On 25 September, Mr Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and Mr Christian Archambeau, Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) held a virtual high-level meeting to discuss IP cooperation matters, namely to review the state of play of the bilateral cooperation activities with CNIPA, the IP Key China project implementation as well as the cooperation within the TM5 and ID5 forums.

In the framework of the EUIPO-WIPO Work Programme 2020, the Smart Button feature is now active in both DesignView and WIPO’s Global Design Database. This enables users to search in one tool and then conduct the same search in the other tool, without the need to enter the search criteria again.

The Academy is pleased to announce the Tuesday Webinar live broadcasts scheduled for October 2020.

As a result of the joint efforts of the CP11 Working Group members, MS IPOs, User Associations and non-EU IPOs, the final drafts of both work streams of the CP11: New types of marks – examination of formal requirements and grounds for refusal were approved in the Extended Working Group meetings which took place virtually on 7 and 8 September.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Accountancy Europe have signed a collaboration agreement in order to provide guidance and promote the benefits of Intellectual Property (IP) registration to SMEs.

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 Greek Trademark Office (GGE), with the support of the EUIPO’s European Cooperation Projects, has implemented several functional enhancements to its Back Office tool.

The Polish Patent Office (PPO), with the support of the EUIPO’s European Cooperation Projects, has upgraded its back office system.

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).