The EUIPO is proud to announce it received its 1.5 millionth design 27 September 2021.  The KENTAGO GmbH company is the 1.5 millionth design applicant to have filed its design at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

The SME Fund, the EUIPO’s initiative that grants financial aid for intellectual property (IP) matters, will be also open throughout October.

The Academy is pleased to announce the Tuesday Webinars live broadcasts scheduled for October 2021.

On 29 and 30 September, the Observatory annual plenary meeting gathered approximately 180 stakeholders both in Alicante and online. It was a welcome opportunity to discuss challenges and achievements of the year. The Observatory plenary was the first EUIPO presential event hosted in 18 months.

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.

Due to database maintenance work this weekend, RCD eFiling will not be available from Saturday 02 October at 08.00 until 13.00 CEST (estimated timings).

The EUIPO Observatory will hold the kick-off meeting for the 2021 Awareness Grants on the 4 October 2021, which will be in an online format for the first time.

On 20, 29 and 30 September 2021, the EUIPO welcomes users to their third audit on the quality of EUIPO design invalidity decisions (out of the nineteen SQAP audits have taken place so far).

Climate change and other environmental issues concern many citizens in the EU – and beyond. These issues are becoming increasingly important in politics, in business and in public debate. In 2019, the European Commission established that action on climate change was now a priority, promising to deliver a European Green Deal with the aim of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

Following a successful premiere, the EUIPO is proud to present IPdentity to the general public. Only 3 years after launching its first short film IPdentical, IPdentity goes one step further and provides a historical perspective of how intellectual property has influenced human kind’s evolution so far and how it will do so in the future.