Gazette for Patents and Trade Marks - the official journal of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

In compliance with Article 13(1) of the Act XC of 2005 on the freedom of electronic information, the official journal of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, the Gazette for Patents and Trade Marks, is officially published online, free of charge, in PDF format on the website of the Office from January 2006.

From 1 January 2008 onward, the national and international trade mark columns of the Gazette for Patents and Trade Marks appear twice a month. The test of producing the Gazette in electronic form by a new, automatic method has been successfully completed. Thus, from July 2010, users can access the Gazette for Patents and Trade Marks in a renewed form on the website of the Office. As a result of the automatic generation of data, the time required for the production of the Gazette has significantly decreased, while the consistency of its data content has been considerably improved.

The data content of the Gazette for Patents and Trade Marks has not been changed, it is, however, displayed in a single column format to make it easy to use and to facilitate search in it. The Gazette continues to be published in PDF format and is certified by electronic signature. The frequency of its publication remains unchanged, thus the national and international trade mark columns of the Gazette continue to be published twice a month.