The adoption of the codified Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 on the European Union trade mark (“EUTMR”) and of acts adopted pursuant to it, as well as the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data (“Regulation (EU) 2018/1725”) make it appropriate to provide a concise overview of the personal data processing operations within the framework of the Office’s tasks set out in the EUTMR and Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 (“CDR”) – mandatory ("Register" and "Database" data) and non-mandatory ("consent-based") data. In addition, some information on the exercising of data subject rights in the context of trade mark and design procedures before the Office will be provided.
Speakers: Mariya KOLEVA - EUIPO - Data Protection Officer (DPO);