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Table I attached shows that the number of trademark registration applications filed in the Russian Federation in 2007 increased by 8.07 per cent compared to 2006.
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URLs of web pages of the Office’s website that provide statistics related to trademarks
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Rospatent trademark publications are cited in Table 2 attached.
In 2007, annual indexes were issued for the following gazettes from 2006:
• the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on paper – three parts.
The Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on electronic CD-ROM carrier with search system and the corresponding paper gazette are distributed by subscription. The last two Gazettes are available on the Rospatent site.
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Mass storage media and microforms used
Data are stored on paper, diskettes and optical disks, as well as in the form of databases or files. Below are given a list and short description of the means of storing data files:
- the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on CD-ROM, with 24 issues per year. Alongside the Official Gazette on CD-ROM, a paper edition of the Gazette is published;
- a set of information on trademarks for 2005 and 2006, each on one DVD;
- a retrospective file of trademark information for 1991 to 2004, on one DVD;
- the International Classification of Goods and Services (ninth edition) on CD-ROM and paper.
- annual index to the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Gazette on paper.
In 2007, the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette was published on the Rospatent Internet site and registers of Russian trademarks, service marks, appellations of origin, trademarks well known in Russia, applications for Russian trademarks and service marks and international trademarks with the indication Russia, including details of their legal status, continue to be kept.
Information on the FIPS database of trademarks, appellations of origin and well-known trademarks, as well as the number of documents contained therein, a retrospective collection and the frequency of updating is given in Table 3. The search system and open registers databases coincide fully (see Tables 3 and 4 attached).
Word processing and office automation
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In 2007, the trademarks gazettes issued to all countries constituted about 29,000 storage units on paper and users consulted more than 20,300 optical disks.
In 2007, users were provided with the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette on CD-ROM, of which 24 issues were published during the year. Alongside the Official Gazette on CD-ROM, a paper Gazette was published.
Also in 2007 users were supplied with a series of information on trademarks for 2005 and 2006, each on one DVD, and also a retrospective set of information on trademarks for 1991-2004 on one DVD.
In 2007, the ICGS (Ninth Edition) was published on CD-ROM and paper.
All products on optical disks are distributed together with the MIMOSA information search system software which provides searches of blibliographical data, ICGS indexes, verbal elements of a mark and also combinations thereof. Documents found during a search may be consulted and printed in full.
An annual index was issued on paper for the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Gazette.
On the basis of official information on trademarks, thematic databases are produced in accordance with users’ special requests.
In 2007, the Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Official Gazette was published on the Rospatent Internet site and registers of Russian trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin, trademarks well known in Russia, applications for Russian trademarks and service marks, and international trademarks with the indication Russia with details of their legal status continued to be kept.
Users’ work with the information search system
Examiners are given the opportunity to work with all databases on trademarks, appellations of origin, national trademarks, trademark applications and international trademarks with the indication Russia. Access for external users to databases, apart from the databases of applications and national trademarks, is provided by mutual agreement. Searches of the trademarks applications database for external users are currently unavailable.
External users are provided, free of charge, with access to:
- databases containing documents published in the last two Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin Gazettes;
- the Trademarks Well Known in Russia database; and
- the ICGS database.
Table 5 (attached) contains data on the number of search system database enquiries. The search system provides the opportunity to carry out a search simultaneously of the trademarks, appellations of origin, national trademarks and trademarks applications databases (for examiners). Table 5 contains general information on the number of database enquiries made by internal and external users.
Table 6 (attached) contains data on the number of database enquiries for trademarks appellations of origin, national trademarks, international trademarks and trademarks applications registers.
URLs of web pages of the Office's website for electronic filing of trademark applications
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