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an effective tool against counterfeiting

Ágnes Vadász, Hungarian Patent Office

April 25 2006

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Problems addressed

Illegal copying of existing trademarks (logos), and industrial designs damage the economy and jeopardize public safety

Identifying and retrieving a trademark or a design within databases is a complex task require classification expertise time-consuming

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Solution Produce a tool to intensify fighting against illegal

copying of existing trademarks (logos), and industrial designs:

eMage database containing Registered Trademark and

Industrial Design (RTID) data from national and regional RTID collections

(AT, FR, HU, PT, WO, OHIM) using multilingual natural language interfaces

(EN, FR, DE, PT) and image processing techniques with pattern

recognition

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Valid figurative trademarks (Total number of the images: 1.013.776)

Content of the database 1Content of the database 1

Name of collections

Number of records Application date (first – last)

Date of publication (first – last)

Last date of registration

ATMARKAustrian

8.522 1994-12-212004-03-05

2004-04-14

FMARK French 668.022 1951-04-132004-10-29

HUMARKHungarian

20.198 1906-05-182003-12-03

2004-06-28

PTMARK Portuguese

42.783 1881-08-282003-10-21

2004-08-24

TMINT International(Madrid)

169.662 1974-03-012004-04-29

CTMARK Community

132.411 1997-03-102004-05-24

2004-05-10

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Valid and non-valid industrial designs Name of the collections

Number of records

Application date (first – last)

Date of publication (first – last)

Last date of registration

DMATAustrian

56.026 1991-01-02 2004-04-14

DMFFrench

172.429 1969-10-172004-09-15

1995-02-282004-11-19

DMHUHungarian

13.651 1960-04-052004-04-13 2004-06-28

1976-02-132004-06-28

DMPT Portuguese

23.774 1858-02-282003-04-21

DMI Internaional(Hague)

58.501 1977-06-222004-02-20

1977-08-202004-03-31

(Total number of images: 1.049.834)

Content of the database 2Content of the database 2

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BenefitsBenefits Simplified access to RTID databases on a cost-

effective and time consuming manner for the following target groups: European customs and police who want to intensify the

fight against counterfeiting Supporting the general public, particularly SMEs to

protect their own trademarks or industrial designs, and to avoid infringements

IP Offices and attorneys (lawyers) who have to perform prior art searches

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Functional modelFunctional model

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Solution (cont.)Solution (cont.)

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Search example 1- Search example 1- TrademarkTrademark

Bounce on shape and color

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Bounce on shape and colorBounce on shape and color

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Example 1- Example 1- TrademarkTrademark full record full record

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Search example 2 - TTrademarkrademark

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Bounce on shape and colorBounce on shape and color

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Search example -Search example - D Designesign

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Bounce on shape and colorBounce on shape and color

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Search example – Search example – FFull recordull record

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About the projectAbout the project

Two-year demonstration project supported by the European Commission in the framework of the eCONTENT Programme

Project period: April 1 2004 – March 31 2006

Status:

Preparing final reports to the EC

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OEPA (Austria)

HPO (Hungary) – Data Integration Center

INPI (France)

INPI (Portugal)

Intrasoft International (Belgium) – Data Center Lingway (France)

LTU Technologies (France) – Computer Center

Partners of the consortiumPartners of the consortium

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According to the contract the eMage service should be self-financing

New proposal in the framework of the eTENeTEN Programme For market validation and initial deployment Pre-requisite: pilot project – eMage

Feasibility study of developing a global access for customs and anti-fraud services eMage supplementary content acquisition adding new RTID collections and languages in the eMage NLP interface

Future of the projectFuture of the project

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Official web site of the eMAGE projectOfficial web site of the eMAGE project

www.emage-ipr.org

Further informationFurther information

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Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention