EUIPO

The CP11 Common Practice on ‘New types of marks: Examination of formal requirements and grounds for refusal’ was adopted by the Management Board by written procedure in October 2020 [#item_full_content]...

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has met Ms Helena König, Deputy Director-General, and Ms María Martin-Prat, Director responsible for Intellectual Property, of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) via videolink on 12 April 2021. [#item_full_content]...

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, and Dr Vojko Toman, the Director of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), met online on 8 April 2021. [#item_full_content]...

On 6 April, the Executive Director of the EUIPO and the Director of the National Institute of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KAZPATENT), Mr Yerbol Ospanov, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding providing the basis for technical bilateral cooperation activities. [#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]...

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]...

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]...

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