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Forum on IP and SME’s

Forum on IP and SME’s. Christel Heremans Head of Department Service & Information cheremans@bmb-bbm.org. Electronic services of the BTO. E-filing On-line search Subscription on later trademarks E-newsletter. Electronic filing. BMBConnect user-friendly.

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Forum on IP and SME’s

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  1. Forum on IP and SME’s Christel Heremans Head of Department Service & Information cheremans@bmb-bbm.org

  2. Electronic services of the BTO • E-filing • On-line search • Subscription on later trademarks • E-newsletter

  3. Electronic filing

  4. BMBConnect user-friendly • Most recent internet technology • No special license to purchase • No special programs to install • Can be used on-line • Can be used off-line

  5. BMBConnect can also: • Use its own internal database • Extract data from clients database • Write data in clients database • Generate XML output

  6. BMBConnect vs Paper filing

  7. Users per hour in April 2005

  8. On-line search • Complete register on-line • Search mask includes: • Trademark name • Registration number • Application number • Consult the complete registration or application

  9. Disadvantages of BTO search on-line • Have to consult 3 registers • Search only possible on identical trademarks or trademark elements • Monthly official publication = monthly update of registration data • Limited status history

  10. 2006: BOIP on-line • New Benelux Treaty • Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) • Abolition of the obligatory search

  11. Advantages search on-line 2006 • One register • More search options • Daily publication of registrations, renewals and modifications • Complete status history

  12. Subscription on later trademarks • Request is for one year • Initially only via e-mail • Totally computerized

  13. Subscription on later trademarks • Electronic version: • Daily • Once in two weeks • Monthly • Paper version: • Once in two weeks • Monthly

  14. BTO Newsletter • For trademark agents & other professionals • Three-monthly • Dutch and French • www.bmb-bbm.org

  15. BTO Newsletter

  16. Thank you for your attention! • www.bmbconnect.org • www.bmb-bbm.org

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