EUIPO

The EUIPO and the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) are stepping up their cooperation to more effectively tackle criminal abuse of intellectual property rights in the field of counterfeiting and online piracy. A Service Level Agreement (SLA) was signed to boost Eurojust’s capacity and expand its expertise to support complex investigations in […]...

In his latest video update the EUIPO’s Executive Director, Christian Archambeau, talks about the second window to apply for an SME Fund grant. The SME Fund is a €20 million scheme created to help European small to medium-sized enterprises access their intellectual property rights. [#item_full_content]...

A lot has happened since the 2018 EU Blockathon, which initiated the Anti-counterfeiting Blockathon Forum – the ecosystem of a motivated, innovative community dedicated to solving the global phenomenon of fakes with the help of technology. Based on the shared knowledge and expertise gained from these years, the EUIPO has decided to engage further to […]...

On 11 and 12 March the User Associations which are part of the EUIPO User Group participated to the 30th User Group Meeting, held in two online sessions. [#item_full_content]...

The EUIPO Executive Director and the new Director General of ARIPO held a virtual meeting to agree on future steps for cooperation. [#item_full_content]...

On 10 March 2021, the Executive Director held an online Heads meeting with the new Director General of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO), Ms Kathrine Myhre. [#item_full_content]...

Check out our newly launched webpage on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Here you will find information on all the different services provided and on the many benefits the service brings to the user. [#item_full_content]...

The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB) has successfully upgraded its back office system to SP Back Office. The upgrade was completed on 18 February 2021. This was possible thanks to the close cooperation between the EUIPO and the SPB project teams and their partners. [#item_full_content]...

The EUIPO held a two-day virtual expert meeting with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on 3 and 4 March. This annual event between the two offices is part of the EUIPO’s bilateral cooperation activities with the JPO. [#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]...