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Annex 8. Project Proposal Establishment of Digital Libraries for Public Access to Industrial Property Rights Information. Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria. Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria. PROJECT BENEFICIARY Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO).
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Annex 8 Project ProposalEstablishment of Digital Libraries for Public Access to Industrial Property Rights Information Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria PROJECT BENEFICIARY Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (BPO)
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria Overall Objectives: • Industry promoton and competitive power enhancement of Bulgarian business • SME’s development stimulating, innovation policy activating • Corrupcy failure best conditions via Internet access to Industrial Property (IP) Rights information for customs, courts, police etc.
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria Background: • BPO protects IP rights - patents, trademarks, industrial designs, new plant varieties and animal breeds • BPO publishes Official Bulletin for all IP rights, maintains patent collections, carries out international exchange of IP rights information • BPO supports databases for IP rights • BPO provides public and State institution services and IP rights information • BPO represents Bulgaria as a member state of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria Patent collections supported by BPO consist of: • - Over 19 000 000 patent specifications on paper from 25 countries and 2 international organizations • - Over 9 000 000 patent specifications on CD-ROM from 31 countries and 2 international organizations
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria Problems: • Electronical IP databases technical unfitness for Internet incorporation. • Electronical IP databases diversity • Electronic IP databases platforms incompatibility (Informix, Oracle)
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria Expected Results: • Intellectual Property Digital Libraries (IPDL) implementation • IPDL Internet incorporation • Limited access to valuable IP rights information overcome for economic competitive policy • Fast and secure access throughout state-of-the-art technical means to important information for R & D and innovation activities in Universities and scientific institutes • Harmonization to global trends in international exchange in IP rights area
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria • Estimated project amount - 350 000 EUR • Project term - 12 months
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria Project requirements: • IPDL software and hardware • Security measures software and hardware • BPO staff education and training in IPDL technical support and usage
Patent Office of the Republic ofBulgaria Bulgarian Counterpart: Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria Mrs. Tsonka Taushanova President 52-B, Dr. G.M.Dimitrov Blvd. 1797 Sofia Bulgaria Tel: + 3592 7113 302 Fax: + 3592 708 325