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Customer:

Contractor:

Public Opinion Survey on Awareness of Possibilities on Protection of Industrial

Property

February 2008

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Methodology

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Methods of the Survey

It covered all territory of the country. Totally 95 selected points located so they reflected all regions of the country. The company Spinter tyrimai making public opinion and market polls conducted a survey of Lithuanian population using a method of

Omnibus on 5-16 April 2007. Goal of the survey

Determine awareness of population of possibilities on protection of industrial property. To compare results of the survey with the survey results conducted in April 2007.

Method of the survey

A poll is a standard interview, using a standard questionnaire agreed with the Customer. A professional interviewer conducts a standard interview. He/she has a talk with a respondent according to prepared questions and writes the answers into the questionnaire.

Location of the survey

It covered all territory of the country. Totally 95 selected points located so they reflected all regions of the country. Target group

The survey covered population of Lithuania from 18 to 65 years of age. Sample of the survey

1,002 respondents were questioned during the survey. Sampling

Multi-stage stratified probability sampling method was used in the survey. This sampling method guarantees data representation, i.e., each household of the country has equal possibilities to be questioned and sampled population according to the target criteria conform to general population.

Results of the survey represent opinions and evaluation of the target group at the age from 18 to 65 years. Analysis of the data

Data analysis was conducted using SPSS/PC software.

The report includes general distribution of answers (percent) and distribution according to social and demographic characteristics (see Appendices).

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Statistical Error

In selective quantitative analysis there is always a possibility for a statistical error, which should be considered in interpretation of the data. For instance, if after questioning 1,002 respondents we got the results that 46.9% of the interviewed people had heard of possibilities on protection of trademarks and industrial property, then there is 95 percent probability that the actual value is between 43.8 and 50.0 percent.

 Accuracy assessment decreases when the number of analysed answers is decreasing. Below please find a chart which helps to estimate the statistical error.

% % % % % % % % %

3 5 10 15 20 25 30 40 50

97 95 90 85 80 75 70 60 50

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100 3.4 4.4 6.0 7.1 8.0 8.7 9.2 9.8 10

200 2.4 3.1 4.2 5.0 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.1

300 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.1 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.8

400 1.7 2.2 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.9 5.0

500 1.5 1.9 2.7 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.44.5

750 1.2 1.6 2.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.7

1,000 1.1 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.1

55

4

28

30

36

13

16

11

6

5

27

6

2

3

10

8

4

23

64

5Manager of the

highest/ intermediateSpecialist, clerk

Worker, technicalemployee

Minor businessmn

Farmer

Unemployed

Retired

Student, pupil

Housewife

SingleMarried, lives with a

cohabitantOther

Vilnius

Kaunas

Klaipėda

Šiauliai

PanevėžysDistrict center,district town

Rural area

47

53

28

38

24

9

16

22

21

19

22

16

73

11

Male

Female

18-25 years of age

26-35 years of age

36-45 years of age

46-55 years of age

56 years old and over

University/ unfinisheduniversity

Secondary/ spec.secondary

Unfinished secondary

Up to 500 LTL

501-1,000 LTL

1,001-1,500 LTL

Over 1,500 LTL

Social and Demographic Characteristics of Respondents

Gender

Age

Revenue, for one person of the

household per month

Occupation

Marital status

Education

Residence

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Results of the Survey

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Have you heard /are you aware of the possibilities on protection of inventions, trademarks and industrial

design? (%)

N=1004

2008 February

2007 April

N=1002

Respondents having university//unfinished university education, living in cities, married/living with cohabitants have heard of it, representatives of the highest revenue, residents of the biggest cities and managers of the highest and intermediate level more often indicated that they knew possibilities on protection of inventions, trademarks and industrial design.

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Would you register inventions, trademarks and industrial design in order to protect them? (%)

N=1004 N=1002

2008 February

2007 April

Men expressed a more positive attitude towards registration of inventions, trademarks and industrial design.

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46

31

20

37

27

9

10

38

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0,1

0,3

0,4

1

2

3

4

6

7 4

1

4

0,2

1

0,1

0,2

State Patent Bureau

Lithuanian Council of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

State Enterprise Center of Registers

Patent Attorneys of the Republic of Lithuania

Ministry of Justice

Independent Association of Collective Administration ofCopyright and Neghbouring Rights

Competition Council

Court

Ministry of Culture

Lithuanian Technical Library

Customs Department

Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau

Plant Varieties Testing Center

N/ A

If you had to register your inventions, trademarks and industrial design in order to protect them, where would

you apply?(%)

N=1004 N=1002

2008 February

2007 April

Residents of the biggest cities and district centers/district towns indicated the State Patent Bureau most often.

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Would you prefer that training curriculum on protection of inventions, trademarks and designs in the Lithuanian were

taught in education establishments? (%)

N=1004 N=1002

2008 February

2007 April

Survey participants having higher education and bigger revenue expressed their positive attitude towards training curriculums on protection of inventions, trademarks and design taught in the education establishments.

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Have you ever heard/are you aware that you may obtain legal protection for inventions, trademarks or industrial design

in all Europe as well? (%)

N=1004 N=1002

2008 February

2007 April

Representatives having higher education and high revenue indicated more often that they had heard of such a possibility. Men, residents of bigger cities and district centers/district towns indicated that they had heard of such a possibility more often but could not specify institutions providing such services.

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Conclusion

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Conclusion

As compared to results of the survey conducted in April 2007, the number of people (from 8% to 11%) who were aware of the possibilities on protection of inventions, trademarks and industrial design increased. Besides 48% of the respondents indicated that they had heard of it, however they did not know specific possibilities.

76% of the survey participants indicated that they would register/most likely to register inventions, trademarks or industrial design in order to protect them. In April 2007 61% of the respondents expressed this kind of attitude.

If there is need for registration of the inventions, trademarks or industrial design people would apply to the State Patent Bureau (46%; in April 2007 - 37 %) most often . Besides, the number of respondents who would apply to the Lithuanian Council of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in such a case also increased (from 27% in April 2007 to 31% in February 2008). The third choice would be the State Establishment Centre of Registers (7%).

Survey results demonstrate that respondents expressed a more definite attitude towards defining training curriculum on protection of inventions, trademarks or design in education institutions in Lithuania: both a number approving of this suggestion (from 48% in year 2007 to 53% in year 2008) and disapproving of it increased (from 23%in year 2007 to 30% in year 2008).

8% of the questioned people indicated that they were aware of a possibility to obtain legal protection of inventions, trademarks and designs in all Europe, too. Additionally 41% admitted that they had heard of such a possibility, however they could not specify institutions providing such services.

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