Annual Technical Report on Industrial Design Information Activities in 2014 submitted by Institute for Intellectual property of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Where URLs are requested below, it is preferred that either URLs which are likely to remain stable over time (three years or more) are provided, or home (main) page URLs are provided with a short explanation of how to access the corresponding information.

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

Statistics: 

Compared to 2013, the number of national design applications increased by 32% in the year 2014, while the number of designs contained in industrial design applications increased by  42% compared to the previous year. 
The number of design registrations increased by 10 % compared to the previous year, while the number of designs contained in design registrations increased by 165 % compared to 2013.

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

Official website:

http://www.ipr.gov.ba/en

Official gazette:

http://www.ipr.gov.ba/en/stranica/official-gazette_en

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Official website:

http://www.ipr.gov.ba/en  

The Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina has put into function new website, which is located on the same address http://www.ipr.gov.ba/en 

New site, with refreshed design, offers to visitors transparent access to intellectual property information, from general ones, that include brochures and publications, to those that refer to procedures of intellectual property protection, such are legal regulations and application forms.

Informations about Industrial design:

http://www.ipr.gov.ba/en/stranica/industrial-design

Filling on paper and E-filling:

http://www.ipr.gov.ba/hr/stranica/obrasci-industrijski-dizajn_hr

Fees and payments:

http://www.ipr.gov.ba/hr/stranica/pristojbe-i-trokovi-pocetna-hr

Brochures and Publications:

http://www.ipr.gov.ba/en/stranica/brochures-and-publications-en-2

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