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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
New IT Platform
Work began in November 2023. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, with production go-live scheduled for early 2026.
The main improvements expected after go-live include:
- Improving the reliability and completeness of data. Currently, not
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- all information is easily accessible, and data must be previously analyzed, retrieved, and enhanced to become useful and understandable.
- Simplifying platform usability for both internal and external users, making information easier to use.
- Enhancing existing services (filing and archiving system, examination system, databases, data/document/bulletin publication), including the introduction of new functionalities.
- Providing new services to external partners (companies, researchers, development agencies, attorneys, etc.), even beyond the institution’s traditional scope.
Development Drivers:
- Human-centric
- Services that support citizens throughout the entire lifecycle of industrial property rights
- Compliance with AGID guidelines for website design and digital public services
- Compliance with WIPO standards
- Interoperability with external systems
- 24/7 service continuity
- Benchmark analysis of international best practices
Digital Archive of the Case Law Digest of the Appeals Commission
A new application has been implemented for the Digital Archive of the Case Law Digest of the Appeals Commission.
Link: https://www.uibm.gov.it/massima/
Blockchain infrastructure improvements.
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Customer care support service based on webchat
Rreleased Released to production in June 2024. The service was introduced alongside the call center with the goal of replacing it.
Statistics:
Trademarks | 2024 | 2023 |
National TM Applications | 42,567 | 41,811 |
National Renewals TM Filings | 22,041 | 21,624 |
National TM registrations | 33,943 | 38,912 |
National Renewal of TM Registrations | 20,525 | 25,664 |
Link: https://statistiche.uibm.gov.it/
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IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
An on-site tool called NSARA is used that consists of the back-end for patent examination and the front-end for online filing.
IT infrastructure:
- Cluster on-site Qemu (KVM-based)
- Galera MariaDB Cluster
- ElasticSearch and Solr
- SNMP-Based (Nagios, Observium), NetBox
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
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In the new IT Platform, this Standard is planned to be implemented.
WIPO Standard Standard ST.13: Numbering of applications for IPRs
Implemented
WIPO Standard Standard ST.60: Bibliographic data relating to marks
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.61: The exchange of trademark legal status data
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.63: Content and layout of trademark gazettes
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.66: Processing of trademark information using XML
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.67: Electronic management of the figurative elements of trademarks
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.68: Electronic management of sound marks
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.90: Recommendation for processing and communicating Intellectual Property data using Web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.91: Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images
No plan to implement
WIPO Standard Standard ST.96: Processing of Industrial Property information using XML
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