Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2014 submitted by Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

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The expression "industrial designs" covers industrial designs and models.

Offices which issue design patents should report their design patent information activities in this series of Annual Technical Reports.

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

Jedlik plan

The Jedlik Plan, which focuses on the responsible management of intellectual property, that is, our scientific, technical and innovative, or cultural and artistic assets, is the first such comprehensive government strategy in Hungary. The document for the period 2013-2016 arranges the middle-term objectives to be realized in the field of intellectual property into the following four main pillars:

A) With industrial property for the rise of national economy

B) With copyright for the boom of the creative industries and culture

C) Serving the nation policy and certain governmental policies with the tools of intellectual property

D) Enhancing the intellectual property institutional performance

 The strategic document, which was published in Government Decree 1666/2013 (IX. 23.), defined more than forty action lines and more than hundred measures to take in line with the four pillars. HIPO included the objectives of the Jedlik Plan into its Work Plans of 2014 and 2015, as a result thereof, it continuously worked on implementing the measures listed in the national strategy, with the inclusion of professional organisations, also in 2014. Its results are contained in this annual report.

The preparation of the intermediate stage assessment of the pro-rata implementation of the Jedlik Plan has already started, which will be finalised and submitted to the Government by the Minister of Justice by way of the President of HIPO.

New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies(plans) mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks

Hungarian Design Council participates in the activities of the Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA), the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, (ICSID), as well as of the Design Management Europe (DME). It is a professional recognition that Judit Várhelyi, member of HDC, has been elected to the Board of BEDA and Anna Jankó, staff member of the office of HDC, has been elected to the Board of the network of Design Management Europe.

Main areas of industrial design information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year

Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants (registrations) with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes

The number of design applications filed under international cooperation (under the Hague system) designating Hungary and the number of designs included in the applications was, as expected, low due to the accession by the European Union to the Hague system, however they slightly increased compared to the previous years. Last year the HIPO received and registered 17 such applications and 49 designs included therein.

The number of Community design applications keeps on increasing year by year. In 2014 the number of Community design applications extending also to Hungary exceeded 23 thousand, the number of designs included therein exceeded 87 thousand.

The HIPO received 214 new national design applications in 2014, which included 793 designs. The number of both the applications and the designs included was lower than in the previous year.

 Figures of design applications filed following the national route and under international cooperation (under the Hague Agreement) (2010-2014)

Most of the design applications following the national route were filed by individuals. The number of institutional applicants changed only in a small extent in the previous years. 97% of the applications were filed by domestic applicants, and 72% by individuals. The applicants with a seat abroad principally choose the Community route to obtain protection in Hungary.

At the end of last year 4195 national designs were valid. The number of valid designs remained in the level of the previous years. 89% of the right holders of valid designs are Hungarian. The foreign right holders have their seats mainly in the Czech Republic, in Austria and in Germany.  According to the lifetime of valid designs, the most of the national protections are 16 years old; a large number of them are 7 years old.

Number of national designs valid in Hungary (2010-2014)

Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

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

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

Classification and reclassification activities; classification system used, e.g., International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno Classification), other classification

Other activities

III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

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)

Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.

Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external documentation and databases

Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services available to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)

Other sources

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements

Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office

Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources

Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file

Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)

Other matters

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

Office's library (if deals with industrial design information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries

Publications related to different business procedures and industrial design information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.

Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support centers, etc.

Education and training: training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

Other activities

VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION

International exchange of industrial design information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)

Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to industrial design information

Assistance to developing countries

Other activities

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS