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The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (SPB) has successfully upgraded its back office system to SP Back Office. The upgrade was completed on 18 February 2021. This was possible thanks to the close cooperation between the EUIPO and the SPB project teams and their partners.

The EUIPO held a two-day virtual expert meeting with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on 3 and 4 March. This annual event between the two offices is part of the EUIPO’s bilateral cooperation activities with the JPO.

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.

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.