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The page is divided into three tabs:

1. The search tab is your basic interface to find records of interest. It has four options: The simple Search (the default), advanced search, realtime search, and image search.
2. Gazette is the official publication of the Madrid System. Every week the International Bureau publishes data regarding new international registrations, renewals, subsequent designations and modifications affecting existing international registrations. Note that the same information should be available by searching, which is updated daily, but the gazette provides an easy way to see all the official information published by WIPO each week.
3. Support contains general information and this help file to help you use this system.

You'll notice that each time you enter a new search term or filter, both the list in the Search Results area and the numbers shown in the Filters area are immediately updated to reflect your change, allowing you to quickly narrow your search to particular areas of interest, or spot trends and correlations you might have missed.

Each area of the page contains a small help icon to link you directly to details specifically about that area, with in-depth explanations of the contents and functionality provided. If you run into any problems, or have questions not addressed in this help file or the FAQ, don't hesitate to contact us with your question.

Simply enter the terms you are looking for, and the system will automatically determine what sort of search you are performing. As you type, possible matching terms will be suggested, and which fields you are searching in will be shown below your term. If you want to specify the field you want to search in instead of relying on automatic selection, just select the field from the list by clicking in the menu. You can select as many fields from a single category as necessary. After you've entered as many terms as you require, just press the 'search' button to perform your search.

The advanced search option allows for more complicated searches in more fields than the simple search area. Each field supports the same set of operators and wildcards, and provides automatic suggestions for terms that may match what you are typing. Each category in the search area contains several fields by default, and a drop-down menu that allows you to select from additional, less commonly used, fields. For more specific information about the specific search capabilities of each area, see the help for each individual area: Numbers, Mark, Name, Date, Class, Country and Other.Realtime SearchData searched via the Simple and Advanced search options are only updated once per day. For most purposes, this will give you all the information you need, but if you want to get the latest, most up-to-date data associated with your registration, check on its progress through the examination process, or search for information not yet inscribed in the Madrid Registeof another request, or other procedural issue.r, use the real-time status option.

The image search feature allows you to rank the results of your search by their visual similarity to an image you specify. You may, of course, use an image as your sole search term, thus ranking the entire collection of images by their similarity to your source image, but the sorting of the millions of images in our collection may take a few seconds to process.

Filtering by image is broken down into three steps:

1. First, specify an image to compare to. You can do this by either:
   • Click the browse button and select an image file from your local computer. Please note that we can only analyze JPG, GIF, BMP and PNG files
   • Drag an image from your desktop or another browser window directly into the image filter.
   • Drag an image from your result set directly into the image filter to use an image already in the database as your source image
   If you want to select a different image than the one you've already selected, either drag another one into the image filter, or first click the delete button to remove the current image and subsequently select another.
2. Next, select an image comparison method. Each method has advantages and disadvantages, and works better for particular types of source images, and particular desired results. You can try each strategy and see which works best for your search
   • Concept This method uses Artificial Intelligence to identify concepts represented in your image, and find other images which are determined by AI to contain the same concepts. Only those images which are identified as representing similar concepts will be returned, so this method will return a smaller set of results than other methods, but can provide results not otherwise possible.
   • Shape This comparison method looks only at the distribution of lines in your source image, and looks for similar images in our collection. Color is completely ignored for this type of search.
   • Color This comparison method looks only at the colors in the image, and how they are distributed in the image. It's not as effective at matching shapes as the Shape method, but is the most accurate for matching colors.
   • Composite This option uses both color and line information in it's analysis, but since it uses both simultaneously, it's not as accurate as other options, but you may still receive interesting results.
   Our goal in providing the different image comparison options is to allow you to customize your search to match the particular needs of the brand you are investigating. Not all images will provide useful comparison results, as all these options work best with simple shapes and designs. We will be constantly developing new and improved image analysis options as technology improves.
3. Thirdly, you may (optionally) select a type or types of image to search against.
   • Verbal These are marks that are determined to have only a textual element of some form, without being noted as having a design element. You can find any of these marks by searching in the Mark field. Note that these are only records which contain an image. If the brand is purely textual and doesn't have an associated image, this filter will not match.
   • Nonverbal This will match images that are determined to have no textual element at all, but only some form of device, shape, color, scent or sound.
   • Combined This will match images associated with records that are determined to have both a textual and non-textual element.
   Note that you can use the filter options in step 3 without specifying an image if you wish, but image searching is at its most effective when you combine the two types of filtering.

After completing these three steps, click the filter button, and your results will be sorted according to their visual similarity to your source image. This is most effective if you choose the Grid view from your display options so you can easily page through large sets of results to see if any records are of interest.

This is main search area, which lets you specify any specific terms you wish to search for. Each field supports a standard set of operators (OR, AND, NOT, proximity, fuzzy), and as you enter terms into a particular field, you will be provided with suggestions as to potential matching terms in our database. After you enter any queries into the fields in each tab, click the search button to add those terms into the Current Search area and see the matching records in Results area.

The different types of searchable fields are divided into separate tabs for convenience, and specific information and hints are available in the help for each individual tab: Text, Names, Numbers, Dates, Class, Country and Other.

In Madrid Monitor, each query is divided into terms and operators. Terms can either be single words (e.g. syringe) or a multiple words surrounded by quotes (e.g. "hypodermic needle"). Terms can then be modified or combined together to perform a more complex query using one of the following types of operators:

Using the Phonetic option lets you search for terms that sound like the term you enter. e.g. Searching for coco will match 'koko', 'cocoa', 'choko' and many others. This type of search is only available in the Mark field. You can identify a phonetic term in the field by its MARK_P: field.

The Number search area lets you search for numbers associated with each record. The fields are contained in this area are:

1. The International Registration Number field will search for the numbers assigned to the record at the time of publication. This is the most common reference number used to describe a particular record.
2. The Basic number field will search for the basic registration or application number associated with each international registration. If you want to specifically search in just the basic registration or basic application fields, these options are also available.
3. The Priority Number field will search for the priority number listed in any of the priority information fields listed for the record
4. The Gazette field searches for records that have any transaction that was published in the gazette. This should be formatted like: 2012/2.
5. The Original Gazette field searches for only the original gazette the registration was published in, ignoring any subsequent transactions in other gazettes.
6. The Reference Number field will search for international marks associated with a particular internal WIPO reference number. This number is typically only of interest to the holders of marks, and can be found in the Realtime status tab of each individual record.

The Mark Search tab lets you search for text terms directly related to the trademark. The fields are contained in this area are:

1. Trademark lets you search for textual elements of the mark. As you type, suggestions will pop up to help you find terms that might find a match in our database. Just to the right of the Trademark label, a menu allows you to select the type of search you want to conduct in this field.
   • Normal searches for exact matches to the term(s) you enter. You can still use wildcards and operators to modify your query if you wish, but the terms will otherwise be interpreted exactly as you have entered them.
   • Phonetic searches for terms that sound like the term(s) you enter. See the Phonetic Matching section for further details. For ease of use, this option is also shown as the Phonetic field.
   • Fuzzy searches for terms that are spelled similarly to the term(s) you enter. See the Fuzzy Matching section for further details.
   • Stemming option enables matching other forms of the term(s) you enter. See the Stemming section for further details.
2. The Transliteration field lets you search for any transliterated text associated with the mark. The field is optional; even if the mark was not originally submitted in a non-latin alphabet, it may not include a transliteration.
3. The Transliteration fields lets you search for any translations of the words in the mark. This field is optional; even if the mark was not originally submitted in a different language, a translation may not exist
4. Description lets you search for text in the description of the mark. Note that many, if not most international registrations do not include any description, so only use this field if you are relatively certain it applies to the records you are looking for.

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