EUIPO

On 21 September 2020, the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) successfully integrated its front office and back office systems. This will allow trade marks and designs filed in the front office to be automatically available in the back office application without any need for manual intervention....

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has released a new video update on the current situation at the Office, in particular the return to the EUIPO’s premises after nearly six months of teleworking for the majority of staff....

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and EBAN, the Europe leading early-stage investors network, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote and encourage activities and services that support small and medium enterprises (SMEs)....

On 24 September, the European Digital SME Alliance is hosting a webinar with the EUIPO, intended to help SMEs and startups with IP-related dispute resolution....

This year, the customary high-level meetings organised annually in the margins of the WIPO General Assemblies in Geneva are taking place in a new virtual format....

As of 14 September 2020, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has enhanced its participation in TMclass and joined DesignClass....

The EUIPO has updated the Brexit section on its website ahead of 31 December 2020, the day on which the UK’s transition period after Brexit will end, as stipulated in the Withdrawal Agreement concluded between the EU and the UK....

On 3-7 August and 1-2 September 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) virtually hosted the 2020 ID5 Mid-Term and TM5 Expert Meeting of the world’s five largest trade mark and designs offices....

On 11 July 2020 the EUIPO became a participating intellectual property (IP) office of the WIPO Digital Access Service (WIPO DAS) as an Office of First Filing....

Following the recent certification of Thessaloniki (Greece) as the first Authenticity under the framework of the European Cooperation Project (ECP8) ‘European Network of Authenticities’, the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) and the Municipality of Thessaloniki held the project kick-off event and media launch on 11 September 2020....