Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2015 submitted by Industrial Property Office CZ
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of industrial design information activities and expected time frames for their realization
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies(plans) mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
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Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
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Changes experienced in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to the previous year
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Compared to 20132014, there were changes in industrial design activities as follows:
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2015 | Compared to 2014 | |
National design application | 352 | +6 % (333) |
– submitted by domestic applicants | 340 | + 5 % (325) |
– submitted by foreign applicants | 12 | + 50 % (8) |
– number of designs contained | 993 | - 14 % (1164) |
Designs registrations | 347 | - 7 % (419) |
– domestic applicants | 340 | -13 % (389) |
– foreign applicants | 7 | - 77 % (30) |
– number of designs contained | 1033 | - 27 % (1424) |
Trends or areas experiencing rapid changes with respect to the previous year
Since 2008, progression of the number of industrial design applications has a sinusoidal character with amplitudes from 305 (min) to 457 (max). The number of design patterns contained in these applications has also a sinusoidal character with period of 4 – 5 years and with average values about 1000 design pattern. Concerning amount of registered industrial designs, there is a decrease – approximately 17 % compared to 2014. Number of designs contained in registrations has also decreased – by 27 %, compared to 2014.
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Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Statistics
Since 2000 the Annual Reports and statistics have been available at the Office’s website:
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The Bulletin: http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html
The Office website
The helpdesk mailto: helpdesk@upv.cz
List of news and events
http://www.upv.cz/en/ipo/current-news/actual.html
Electronic filing of industrial design applications:
http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/on-line-filing.html
Element of proceedings:
http://isdv.upv.cz/portal/pls/portal/portlets.rejst.formular?lan=en
Legislation related to all IP rights
http://www.upv.cz/en/legislation.html
FAQ
http://www.upv.cz/en/information-sources/faq.html
Search service – industrial design database (IPO CZ,) (basic search/advanced search):
http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases.html
Use of an electronic classification system to check the International classification for industrial designs:
http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/classsification-systems/classification--industrial-designs.html
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 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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http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/on-line-filing.html
Element of proceedings:
http://isdv.upv.cz/portal/pls/portal/portlets.rejst.formular?lan=en
Search service:
http://upv.cz/en/client-services/information-services/search-services.html
Fees and payments:
http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/fees.html
Information on business procedure related to industrial designs:
http://upv.cz/en/ip-rights/industrial-designs.html
Information on Services:
http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/information-services.html
Publications:
http://www.upv.cz/en/publications.html
Industrial design databases:
http://www.upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases.html
Industrial classification system:
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Classification and reclassification activities; classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification
The 10th edition of the Locarno Classification has been used since January 1, 2014; The Office reclassified all registered designs according to this latest edition.
Bibliographic data and processing
Registered and published designs are searchable by proprietor as well as the former proprietor, designer, by date of filing, registration and publication, by number of application and registration, and by indication of the product, legal status and the Locarno class and subclass.
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
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Main types of publications in the field of industrial design information, outline of the content (industrial design applications, design patents, registrations, etc.) and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
Office notices are published weekly in the electronic Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Notices are also published at the Office’s website.
Mass Mass storage media used are hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup and paper.
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.
Publishing, including printing, copying techniques and electronic printing
Lists of designs which have been registered, renewed, corrected, or which have requested restoration are published weekly in the Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Since 2007 an electronic weekly (updated on Wednesdays) bulletin has been published at the Office´s web site (http://www.upv.cz/en.html). No prior registration or subscription to view the Bulletin is needed; however the pdf viewer (e.g. Adobe Reader ) must be installed. The information as published should be the authentic one for legal purposes.
Main Main types of announcements of the Office in the field of industrial design information
Office notices are published weekly in the electronic Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic. Notices are also published at the Office’s website.
Mass storage media and microforms used
Used mass storage media are hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup and physical original in paper version.
Databases and office automation
Registered Registered designs, including Community designs (RCD), are searchable in the public database. It provides a range of search options including proprietor, designer, image, indication of the product, legal status, date of filing, registration and publication, and Locarno class and subclass. The Official Bulletin picks up data from the internal database.
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases
The Office’s Examiners have an access to:
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Internal SyPP database – contains all pending as well as already decided applications
Internal database of industrial design applications since 1967
OHIM research tool Designview
Other external public databases:
http://upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases/foreign-database.html
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
National and international industrial design (paper) documentation
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)
Internal and public Industrial Design databases
Other sources
Access to online industrial design bulletin and to other sources of designs information, including download of bulk industrial designs data
The Official Bulletin URL:
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http://www.upv.cz/en/publications/ipo-bulletin.html
The public database URL:
http://upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases.html
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Workstations - HP, processor Intel Pentium 4, Core2Duo, Core I3 and Core I5, RAM 1- 4 GB, HDD 160 - 250 GB. 300 workstations connected in the Office network are of the Office staff direct service. Thereof 50 computers connected in the Office network are intended for the clients of the Office and staff training service The Office uses the ETHERNET network and computers run WINDOWS Seven operating system. MS OFFICE – 2003/2007/2010 software. The Office uses CD, DVD and magnetic tapes as data mediums.
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
In-house systems (online/offline)
The Office maintains an in-house search database of national applications of industrial designs and registered industrial designs. The database is not accessible to the public but its structure corresponds to the public database (contains only national registered industrial designs since no. 3500).
External databases
The Office provides publicly free access to the database comprising the data concerning registered national industrial designs since no. 3500 at the IPO CZ website http://upv.cz/en/client-services/online-databases/industrial-design-databases.html .
The Office also performs searches in design databases freely accessible in the Internet such as Hague Express Database, eSearch plus, DesignView (both maintained by EUIPO) and other national databases. The links to these databases are provided at the Office´s web site (http://www.upv.cz/en.html).
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
File building
The industrial design search file consists of the collection of registered industrial designs of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia. The full retrospective collection of registered and published industrial designs is accessible via public database. The database contains bibliographic data as well as images of approx. 33 000 published registrations. The oldest data comes from the 1966/67 turn of the year.The database contains bibliographic data of registered Community designs (RCD) as well.
Updating and Storage, including mass storage media
The data is updated daily and stored electronically (official databases, hard discs, magnetic tapes for backup) and in a paper version.
Documentation from other offices maintained and/or considered part of the available search file
Collections of official bulletins of foreign offices are available in an electronic (CDs/ DVDs, Internet) or in a paper version. WIPO and Community Design Bulletin are available in electronic version via Internet (new volumes) and in CD/DVD version (previous volumes).
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The Office uses the internal information system SYPP2(starting from January 2014) to proceed the applications of patents, supplementary patent certificates, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks and geographical indications. The system has been developed since 2011 as a major upgrade of previous version SYPP which was used from 2004 until 2013. The new application is more flexible, based on Oracle Forms with easier maintaining and more flexible data structure. Data are stored in xml format including the history. The system is also more user-friendly. System is connected with central registers of the Czech Republic (ISZR). The project was co-financed by the European fund for regional development within the EU project Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights..The system enables to maintain official registers of all the industrial property rights. Furthermore it archives all incoming and outgoing communications of the Office, provides the information on the state of proceeding, legal status of registrations and statistical data. The Document Management System (DMS) is integrated as well.. The system also processes foreign applications within PCT and the European patents valid in the territory of the Czech Republic. The data are transferred to the electronic Office’s Bulletin and to the public search database. The system is compatible with electronic filing recognizing authorized electronic certificates. The on-line filing system was launched in August 2006, the current version of on-line filing system was released in September 2009. Starting from January 2008, the system produces automatic electronic extracts from registers upon online request.
Information services available to the public
The information centre and the helpdesk operate during the working days. They provide the general information concerning the industrial property rights.
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Office's library (if deals with industrial design information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
Patent library stores the industrial design collection which consists of registered industrial designs of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia. The full retrospective retrospective collection of registered and published industrial designs is accessible via public database or in paper form. The database contains bibliographic data as well as images of approx. 33 000 published registrations. The oldest data comes from the 1966/67 turn of the year. The document can be studied in the public public reading room equipped with PC workstations available for visitors.
Publications related to different business procedures and industrial design information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.
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Cooperation with Metropolitan University Prague on training in a bachelor´s programme in „Industrial Property“ "Industrial Property" and a master´s programme in „International "International and Regional Relations in Industrial Property“Property". Lectures were held at a number of innovation and technology centres.
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The IPO CZ regularly organizes wide range of training courses and seminars - such as Designs - National and International Legal Protection, Searches in the National and Foreign Design Databases, IP Protection and National (CZ) and International Systems of IP Protection, Intellectual Property Protection in Business (SMEs), Technology Transfer, Enforcement of Intellectual Rights, IP Jurisdiction (administrative and judicial issues),. All the educational activities are organized for public, mainly for students, academic staff of universities, representatives of SMEs or research institutions and IP professionals.
Every year, a two-year distance study learning of industrial property rights begins within the Industrial Property Training Institute – Office's own educational facility. . , 27 students completed their studies in 2015.
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The IPO CZ continued in its activities for children and youth (elementary school pupils and secondary school students). The Office offers to them short training sessions on industrial rights, guided field trips to the Office's headquarters and an example search in databases, as well as courses for teachers interested in adding the topic of industrial rights to their curricula. A special section for youth is maintained on the IPO CZ website. The leaflet and comics books on the topics of patents, trademarks and copyright can be downloaded in this section. . All the materials mentioned are also available for children and youth during their excursions to the IPO or during the fairs and exhibitions.
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A presentation of the Amazing Physics Theatre Theater group- (UDiF) was held on World Intellectual Property Day (26 April), 4 May 2015 together with a discussion on intellectual property. About More than 200 students of secondary schools 320 6th- to 9th-grades students attended the program.
The Office has been continuing to take part in the project „Hrajeme "Hrajeme si hlavou" (Let´s play with our mind) which popularises technical fields and motivates students of elementary schools toward technical education.
The Office presented itself at several events for students at elementary schools:
„Science "Science Week at Jaderka", held by the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in May. The event was attended by secondary school students from across the Czech Republic. In the program, Office representatives performed the presentation „Ideas "Ideas in the Net - Get Inspired,” " and introduced students to the system of industrial property rights, and national and international patent and utility model databases.
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The Office had a stand at the „Science Fair” "Science Fair" held in Prague in September, where universities, scientific institutions and industrial companies were exhibiting. At the stand were offered informational materials, quizzes and memory games, examples of database searches were also presented. Panels with examples of inventions in various fields were prepared. The fair was attended by 16,000 pupils and students.
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International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
The Official Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic is published exclusively electronically as of the beginning 2007. The Official Bulletin is published on a weekly basis (updated every Wednesday) instead of the monthly basis as it was before. The paper version has been discontinued. Electronic version of the Official Bulletin is available since 2000 (Czech version, English version is available since 2007) and accessible at the Office’s web site:
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Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to industrial design information
Once entered into the registry run by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain, design owners gain protection for the entire territory of the European Union. The IPO CZ has been integrated into the Designview database, becoming the eleventh National Office to do so. The IPO CZ has uploaded nearly 62 000 designs into Designview.
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Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
The Industrial Property Office continued to fulfil fulfill responsibilities resulting from the Czech Republic's membership in the European Union especially related to the area of industrial property protection. It participated in the meetings of the EU Council Working Group on Intellectual Property .
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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