Transcript Community Trade Marks Bulletin

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks & Designs)
User survey on the media to be used
for publication of the Community
Trade Marks Bulletin
March 2002
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CTM Bulletin user survey
Introduction
Questions
Why another Bulletin on CD-ROM
PDF format versus Paper format
Answers
Distribution by type of subscription
Distribution by country of origin
Results
Replacement of the Bulletin on Paper by PDF
ONLINE publication of the Bulletin
Exclusive ONLINE publication
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CTM Bulletin user survey
When was the survey sent to users ?
OAMI-ONLINE - 22 January 2002
Sent to subscribers on first week of February 2002
Deadline for receiving answers ?
15 March 2002
HOW MANY answers have been received ?
100 answers (22% of all paying subscribers)
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Introduction
Do you subscribe to the Community Trade Marks Bulletin?
 YES
 NO
If yes, to which version?
 Bulletin on paper
 Bulletin on CD-ROM (GTITM)
Are you in favour of replacing the paper version of the Community Trade
Marks Bulletin by a PDF version on CD-ROM which retains the layout of the
current Bulletin?
 YES
 NO
Would you be in favour of the publication online of the Communications
Trade Marks Bulletin?
 YES
 NO
If yes, would you agree to use this publication as a replacement for
the other types of publication (paper, CD-ROM)?
 YES
 NO
If no, please give an explanation:
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Introduction
Why another Bulletin on CD-ROM ?
The current Bulletin on CD-ROM is a database software with a
proprietary engine called GTITM.
It does not have the same layout as the Bulletin on paper.
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Introduction
PDF format Bulletin versus Paper format
A Bulletin in PDF format will retain the layout of the current
Bulletin on paper and will appear identical when displayed on
screen.
 Once printed out, the pages of this new Bulletin will look
identical to the pages of the paper version.
All identifying aspects of the publication, such as page
numbers, different sections will be retained and indicated in
the same way as they are on the current paper version of the
Bulletin.
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Results
Distribution of answers by type of subscription
Paper & CD-ROM subscribers
15%
27%
58%
Paper subscribers
CD-ROM subscribers
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Results
Distribution of answers by country of origin
40
37
35
30
25
22
20
15
10
10
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2
2
1
Italian
Denmark
3
Portugal
3
Misc.
Switzerland
Sweden
France
Spain
United
Kingdom
Germany
0
3
Netherlands
5
Belgium
6
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Results
Replacement of the Bulletin on paper by a PDF format on CD-ROM
93%
100%
80%
73%
66%
60%
34%
20%
Paper & cdrom
subscribers
7%
Paper
subscribers
0%
27%
cd-rom
subscribers
40%
NO
26%
YES
74%
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Results
Online publication of the Bulletin
100%
80%
60%
89%
89%
64%
36%
40%
11%
11%
Paper & cdrom
subscribers
cd-rom
subscribers
0%
Paper
subscribers
20%
NO
24%
YES
76%
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CTM Bulletin user survey - Results
Exclusive Online publication of the Bulletin
100%
73%
77%
80%
60%
53%
47%
40%
23%
27%
Paper & cdrom
subscribers
cd-rom
subscribers
0%
Paper
subscribers
20%
YES
52%
NO
48%
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