Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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New optional searchSituation after 3 months

Blanca Arteche – Head of service DCRDS

LM– Alicante – 12/06/2008

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

NEW SEARCH SYSTEM: PARTICIPANTS & PRICE

PARTICIPANTS = PRICE• Price of optional search: 192€ (16 countries *12€)• Cost per CTM: 256€ (16 countries *16€)

• 16 national offices participating in the system (- Benelux)

– Austria

– Bulgaria

– Czech Republic

– Denmark

– Finland

– Greece

– Hungary

– Ireland

– Lithuania

– Poland

– Portugal

– Romania

– Slovakia

– Spain

– Sweden

– United Kingdom

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

OPTIONAL SEARCH STATISTICS

Reception

Date

CTM Only

% O Search

Req.

% Paid 1 M % Total

10 March ‘08

9 June ‘08 18,668 95.4 892 4.5 19,560

10 March ‘08

9 May ‘08 12,923 95.7 585 4.3 479 3.6 13,508

Reception

Date

IR Only

% O Search

Req.

% Paid 1 M % Total

10 March ‘08

5 June ‘08

3,347 99. 9 3 0.1 3,350

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

SEARCH REQUESTS TO NATIONAL OFFICES

Type of TM Before 10/03/08 After 10/03/08

CTM

Pre-NESS CTM+national

1,700 CTM /week to300 /week

About 35 CTM / week

Total: 344 CTM

IR

Pre-NESS CTM+national

No more Only 2 cases

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Extraction Optional searchNESS (CTM + national)

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Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Major requestors (representatives)

52 50 4943 42 37

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Nat. Search Request Total CTMs

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

239

18573

71

55

36

31

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TOP 10 OWNERS BY COUNTRY

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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108

92

75

54

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2019

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TOP 10 REPRESENTATIVES BY COUNTRY