Service Charter: second quarter 2020 results available
The results of the second quarter of 2020 show the effects of the measures taken by the Office to help customers cope with the difficult situation presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic joins TMclass
As of 10 August 2020, the Department of Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (DIP-LA) has joined TMclass with goods and services in both Lao and English.
European Cooperation: Cyprus completed the digitisation of its registry books
Alicante News July 2020
The aim of Alicante News is to provide up-to-date information on EUIPO-related matters, as well as on other general IP issues, to the users of the EU trade mark and design registration systems.
Uganda joins TMclass and DesignClass
As of 03 August 2020, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is part of TMclass and DesignClass. URSB will now use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass as well as the list of terms from the harmonised database of product indications (HDBPI) in DesignClass.
European Cooperation: Thessaloniki is the first ‘Authenticity’
On 30 July 2020, under the framework of the European Cooperation Project (ECP8) ‘European Network of Authenticities’, the Municipality of Thessaloniki (Greece) became the first certified ‘Authenticity’.
EUIPO’s top 25 e-Users Q2 2020
The ranking of our top online users in the European Union is now available online for the second quarter of 2020
ECP1 – Romania upgrades e-filing for trade marks
The State Office for Inventions and Trademarks of Romania (OSIM) has successfully updated its trade mark e-filing with the support of European Cooperation at the EUIPO.
GII 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic’s Expected Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
The COVID-19 pandemic is severely pressuring a long-building rise in worldwide innovation, likely hindering some innovative activities while catalyzing ingenuity elsewhere, notably in the health sector, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020....