EUIPO Customer Panel on the new Key User Programme
The EUIPO Customer Panel on the new Key User Programme met today, 19 October, for the last of a series of two online workshops dedicated to EUIPO’s support services to customers....
Guidelines available in 23 official languages of the EU
The EUIPO guidelines, which were adopted by the Executive Director on 12 December 2019 (Decision No EX-19-4) and have been in force since 1 February 2020, are now available in 23 official languages of the European Union. They can be consulted online here....
Update from the Executive Director of the EUIPO
The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has released a new video update on the latest developments at the Office....
Gründer + Startups: Erfolgreich mit den richtigen Schutzrechten
Lassen Sie sich in diesem kostenlosen Seminar vom DPMA und dem EUIPO von unseren Experten über Marken- und Designschutz auf nationaler und europäischer Ebene informieren und verhelfen Sie Ihrem Unternehmen durch die richtigen Schutzrechte zu mehr Wachstum....
Virtual User Group meeting
The meeting gathered 18 representatives of 12 User Associations. The Executive Director, Christian Archambeau, addressed the meeting by updating the participants on the impact of COVID-19 on the Office’s activities and its users, as well as an outline of the upcoming strategic and institutional agenda....
Publication of CP8 Common Communication
The CP8 Common Practice on ‘Use of a mark in a form differing from the one registered’ was adopted by the Management Board by written procedure in May 2020, following official acknowledgement sent by all IPOs in April 2020....
CARIFORUM and EU take stock of CarIPI initiative
On 14 October, the CARIFORUM Directorate along with Intellectual Property (IP) Offices of its Member States, the European Union, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), met virtually to discuss the present and future activities of CarIPI, a European Development Fund (EDF) initiative, which aims to promote and boost innovation and IP rights in […]...
Leading high-tech global IP offices meet virtually at EUIPO
From 14-16 October, 84 representatives from 37 leading high-tech global IP offices will take part in the Vancouver Group meeting, hosted by the EUIPO....
Use of IPR bundles by EU Firms
This new study published by the EUIPO through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights looks at EU firms’ simultaneous use of patents, trade marks and registered designs to protect their innovation....
Holy Smokes, Batman: Caped Crusader is the Go-To Franchise Character for Movies and Gaming Over the Decades
Batman, Dracula and Spiderman are the top three most-used franchise characters from movies and video games in the world’s biggest media market over the past four decades, according to the first installment of a new series of “Creative Economy Notes” unveiled by WIPO Director General Daren Tang at the Frankfurt Book Fair....