Annual Technical Report on Trademark Information Activities in 2021 submitted by Kyrgyz Republic/Kyrgyzpatent
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
- Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trademark information activities and expected time frames for their realization
- New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tasks
- Main areas of trademark 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 registrations with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes
- Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
On September 30, 2021, together with WIPO, a regional seminar was held on the topic: “Improving the competitiveness of enterprises in Kyrgyzstan through the protection of geographical indications”. The seminar was attended by representatives of government agencies, business communities, patent attorneys and other stakeholders.
In order to systematize and improve educational materials, training programs, practical tasks, teaching methods for conducting educational courses, educational materials were collected, the curricula of Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIIP), Russian State Academy of IP (RSAIP) and WIPO were studied. On the basis of the collected material, practical tasks, tests, the final exam questionnaires for conducting educational courses were developed.
In order to implement bilateral action plans for 2021 (RF, PRC, Mongolia) Plans have been developed and coordinated with the Russian Federation and China. Online consultations were held between Kyrgyzpatent and Rospatent with the participation of Rospatent specialists on the following topics:
- issues of legal protection of geographical indications;
- issues of modernizing the electronic filing system;
- problems of decreasing patent activity in the Russian Federation. New approaches to incentives for authors of service inventions, utility models, industrial designs in the Russian Federation - Prepared relevant requests to CNIPA;
- Plan for 2021 has approved.
http://patent.kg/ru/%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%8b%d0%b5-%d0%be%d1%82%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d1%8b/
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
- 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
- Matters concerning classifying
- Classification and reclassification activities; classification systems used, e.g., International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification), International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification), other classification
- Use of electronic classification systems and pre-defined terms of the classification applied
- Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditional marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
- Other activities
http://patent.kg/ru/trademarks-and-service-marks/blank-form/
http://patent.kg/ru/trademarks-and-service-marks/faqs/
https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/classification/vienna/index.html
MGS • Мадрид Менеджер товаров и услуг (wipo.int)
According to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin of Goods”, only three-dimensional marks are registered among the types of non-traditional marks. In the case of an application for a three-dimensional designation, an image of a general view must be pasted in place under code 54 of the application. Additionally, images of all the necessary projections of the claimed designation should be submitted, giving a complete picture. The image of the designation must have a high-quality graphic design that allows you to reproduce an unlimited number of copies.
Kyrgyzpatent, in turn, scans this image and uploads it to the database.
In order to introduce an object of intellectual property into civil circulation Geographical indications (according to the Roadmap) the developed draft Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Trademarks, Service Marks, Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin” includes a special section that provides for the procedure for granting legal protection to a Geographical Indication (GI).
For the task of preparing for publication the brochure “National Brands of the Kyrgyz Republic”, a bibliographic index was compiled and issued: - “National Brands for the Creative Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic”
In order to prepare a draft resolution of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic "On introducing amendments and additions to the Procedure for the use of the term "Manas" in trademarks, service marks, names of legal entities and words and phrases formed on its basis", a draft resolution of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic "On introducing amendments to the Procedure use in trademarks, service marks, names of legal entities of the term "Manas" and words and phrases formed on its basis"
As part of the promotion of draft Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic: - “On Amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Trademarks, Service Marks and AOs”;
Work is underway to develop a draft of a new Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Trademarks, Service Marks, Geographical Indications and AOG”. The draft Law was approved by the Scientific and Technical Council of Kyrgyzpatent on September 15, 2021, taking into account the proposals and comments, and the council recommended that it be finalized and submitted for public discussion. Currently, the draft Law has been submitted for public discussion on the official website of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (from December 31, 2021) and posted on the Single Portal for Public Discussion of Projects (December 17, 2021).
“On Amendments to the Regulations “On Well-Known Trademarks in the Kyrgyz Republic”
At present, a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic “On approval of the regulation on well-known trademarks in the Kyrgyz Republic” has been developed and submitted for consideration by the working group on legal acts under the STC
“On Amendments to the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Issues of Protection of Appellations of Origin of Goods”
Designated projects are suspended until the adoption of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Trademarks, Service Marks, Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications”
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
- Main types of publications in the field of trademark information, outline of the content 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
Kyrgyzpatent publishes information on paper, CD and on its website in the following types of publications:
Official publications:
- The official bulletin "Intellectualdyk Menchik"
- Indicators
- Annual report
Official Gazette published twice a year on paper, CD and website
http://patent.kg/en/publish-2/rreport/
Available to examiners:
- Legislative documents in the field of trademarks;
- Database of Kyrgyzpatent,
- Databases of international organizations (WIPO, WHO)
- Databases of certain countries;
- Dictionaries, manuals, encyclopedias on the Internet
- Articles published on the Internet, on paper in the field of trademarks
In general, the information network consists of servers, routers, PCs, scanners, printers.
An internal database on the use of trademarks for trademark examination, regularly updated with a link to the office's website where users can search for trademarks. In addition, the commodity database is integrated with
State portal of electronic services of the Kyrgyz Republic “Tunduk”
http://base.patent.kg/
One of the main tasks of Kyrgyzpatent is to automate the documenting processes of the Office, support and develop databases, provide centralized storage and upload in various formats for further end use, which ensures a high level of final data identity, providing on-line access to databases and unlimited access to Internet. Carries out maintenance and development of the website of the Office www.patent.kg, through which users have access to industrial property statistics objects.
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information on the following topics is desired:
- 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
Maintaining a workflow based on SQL and ORACLE databases, as well as Delphi, Visual, PostgreSQL, Java - programming languages;
In general, the information network consists of servers, routers, PCs, scanners, printers.
An internal database on the use of trademarks for trademark examination, regularly updated with a link to the office's website where users can search for trademarks. In addition, the commodity database is integrated with State portal of electronic services of the Kyrgyz Republic “Tunduk”
One of the main tasks of Kyrgyzpatent is to automate the documenting processes of the Office, support and develop databases, provide centralized storage and upload in various formats for further end use, which ensures a high level of final data identity, providing on-line access to databases and unlimited access to Internet. Carries out maintenance and development of the website of the Office www.patent.kg, through which users have access to industrial property statistics objects.
In order to create services that allow online search for information about industrial property objects, integration with information systems of international organizations Conducted videoconferencing with FIIP and discussed possible options for creating services that allow online search for information about industrial property objects protected in states - members of the Eurasian Economic Union. The option of creating a service based on the digital platform of the Russian Federation with the coordinating role of the Commission was chosen. At the moment, work is in a progress.
The monthly published Official Bulletin "Intellectualdyk Menchik", containing information on IP, the Annual Report is distributed during the events dedicated to IP issues, these materials are distributed among the participants.
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
- Office's library (if deals with trademark information): equipment, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign libraries
- Publications related to different business procedures and trademark 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
"Innovation Center" under the State Agency of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Innovation Center is the assignee of the State Patent and Technical Library under Kyrgyzpatent.
The Innovation Center is a subordinate organization Kyrgyzpatent
The purpose of the Innovation Center is to develop and promote the innovation infrastructure in the Kyrgyz Republic to form an appropriate innovation ecosystem in the Kyrgyz Republic.
The objectives of the Innovation Center are:
1) support in the implementation of innovative projects;
2) development and popularization of innovative, youth and social entrepreneurship;
3) development of an appropriate innovation infrastructure for the development and commercialization of innovative projects and start-ups; 4) raising awareness on the development of innovation and intellectual property;
5) support and support of training courses to increase the level of knowledge of children and youth in the field of innovation;
6) formation of a fund of state patent and scientific and technical information and servicing user requests;
7) organization and maintenance of reference and bibliographic apparatus and databases in an automated mode;
8) prompt and complete library and information and bibliographic services for users;
9) organization and holding of events (exhibitions, competitions, seminars, scientific-theoretical and practical conferences and other events) in the field of intellectual property and innovations;
10) implementation of other tasks in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
- provision on a contractual basis to individuals and legal entities of public services provided for by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of public services;
– provision of consulting and reference and information support in the field of creation, provision of legal protection and use of objects of intellectual property;
– assistance in searching for technical information using free and / or commercial patent / non-patent databases, technical journals, as well as training in searching international database systems;
– acquisition of patent, scientific and technical literature and documentation, as well as licensed databases, sources of information on electronic media;
– acquisition of the state patent fund of domestic and foreign patent documentation, literature by acquiring and exchanging with international organizations and foreign patent offices;
– coordination and cooperation of activities with other libraries, bodies of scientific and technical information and other institutions;
All paper sources of information in the field of trademarks are available in the "Innovation Center"
Implementation of a pilot project for the creation and development of Technology and Innovation Support Centers. In order to provide access to specialized databases in the field of intellectual property, as well as to train users to conduct patent research, the Kyrgyz Republic joined in 2010 an international pilot project to establish TISCs, which was initiated by WIPO. The beginning of the project was the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of TISCs in the Kyrgyz Republic, signed between Kyrgyzpatent and WIPO on August 21, 2010 in Geneva. The coordinator of this project is the State IP Fund. The purpose of establishing the TISC network is to facilitate access to knowledge and improve the efficiency of the use of patent and non-patent information, dissemination of knowledge in the field of patent law at the regional level. The centers provide free access to international information resources in the field of intellectual property. Currently, 24 business entities across the country are participating in the project. In order to develop TISCs in 2021, the following work was done: 1. Together with WIPO, a Sub-regional meeting was organized and held online to develop the TISC network in Central Asia. The purpose of the event is to provide an overview of recent trends, as well as the exchange of experience for the implementation of WIPO programs for the establishment and development of TISCs. The meeting provided information on the creation of a network of TISCs in the Kyrgyz Republic: what has been done and achieved over 11 years. During the event, representatives of WIPO and the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) considered issues of improving national, subregional and regional capacity in the provision of services in the areas of activity of the centers. The meeting was attended by representatives of the TISC network of the Kyrgyz Republic. Together with WIPO, an online training workshop was organized and conducted for TISC users and coordinators in the Kyrgyz Republic. The purpose of the event is to share best practices in the development of technologies and innovations using digital resources. During the seminar, issues on the use of patent information of the WIPO INSPIRE programs, the Patent Register Portal, as well as e-Tutorial distance learning, got acquainted with the guide on the definition and use of public domain inventions, the practical use of the ScinceDirect Scopus Databases Access Research4Life programs. As a result of the training seminar, all participants were given certificates.
On May 17-18, short-term courses were held for teachers of KSTU. I. Razzakova, KEU im. M. Ryskulbekova. (Lecturers: Kozhokulova Zh., Zholdubaeva A., Bakiev M.Z., Imanalieva D.K., Musadairova S.S., Karmysheva M.D., Chalova Z.T., Akmatova Ch.A., Iskakova K. A., Torogulov T.O., Sultanbaev A.O., Zhumabaev Zh.Ch.) There were 30 participants.
On November 3, 2021, a short-term course was held for employees of the Military Institute of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic. (Lecturers: A. Alymbaev, A. Attokurova, M. Bakiyev, A. Apazova, S. Musadairova, M. Karmysheva, Z. Chalova, Ch. Akmatova, A. Ismailov) There were 14participants.
December 16-17 this year a short-term course was held for the teaching staff of the Republican Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic named after. Major General of Militia Zh.Sh. Shabirova (RUC MIA KR) (Lecturers: Asel Osmonova - Deputy Head of RTC MIA KR, M. Ormusheva, G. Kaparova, Ch. Akmatova, B. Abyshbaev, T. Abdyldaev, A. Ismailov, A. Mustapakulova) There were 29 participants.
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Information on the following topics is desired:
- International exchange of trademark information in machine-readable form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
- Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to trademark information
- Assistance to developing countries
- Other activities
The official bulletin "Intellectualdyk Menchik" is published monthly on CDs containing information on intellectual property, the annual report is sent to the patent offices of the CIS countries and far abroad as part of exchange information programs
the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Ratification of the Treaty on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin of Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union, signed on February 3, 2020 in Moscow” signed by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on February 26, 2021, .