Annual Technical Report 2002 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Latvia (SCIT/ATR/TM/2002/LV)
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I. Evolution of registration activities
The amount of applications filed for trademark registration within the national registration procedure again slightly increased in the last year and reached the number of 2113 (in 2001: 2027 applications). The share of domestic applications was 1262 (in absolute figures), which meant 59.7 % of the total amount. Thereby the share of domestic applications continued to grow constantly (in 2000 - 51 %; in 2001 - 52.4 %). 1,581 trademark registrations were granted under national procedure in 2002 (in 2001 - 1660 registrations).
The activity of international trademark applicants (Madrid Agreement & Protocol) was somewhat less than in the previous year: approx. 4,900 international marks were registered for or extended to Latvia in 2002, in comparison with 5,700 - in 2001, and 4,700 in 2000. The share of the international registrations within the total amount of trademark applications in 2002 extended to 69.9 %.
The total number of registered trademarks being in force at the end of year 2002 reached 58.5 thousand, among them being 29.4 thousand national, and 29.1 thousand international marks.
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of secondary sources of trademark information, i.e., trademark gazettes
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The LPO database PATIS is developed in FoxPro for Windows.
Word processing: MS WORD for Windows 95 / MS WORD 2000 / MS WORD XP.
Edition of images: CorelDraw 5.0; ZSoft PhotoFinish.
Database PATIS is being stored in the LPO local network hard drives.
Techniques used for the generation of trademark information (printing, recording, photocomposing, etc.)
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IX. Other relevant matters