Archive: June, 2013

Progress of quantity of goods retained by customs authority

Progress of quantity of goods retained by customs authority

Progress of quantity of goods retained by customs authority, suspected to infringe an intellectual property right Year 2011 2012 Total quantity (pieces) 6 958 317 4 030 919 Decreasing of number of articles was a consequence of decreasing the number of smuggled cigarettes proved to be counterfeit retained in 2012: from 5 666 280 pieces […]

Statistic Information on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights by Romanian Customs Authority

Statistic Information on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights by Romanian Customs Authority

Progress of applications for customs action lodged by intellectual property rights owners: Year 2011 2012 Total number of applications 758 881 Number of national applications 221 244 Raising awareness among IP rights holders on the important role of customs authorities in countering the traffic with counterfeit goods led to increased numbers of applications for customs […]

The Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic – Part of the Common Harmonized Database on Classification

The Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic – Part of the Common Harmonized Database on Classification

On June 17, 2013 OHIM announced that the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic became the latest part of the Common Harmonized Database on Classification of Goods and Services. This is a result of the expansion in the Harmonization Project for Goods and Services. The complete Czech translations of the Common Harmonized Database is […]