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TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2012
No more OHIM Bulletin Search
Strange changes are happening in OHIM's databases. This posting concerns the Community Designs Bulletin, which records data on designs as they were at the point of registration.
It used to be searchable, either with a simple search or (via the site search) using Boolean searches (AND, OR etc). The Boolean possibility disappeared some years ago, alas. I noticed problems with the simple Bulletin search back in November 2011 and asked OHIM about them. I have just had the reply: "as of the 2nd of February the functionality of searching within the RCD-Bulletin is not available anymore". The search interface has accordingly disappeared.
You would hope this would not be a problem, because in its place OHIM advertise "New powerful solution for searching all OHIM resources: eSearch Plus". However, so far as I can see, eSearch certainly does not search "all OHIM resources" - specifically, it does not search the Bulletin.
It does search the RCD-Online database. However, that database appears only to capture the current state of the Register of Community Designs. If a design has been transferred after registration, for instance, a search by original proprietor will miss it, whereas searching the Bulletin would have found it. I have tested this. So some functionality has definitely been lost.
I believe there are also problems with RCD-Online and the eSearch plus facility (which is only in beta at present). I have asked OHIM for answers and will report the outcome in future postings. Posted by: David Musker @ 14.32
Tags: bulletin, OHIM, Registered Community design, search,
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No more OHIM Bulletin Search
It used to be searchable, either with a simple search or (via the site search) using Boolean searches (AND, OR etc). The Boolean possibility disappeared some years ago, alas. I noticed problems with the simple Bulletin search back in November 2011 and asked OHIM about them. I have just had the reply: "as of the 2nd of February the functionality of searching within the RCD-Bulletin is not available anymore". The search interface has accordingly disappeared.
You would hope this would not be a problem, because in its place OHIM advertise "New powerful solution for searching all OHIM resources: eSearch Plus". However, so far as I can see, eSearch certainly does not search "all OHIM resources" - specifically, it does not search the Bulletin.
It does search the RCD-Online database. However, that database appears only to capture the current state of the Register of Community Designs. If a design has been transferred after registration, for instance, a search by original proprietor will miss it, whereas searching the Bulletin would have found it. I have tested this. So some functionality has definitely been lost.
I believe there are also problems with RCD-Online and the eSearch plus facility (which is only in beta at present). I have asked OHIM for answers and will report the outcome in future postings. Posted by: David Musker @ 14.32
Tags: bulletin, OHIM, Registered Community design, search,
Perm-A-Link: https://www.marques.org/blogs/class99?XID=BHA317
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