News & events

Building on previous joint awareness events, a virtual seminar on the Registered Community Design (RCD) system was organised on 3 December 2020 by the Japan Patent Attorneys’ Association (JPAA) with the participation of panellists from the EUIPO.

The Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has met the Director-General of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), Kerstin Jorna, via video-link. The Deputy Director-General, Maive Rute, and the Deputy Executive Director of the EUIPO, Andrea Di Carlo, also attended the meeting.

The Industrial Property Organisation in Greece (OBI), with the support of the EUIPO’s European Cooperation Service, has improved the service it provides to its users with the launch of a new online platform to file applications for design registrations electronically.

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 Austrian Patent Office (ÖPA – Österreichisches Patentamt) has launched a new ‘Trade Mark Opposition’ eService, a modern online service for trade marks.