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Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
Number of valid trade masrks marks in Hungary in 2018
National trade marks in 2018: 54787
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During the year 52 new international registration of ap - pellations appellations of origin were notified by the International Bu - reau Bureau of WIPO to HIPO under the Lisbon System. At the end of 2018 the number of valid national geographical indications was 26, out of which six were geographical indications and 20 appellations of origin.
The number of valid European Union designations of origin and geographical indications related to agricultural products and foodstuffs was 1382 at the end of 2018, and out of them 14 originated in Hungary. The number of European Union geographical indications related to wines reached 1 766 at the end of the year; out of them 64 originated in Hungary. The number of valid European Union geographical indications related to spirit drinks amounted to 248 at the end of 2018; out of them eight originated in Hungary. Besides, six applica - tions applications for protection from Hungary are still pending.
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HIPO successfully joined the Regulated Electronic Administration Services, which made it possible for it to access the Central Identification Agent, the Interconnecting Registry 3 , the Registry of Instructions 4 and the Company Gate 5 . The fine tuning of the Office Gate proved also necessary on the basis of the experience made in the course of electronic commu - nications communications with the courts, and new or previously not defined functions were added to the electronic message and document sending functions of the earlier introduced Client Gate. HIPO joined the ADATREZOR (Data Treasury) initiative, which is mandatory for government organs, and within the framework of this initiative the digital assets of the Office are regularly stored in the central data treasury provided by the government.
HIPO started the modernisation project of the internal case management system. The EUIPO Back Office system was deemed to be best suited for the complete renewal of the internal case manage - ment management system of HIPO; the Back Office was already implemented in more than 10 EU Member States and so it is used by their IP offices as their own internal case management system. HIPO also made the decision to take it over and adapt the system to its requirements.
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HIPO has contracts for an indefinite period with 16 County Chambers of Commerce and Industry and 6 PATLIB centres (in Debrecen, Miskolc, Sopron, Pécs, Győr and Szeged) to operate information points of IP pro - tectionprotection. These information points provide updated information for clients, and – in the cases they deem necessary – contact the central Customer Service of HIPO, but they lack proactivity, so the Office decided to find more active cooperation partners that are closer to SMEs. To this end, it has conducted negotiations and initiated cooperation with xLabs Ltd. and the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs.
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In 2018 HIPO concluded cooperation agreements with Hiventures cPlc and Széchenyi Venture Capital Fund Management cPlc, the two largest state-owned risk capital funds, in order to raise IP aware - ness awareness among innovative Hungarian enterprises, especially start-ups, and organisations promoting innovation. Another agreement has been concluded with the Budapest Stock Exchange, as a result of which innovative Hungarian enterprises listed on the Hungarian stock exchange could make more efficient use of the competitive advantages on the market provided by intellectual property protection. Trainings and tailor-made services are HIPO’s main tools in making innovative enterprises and organisations promoting innovation more familiar with the national and international intellectual property systems.
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