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The CP11 Common Practice on ‘New types of marks: Examination of formal requirements and grounds for refusal’ was adopted by the Management Board by written procedure in October 2020

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has met Ms Helena König, Deputy Director-General, and Ms María Martin-Prat, Director responsible for Intellectual Property, of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) via videolink on 12 April 2021.

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, and Dr Vojko Toman, the Director of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), met online on 8 April 2021.

On 6 April, the Executive Director of the EUIPO and the Director of the National Institute of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KAZPATENT), Mr Yerbol Ospanov, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding providing the basis for technical bilateral cooperation activities.

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.