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Rwanda statistics in respect of intellectual property applications
Sub-Regional Workshop on the Development and Effective Use of Intellectual Property Statistics for ARIPO Member States from 14-16 September 2016
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Content
O COUNTRY INFORMATION O INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK o IP STRUCTURE O IP PROCESSING O STATISTICS O USE OF IP STATISTICS O CHALLENGES
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1.COUNTRY INFORMATION
O Country information
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Con’t O population: An estimate Rwanda's population to be
11,533,446 in 2016 O Superficy: 26,338 square kilometers O Climate: Rwanda's high elevation makes the climate
temperate; rainy seasons (febr-May, Sept- Dec) alterning with sunny seasons.
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INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
O Policy makers (art 11 , art 12): Ministry of Trade and Industries and Ministry of Sport and Culture;
O IP implementor (art 13): office of the Registrar General/ Rwanda Development Board;
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Con’t Implementor mandates: O Granting authentic industrial property titles
provided by law; O Regestering of applications for titles of
industrial property, publishing, calculating and extending their deadlines and scope and managing all related matters;
O Promoting the spirit of creativity and technological innovation;
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Con’t Encouraging the inventive activity and
creation of new technologies and their industrial or commercial use;
Arbitrate all disputes arising from industrial property.
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IP structure
Division manager
Taking decision on all IP activities
Documentation and publication officer
Phonetic search , publication
Registrqtion and registration officer
Madrid applications renewals and all
recordals
Registration and promotion officer
All IP new applications
Team leader
Examination of all local applications and copyright
registration
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IP PROCESSING
1. What are protected?
O Industrial Property
•Patents ( Invention) •Utility Models (Innovation) •Trademarks (certification, collective, trade name) •Industrial Designs •Geographical Indications
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Con’t
O Copyright
•Literature work; •Artistic work; •Scientific work; •Handcraft; •National floklore;
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Use of IP statistics
O The IP statistics are used by other local stakeholders (Ministries, Agencies and private sector);
O The IP Publication is done every month and published on RDB website, accessible to the public if needed;
O IP statistics are annually reported to ARIPO and WIPO, using the required format submitted by them
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Statistics
APPLICATIONS FROM 2014-2015
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY STATUS 2014 2015 TRADEMARKS APPLICATIONS
Residents 101 246 Non-residents
495 413
registrations 596 659 PATENTS APPLICATIONS
Residents 5 6 Non-residents
7 0
registrations 0 0 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATIONS
Residents 1 5 Non-residents
0 0
registrations 0 0 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Residents 2 5 Non-residents
5 0
registrations 0 0
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE APPLICATIONS
0 0 0
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION APPLICATIONS
0 0 0
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY STATUS 2014 2015 TRADEMARKS APPLICATIONS
Residents 101 246 Non-residents
495 413
registrations 596 659 PATENTS APPLICATIONS
Residents 5 6 Non-residents
7 0
registrations 0 0 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATIONS
Residents 1 5 Non-residents
0 0
registrations 0 0 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Residents 2 5 Non-residents
5 0
registrations 0 0
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE APPLICATIONS
0 0 0
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION APPLICATIONS
0 0 0
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY STATUS 2014 2015 TRADEMARKS APPLICATIONS
Residents 101 246 Non-residents
495 413
registrations 596 659 PATENTS APPLICATIONS
Residents 5 6 Non-residents
7 0
registrations 0 0 UTILITY MODEL APPLICATIONS
Residents 1 5 Non-residents
0 0
registrations 0 0 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Residents 2 5 Non-residents
5 0
registrations 0 0
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE APPLICATIONS
0 0 0
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION APPLICATIONS
0 0 0
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Challenges
O Recovering of destroyed documents during the Genocide;
O The implementation of IPAS version is not yet finished, allowing the users to have a better reporting system
O The office is understaffing compared to the development of IP and the increase of IP applications (Madrid, Harare and local applications)
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MURAKOZE