Alicante News March 2021
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]...
Annual Report Analysis With Regards To IP Under Budget 2021-22
The 2nd budget presented under the tenure for the fiscal year 2020-21 ascended for specific improvements in IPR. The IP ecosystem has not experienced as much growth as other industries like Start-ups and other technology-based sectors so, there is an immediate need to make reforms and amendments in the Intellectual property Laws so that innovation is protected against intellectual property theft....
Publication of CP12 Common Communication
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]...
25 years registering trade marks: the EUIPO from 1996 to 2021
1 April marks the anniversary of the first application received at the EUIPO [#item_full_content]...
Georgian IP Office now aligned with CP10
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]...
eRegister goes live
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]...
EUIPO – Thai IP Office meeting
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 wins Gold Green Apple Environment Award
The EUIPO has once again been recognised for its innovative environmental practices by the Green Apple Environment Awards. [#item_full_content]...
Project definitions of new convergence projects CP13 and CP14
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 EUIPO wins ‘Public Sector Content Campaign of the Year’ at the European Content Awards
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]...