Forum on IP and SME’s
Electronic services of the BTO
• E-filing
• On-line search • Subscription on later trademarks • E-newsletter
Electronic filing
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
BMBConnect can also:
• Use its own internal database
• Extract data from clients database • Write data in clients database
• Generate XML output
BMBConnect vs Paper filing
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 paper bmbconnect
Users per hour in April 2005
On-line search
• Complete register on-line • Search mask includes:
- Trademark name - Registration number - Application number
• Consult the complete registration or application
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
2006: BOIP on-line
• New Benelux Treaty
• Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) • Abolition of the obligatory search
Advantages search on-line 2006
• One register
• More search options • Daily publication of registrations, renewals and modifications • Complete status history
Subscription on later trademarks
• Request is for one year
• Initially only via e-mail • Totally computerized
Subscription on later trademarks
Electronic version: • Daily • Once in two weeks • Monthly Paper version: • Once in two weeks • Monthly
BTO Newsletter
• For trademark agents & other professionals • Three-monthly
• Dutch and French • www.bmb-bbm.org
BTO Newsletter
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