Annual Technical Report 2013 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Kazakhstan (CWS/ATR/TM/2013/KZ)
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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• 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 (please indicate whether goods and services for the registration of marks and whether the figurative elements of marks are classified by your Office and, if so, which classification(s) is (are) used)
NIIP uses 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).
• Use of electronic classification systems to check the classification symbols furnished by an applicant and which are contained in the lists of goods and/or services
The WIPO website and the website: www.MKTU.info are used as electronic sources of systems of classification.
• Obligation for applicants to use pre-defined terms of the classification applied
Obligation for applicants to use pre-defined terms of the classification is applied.
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
• Publishing, including printing, copying techniques and electronic printing
Trademark information is available on paper and optical carriers.
• Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of industrial design information
The main source of information on industrial designs registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan is Industrial Property Official Gazette, which is published monthly in Kazakh and Russian. NIIP also issues the Annual Index to the Official Gazette, the monthly CD and the quarterly scientific and practical magazine "Intellectual property of Kazakhstan".
• Mass storage media and microforms used
Data are stored on paper and disks
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
• Publishing, including printing, copying techniques and electronic printing
Trademark information is available on paper and optical carriers.
• Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of industrial design information
The main source of information on industrial designs registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan is Industrial Property Official Gazette, which is published monthly in Kazakh and Russian. NIIP also issues the Annual Index to the Official Gazette, the monthly CD and the quarterly scientific and practical magazine "Intellectual property of Kazakhstan".
• Mass storage media and microforms used
Data are stored on paper and disks
Main types of publications in the field of trademark information, outline of the content and medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URLs)
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• Updating
When a design application is received all information on it is entered into the national Industrial designs database. The information is updated in the course of office procedures.
• Storage, including mass storage media
Information on registered trademarks, including bibliographic data, descriptions are stored on CD-ROMs as well as on paper carriers and since 2012 on NIIP official website www.kazpatent.kz.
• Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
Examiners also use WIPO Gazette of International Marks for examination purposes.
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
• Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), data carriers used
Hardware: system block P4 Core2Duo 1,8GHz, 160 HDD, 526 Mb, DVD-RW, video 128, m/k, LAN. Software: WINDOWS, Microsoft Office 2003, FOX PRO.
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
The examiners use international databases ROMARIN and MADRID EXPRESS as well as database of World Health Organization MEDNET.
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
• Updating
When a design application is received all information on it is entered into the national Industrial designs database. The information is updated in the course of office procedures.
• Storage, including mass storage media
Information on registered trademarks, including bibliographic data, descriptions are stored on CD-ROMs as well as on paper carriers and since 2012 on NIIP official website www.kazpatent.kz.
• Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
Examiners also use WIPO Gazette of International Marks for examination purposes.
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
• Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics and administrative support)
Automated Information System AIS NIIP automates and simplifies the work, the prosecution of these documents and the organization of electronic documents between Services of the Institute.
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
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Republican patent fund is generated at the Republican Scientific Technical Library (RSTL).
Currently it comprises more than 21 million patent documents from 50 countries and three organizations - WIPO, EPO and EAPO.
Publications related to different business procedures and trademark information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
At the NIIP's Branch Office Databases Patents of Kazakhstan: Bibliography, Patents of Kazakhstan: Full descriptions and Database Patents of Kazakhstan: Abstracts are generated, which are then recorded on optical disks and distributed around Kazakhstan and abroad.
Topic «Сұрақ-жауап» (on Kazakh), «Вопрос-Ответ» (on Russian) operates on a site where applicants can get answers to their questions. http://www.kazpatent.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1208952107.
Also every year by e-mail increases the interaction between users and NIIP.
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
• In-house systems (online/offline)
There is used an on-line automated system for search procedures, which includes information on trademarks filed with NIIP.
• External databases
The examiners use international databases ROMARIN and MADRID EXPRESS as well as database of World Health Organization MEDNET.
• Administrative management systems (e.g., register, legal status, statistics and administrative support)
Automated Information System AIS NIIP automates and simplifies the work, the prosecution of these documents and the organization of electronic documents between Services of the Institute.
• Equipment used (hardware, including the types of terminal and network used, and software), data carriers used
Hardware: system block P4 Core2Duo 1,8GHz, 160 HDD, 526 Mb, DVD-RW, video 128, m/k, LAN. Software: WINDOWS, Microsoft Office 2003, FOX PRO.
International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
675, including optical disks with patent information, were received in 2012 from foreign patent offices. The exchange of patent information is carried out on paper as well as optical carriers.
Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to trademark information
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Information on legislation in the field of trademarks, Annual Report and other general information can be found on the official web-site of the Institute at www.kazpatent.kz