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....

The Ideas Powered for business network of SME stakeholders is growing fast with 9 important EU organisations already signed up and many more in the pipeline for 2021. ...

Today sees the launch of an EUR 20 million grant fund (Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund), which provides IP vouchers to help small and medium-sized enterprises based in the European Union to access and benefit from their intellectual property (IP) rights....

In the context of the end of the transition period (1 January 2021), UK-based representatives who lose their capacity to act before EUIPO are reminded that they should make a local copy of their communications and any other relevant data which is currently held in their own User Area within the EUIPO website....

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has released a new video update on the latest developments at the Office....

Following last year’s publication of the report on the EU enforcement of intellectual property rights at EU borders and in Member States with results of 2013-2017, the EUIPO is now publishing a new report based on the analysis of the 2019 data on detentions in the national markets, reported through the IP Enforcement Portal by the enforcement authorities of 25 different Member States. ...

The EUIPO has deployed new digital technology to radically improve its data storage capacity and increase the performance of its online tools and services....

On 16 December, the Office hosted an informative session with 13 representatives from 10 user associations of the EUIPO User Group: Online Informative Session on Enhancing User Experience of Tools and Procedures....

The CP11 Common Practice and CP12 Common Practice were adopted by the Management Board through a written procedure in November 2020, following acknowledgement at the Liaison Meeting on Trade Marks in October....