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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1988

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DIVISION OF THE

ITS LABOUR DEPARTMENT, APART FROM

NORMAL FUNCTION

A OF PROVIDING

WAS DIRECT JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE TO BOTH EMPLOYERS AND JOB-SEEKERS,

THE NEED AWARE OF

TO STRENGTHEN ITS EFFORTS ΤΟ HELP EMPLOYERS

THEREBY REDUCING THE PUBLICISE JOB OPPORTUNITIES EFFECTIVELY, TAKEN TO FILL VACANT POSTS AS WELL AS ATTRACTING MORE TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT.

TIME

JOB-SEEKERS

ΤΟ

"IT IS WITH THESE AIMS IN MIND THAT THIS

MR HAMMOND ADDED.

JOB-BAZAAR HAS BEEN

ORGANISED,

SIXTEEN FIRMS REPRESENTING 13 TRADES AND INDUSTRIES TAKE IN THE EVENT WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FRIDAY.

PART

TOGETHER, THEY PROVIDE JOB-SEEKERS WITH AN ARRAY OF JOB

MARKET INFORMATION. OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER LABOUR

SOME WILL CONDUCT RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES ON THE SPOT.

ALSO

MORE TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS REGISTERED IN 1987

THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS OF TRADE MARKS AND RE-REGISTRATIONS OF PATENTS RECORDED IN THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT HAD INCREASED IN 1987, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL. MR NOEL GLEESON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AS A RESULT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW TYPE OF PART B REGISTRATION UNDER THE TRADE MARKS { AMENDMENT} ORDINANCE 1985 ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1986, THE TRADE MARKS REGISTRY CONTINUED ΤΟ SHOW A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED 8, 510 1987 AS AGAINST 7,686 IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

TH

IN

AT 3,460, THE NUMBER OF NEW TRADE MARKS REGISTERED WAS HIGHER THAN THE 1986 FIGURE OF 3,120, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRADE MARKS NOW REGISTERED TO 48.616.

IN THE PATENTS REGISTRY, THE NUMBER OF UNITED KINGDOM PATENTS RE-REGISTERED LOCALLY DURING 1987 WAS 1,020, AS AGAINST 1,010 IN 1986.

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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE" OR VALID PATENTS RE-REGISTERED WAS NOW APPROXIMATELY 13,000. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE A PRECISE FIGURE AS THIS DEPENDED ON THE "LIVES" OR VALIDITY, OF THE PATENTS AS ORIGINALLY REGISTERED IN THE UK PATENTS OFFICE IN LONDON.

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