Survey of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 annual technical reports on trademark information activities
The activities of some 50 intellectual property offices world-wide in the field of trademark information are summarised for the period 19971999. The summary is presented under eight standard headings, as far as relevant, for each country. Activity varies enormously from just a handful of applications through to Sweden, Brazil and Germany (over 75K each), Republic of Korea (over 117K), Japan (over 121K), and China (over 159K); the numbers are increasing steadily in most countries. The Nice and Vienna Classifications are the preferred retrieval aids. The author concludes that progress on automation and electronic delivery of trademark information closely mirrors that on patent information activities.
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