Month: July 2021

The Executive Director Christian Archambeau reports on the record filing numbers over the first six months of 2021 and on future plans to support SMEs in partnership with other stakeholders including the Member State IP offices. [#item_full_content]...

As of 14 July 2021, the General Directorate of Intellectual Property of Honduras (DIGEPIH) will be included in TMclass. [#item_full_content]...

As of 12 July 2021, the Trinidad and Tobago Intellectual Property Office (TTIPO) and the Commerce and Intellectual Property Office of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (CIPO-VC) will be included in TMclass. [#item_full_content]...

On 1 July the Industrial Property Registrations Directorate (IPRD) of the Maltese Commerce Department installed an IP Register in Blockchain node and transferred 60 000 records to TMview and DesignView through a blockchain network. [#item_full_content]...

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Invest Europe, the world’s largest association of private capital providers, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote and encourage activities and services that support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). [#item_full_content]...

As of 5 July 2021, the Intellectual Property Office of Saint Kitts and Nevis (IPOSKN) will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass. [#item_full_content]...

The EUIPO’s Customer Panel on Training met on 18 June and 1 July to exchange views on how the EUIPO Academy’s learning offer can better meet the needs of IP legal practitioners and IP paralegals with improved or new products and services. [#item_full_content]...

The SME Fund, the EUIPO’s initiative that grants financial aid for intellectual property matters, is open throughout July. [#item_full_content]...

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. [#item_full_content]...