Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2015 submitted by Egypt / Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office
I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
The Egyptian Industrial Designs office recently has various projects related to IP systems and services, most of these projects running or planned to be deployed in cooperation with WIPO Industrial Property Office Business Solutions Division (IPOBSD), while other projects running or planned to be established under Egyptian Ministry of Internal Trade development policies;
The office recently has launched IPAS system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to ease processing the business transactions record and execution.
The office recently has used WIPO Publish system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperate with WIPO to be used as internal search tool for office examiners.
Statistics:
Total filing of Designs in 2015 in comparative with 2014: 1711 (2015) – 1951 (2014)
Total registered Designs in 2015 in comparative with 2014: 675 (2015) – 352 (2014)
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
The office publishing online accepted designs through monthly gazette 3 years ago on the office site at: http://itda.gov.eg/TIDM/TIDM.aspx
III. SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
The office publishing online accepted designs, including information for designs drawing, design title, Locarno class, filing date, owner and representative
The official gazette publishing online monthly in PDF file format at: http://itda.gov.eg/TIDM/TIDM.aspx
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
The office ICT supporting the running systems and activities below:
IPAS system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperates with WIPO to ease processing the business transactions record and execution.
WIPO Publish system which has been deployed in last quarter of 2015 in cooperates with WIPO to be used as internal search tool for office examiners.
Monthly publishing official gazette.
Databases and systems backups processes.
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION
The office holds training sessions to students from various Egyptian universities
The office organizing many workshops aiming to spread IP knowledge for stakeholders
VI.INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION
The office is in preparation to share registered designs information at the WIPO Global Design database.
The office Participate in most of the international and regional activities and projects related to industrial designs information.