system has been developed since 2011 as a major upgrade of previous version SYPP which was used from 2004 until 2013. The new application is more flexible, based on Oracle Forms with easier maintaining and more flexible data structure. Data is stored in xml format including the history. The system is also more user-friendly. System is connected with central registers of the Czech Republic (ISZR). The project was co-financed by the European fund for regional development within the EU project Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights. The system enables to maintain official registers of all the industrial property rights. Furthermore it archives all incoming and outgoing communications of the Office, provides the information on the state of proceeding, legal status of registrations and statistical data. The Document Management System (DMS) is integrated as well. The system also processes foreign applications within PCT and the European patents valid in the territory of the Czech Republic. The data are transferred to the electronic Office’s Bulletin and to the public search database. The system is compatible with electronic filing recognizing authorized electronic certificates. The current version of on-line filing system was launched in 2017 and is based on web application. This system has replaced the previous application which was based on pdf forms. Starting from January 2008, the system produces automatic electronic extracts from registers upon online request.
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Once entered into the registry run by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain, design owners gain protection for the entire territory of the European Union. The IPO CZ has been integrated into the Designview database database, becoming the eleventh National Office to do so. The IPO CZ has uploaded more than 63 700 designs into Designview.
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The Industrial Property Office continued to fulfil fulfill responsibilities resulting from the Czech Republic's membership in the European Union especially related to the area of industrial property protection. It participated in the meetings of the EU Council Working Group on Intellectual Property.
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