Update from the Executive Director of the EUIPO
The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has released a new video update on the latest developments at the Office....
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Leading high-tech global IP offices meet virtually at EUIPO
From 14-16 October, 84 representatives from 37 leading high-tech global IP offices will take part in the Vancouver Group meeting, hosted by the EUIPO....
Virtual high-level meetings in the absence of WIPO General Assemblies in Geneva
This year, the customary high-level meetings organised annually in the margins of the WIPO General Assemblies in Geneva are taking place in a new virtual format.
...EUIPO joins the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS)
As from 11/7/2020 the EUIPO will become an Office of First Filing, making priority documents for designs (RCD) available in DAS.
...Montenegro joins DesignClass
As of 13 July 2020, the Ministry of Economy of Montenegro is part of DesignClass and will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of product indications (HDBPI) in DesignClass.
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...Slovenia completes the implementation of IP User Repository
IP Key Latin America addresses needs of European SMEs in webinar
IP Key LA and LA IPR SME Helpdesk -two EU-funded projects, have joined efforts in a set of country-focused webinars addressed to EU SMEs. Next 11 June 2020, IP experts from both projects will talk about Intellectual Property in Argentina: Tips to Manage and Protect your Intellectual Property Rights in Unprecedented Times, aiming to provide participating SMEs with essential practical information on IP protection and on its added value for businesses.
...Virtual Informative Sessions on European Cooperation Projects
On 6-8 April 2020, the EUIPO organised a series of virtual informative sessions with intellectual property offices to review the future development of the European Cooperation Projects (ECP) during the second half of 2020 and 2021.
...INNORPI Tunisia now aligned with CP3
The National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property of Tunisia (INNORPI) has published a practice paper concerning the examination of absolute grounds for refusal as regards figurative trade marks with purely descriptive words/expressions....