Month: March 2021

After being unanimously adopted by the Management Board of the EUIPO in November 2020, the CP12 Common Practice/Recommendations on ‘Evidence in trade mark appeal proceedings’ has now been published across the EU. [#item_full_content]...

1 April marks the anniversary of the first application received at the EUIPO [#item_full_content]...

The National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti) has published a practice paper on the criteria for assessing the disclosure of designs on the internet and to provide recommendations thereof. [#item_full_content]...

One year after the launch of its beta version, the first official eRegister is now live. eRegister allows access to historical records of EU trade marks and registered Community designs and it increases their traceability by allowing users to see what information has been changed, when it was changed and why it was changed. [#item_full_content]...

Today, 29 March 2021, the Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, had a first virtual meeting withthe new Director General, Mr Vuttikrai Leewiraphan,of the [#item_full_content]...

The EUIPO has once again been recognised for its innovative environmental practices by the Green Apple Environment Awards. [#item_full_content]...

The project definitions and the recommended scopes of the convergence projects CP13 ‘Trade mark applications made in bad faith’ and CP14 ‘Trade marks contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality’ were successfully acknowledged at the recent Liaison Meeting on 19 March 2021, following consultation at the User Group meeting on 12 March. […]...

The short movie IPdentical is recognised as a great example of an awareness-raising campaign to link IP with the new millennial generation [#item_full_content]...

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, held an online meeting with the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Ms Elisa Ferreira, on 22 March 2021. [#item_full_content]...

The EUIPO hosted the 6th annual meeting of the Anti-Scam Network on 22 March 2021. [#item_full_content]...