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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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In 2014 National Board Against Counterfeiting extended its activities to new areas and ensured the cooperation of new partners in the fight against counterfeiting; furthermore it organized and participated in numerous awareness raising events. It was again present at two festivals which drew huge audiences: in the Valley of Arts and at the SZIGET (Island) Festivals. The Valley of Arts Festival was attended by 140,000 visitors; NBAC was present there for 10 days and focussed focused on presenting the dangers of counterfeit objects. At the Island Festival NBAC, with the support of its European partner organization, the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, set up a ‘No Fake!’ tent, where Hungarian experts on counterfeiting gave presentations to those interested among the 413,000 visitors. NBAC shared its experiences of the Island Festival at the plenary session of the Observatory by showing a publicity film, while some notable results of NBAC were published in the quarterly newsletters of the Observatory.
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In 2014 the number of international trade mark applications (under the Madrid system) aimed at Hungary was 1599, which is less by 25.5% than in the previous year. The slow decrease in the past years is due to the fact that foreign applicants have been turning to the Community trade mark system in order to cover a larger territory. In 2014 more than 117 thousand Community trade mark applications extending also to Hungary were filed and 103 thousand Community trade marks were registered. The activity of the Hungarian applicants also increased, 534 such applications were filed. Moreover, the domestic applicants filed 207 international (under the Madrid system) trade mark applications.
Main figures of trade mark applications aimed at Hungary under international cooperations cooperation and filed following the national route (2010-2014)
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
International trade mark applications | |||||
International trade mark applications (under the Madrid system) | 2 374 | 2 117 | 2 102 | 2 139 | 1 599 |
Community trade mark applications | 98 217 | 105 857 | 107 960 | 114 267 | 117 456 |
National trade mark applications | |||||
Domestic trade mark applications | 3 447 | 3 772 | 4 177 | 3 428 | 3 489 |
Foreign trade mark applications | 446 | 425 | 422 | 429 | 392 |
Applications filed following the national route in total | 3 923 | 4 197 | 4 599 | 3 857 | 3 881 |
In 2014 the number of trade mark applications following the national route was 3881, which is a 0.6% increase compared to the previous year. 90% of these applications were filed by domestic applicants. The activity of domestic applicants grew; it exceeded the figure of the previous year by 1.8%. The number of foreign applications filed directly at HIPO was around 400, similarly to the previous years. 15% of the foreign applicants were from Switzerland, 13% from the United States and 7% from the United Kingdom.
Only 28% of the trade mark applications following the national route were filed by individuals, that is mainly institutions (economic organisations) filed applications to obtain trade mark protection. In case of foreign applications more than 90% were filed by institutions.
Figures of trade marks valid in Hungary (2010-2014)
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Valid national trade marks | 52 061 | 53 973 | 56 130 | 55 942 | 55 813 |
Valid international trade marks (under the Madrid system) | 141 069 | 121 145 | 121 299 | 112 684 | 108 487 |
Registered Community trade marks* | 699 030 | 792 866 | 888 495 | 986 569 | 1 090 346 |
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Breakdown of valid national trade marks by the countries of origin of right holders (2014)
Austria, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Hungary
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II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
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Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Main types of publications in the field of trademark information, outline of the content and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
GAZETTE: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito
E-SEARCH for internal use, covering the public and non-public data.
E-SEARCH for the public: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vedjegy/hogyan-kutassunk-az-adatbazisokban/e-kutatasPlease insert your reply here
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Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
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E-SEARCH for internal use covering the public and non-public data.
E-SEARCH for the public: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vedjegy/hogyan-kutassunk-az-adatbazisokban/e-kutatas
MADRID System, ROMARIN: http://www.wipo.int/romarin
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Nice Classification: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/hogyan-tajekozodhatok-a-honlapon/adatbazisok/iparjogvedelmi-osztalyozasi-rendszerek/nizzai
Vienna Classification: http://classifications.mszh.hu/vienna/index.htm
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
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Certified legal status information can be available for a fee.
Other sources
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
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The Unified Administrative System of the Office is used for file building, which covers all industrial property titles of protection. It is a real-time updated system and has a daily backup storage.
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
The Unified Administrative System of the Office comprise the bibliographic and image data, the documents and the official letters that belong to the different intellectual property rights.
The public web-based databases GAZETTE, IP-SEARCH, E-REGISTER, E-DOSSIER are also used by the Examiners. The IP-SEARCH database has an internal version for internal use with the public and non-public data.
Other matters
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Office's library (if deals with trademark information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
Accessible databases:
HUNTÉKA Onlene Catalog: http://hunteka.asp.hunteka.hu/hipo/index.jsp;jsessionid=0C33EADC538177502CCB010CBBB3EF80?lang=en
E-SEARCH: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vedjegy/hogyan-kutassunk-az-adatbazisokban/e-kutatas
Nice Classification: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/hogyan-tajekozodhatok-a-honlapon/adatbazisok/iparjogvedelmi-osztalyozasi-rendszerek/nizzai
Vienna Classification: http://classifications.mszh.hu/vienna/index.htm
MADRID System, ROMARIN: http://www.wipo.int/romarin
Office for Harmonisation int he Internal Market (BHPP)
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The customer service received 98 enquiries from other authorities, nearly three-quarters of them were submitted by the National Tax and Customs Administration and concerned trade marks (60).
HIPAvilon also takes part in the customer service functions of HIPO by maintaining the relations with customers in order to gain new applicants and customers.
In addition to the free of charge services of information provision, the domestic customers are offered advanced level IP services against payment. They include, as from 1 February 2013, “express trade mark filtering”. The services against payment of HIPAvilon for patent and trade mark search, as well as its services for IP audit and IP valuation are of great help. In 2014 HIPAvilon received 85 such orders.
Publications related to different business procedures and trademark information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
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http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/szabadalom/ip-panorama
Start-up Guide: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/hogyan-kezdjek-hozza/start-up-guide
AIDA Light: Assessment and Improvement integrateD Approach: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/hogyan-kezdjek-hozza/aida
Partner Search: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/partnerkereso
Tenders: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/palyazatok
IP Valuation Forum: http://ipvaluation.hipo.gov.hu/
Information nationwide:
Our partners
Other intellectual property sites
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The numbers of classes of IP education and of the participants have been increasing since 2012. In 2014 the number of classes was 907, the number of participants was 1991. These figures are more by 23% and by 31% respectively than in the previous year.
10 persons participated in the basic level industrial property course, 56 persons finished the intermediate level industrial property course and passed the final exams, moreover, 49 participants of the advanced level industrial property course passed the exams successfully. Besides the employees of HIPO, the representatives of law and patent attorney offices, institutions of higher education, pharmaceutical companies and other enterprises participated in the trainings. The courses on demand were mainly attended by employees of the National Tax and Customs Administration, researchers of the institutions of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and representatives of creative industries.
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The comprehensive education project attached to the curricula framework for the students of the primary and secondary schools and their teachers was continued. As a result, the first package of lesson plans was prepared, which is accessible free of charge on the website of HIPO. As part of the project for the implementation of knowledge on intellectual property in public education, HIPO announced a quiz game and contest for designing logo entitled Invent it/find it out/find it! for secondary school students.
Other activities
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
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Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS