This new report, showing the progressive success of the European Union trade mark (EUTM) over the last decade, builds upon and updates the first edition of the Trade Mark Focus Report published in 2018.

On 23 June, 30 June and 1 July 2020, the EUIPO welcomes users to their ninth audit on the quality of EUIPO opposition decisions (out of the fourteen SQAP audits have taken place so far).

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 Executive Director of the EUIPO, Christian Archambeau, has released a video update on the launch of the Office’s Strategic Plan 2025.

The EUIPO has today launched the Ideas Powered for Business hub, with a range of initiatives to support small businesses through the COVID-19 crisis.

The EUIPO begins its next strategic cycle with the launch of its Strategic Plan 2025 on 1 July 2020.

The registration period for the third edition of the EUIPO Trade Mark and Design Education Programme (ETMD EP) has been extended until 31 July 2020.

On 29-30 June 2020, the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) is hosting the online conference ‘What’s up Brand? Corporate image design’.

The Litigation Service of EUIPO has prepared an Overview of the Court of Justice (CJ) and the General Court (GC) Case-law: a systematic compilation of key points of judgments/orders rendered by the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union on actions against decisions of the EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal and in preliminary rulings on IP rights between 1 January 2019 and 30 April 2020.

In follow up to the first judges’ seminar which took place virtually in Lisbon on 15 and 16 April 2020 with some 45 judges and prosecutors originating from around 15 countries, another seminar on new trade mark features takes place on 16 and 17 June 2020, with 90 judges and prosecutors from 23 countries.