The latest edition of the Guidelines for Examination of European Union trade marks (EUTM) and registered Community designs (RCD) entered into force on 1 March 2021, following the approval by the Executive Director of the EUIPO on 8 February 2021 by means of Decision EX-21-1.

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.

As of 1 March small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the EU can apply for financing under the new Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund.

The EUIPO aims to provide state-of-the-art communication tools to its users. Decision No EX‑20‑9 means that from 1 March 2021 eComm will become the way to communicate with the EUIPO in EUTM and RCD procedures.

The Academy is pleased to announce the Tuesday Webinar, live broadcasts scheduled for March 2021

The remarkable growth in filings for EU trade marks and designs by Chinese applicants may have come to prominence during 2020 – especially following the onset of the COVID‑19 pandemic – but this story starts much earlier.

On 24-26 February, 120 intellectual property experts from across the EU will follow the online IP pre-diagnostic (IP Scan) training session organised by the EUIPO as part of the SME Fund initiative which offers financial support to European SMEs....

Gli esperti della Rete dell’Unione europea per la proprietà intellettuale (EUIPN) si riuniscono in modalità virtuale per il secondo incontro dei gruppi di lavoro dei progetti di cooperazione europei (PCE) del piano strategico 2025.

L’11 marzo 2021, l’EUIPO (Ufficio dell’Unione europea per la proprietà intellettuale), in collaborazione con l’UFFICIO SLOVENO DELLA PROPRIETÀ INTELLETTUALE, terrà un seminario online «Ideas Powered for Business» per discutere gli argomenti più importanti di proprietà intellettuale che interessano le piccole e le medie imprese. Si tratta di un’opportunità unica per imparare dagli esperti a conoscere il Fondo per le PMI: un regime di sovvenzioni da 20 milioni di EUR per le PMI europee.

Le Commissioni di ricorso dell’EUIPO, l’Accademia dell’EUIPO e il dipartimento Cooperazione internazionale e questioni giuridiche dell’EUIPO organizzano congiuntamente la terza conferenza sulla mediazione in materia di PI, che si terrà online il 22-23 marzo 2021.