EFAA joins forces with the EUIPO to provide support to SMEs
The EUIPO and the European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for small and medium-sized enterprises (EFAA), have signed an agreement of collaboration to provide support to SMEs...
Alicante News September 2020
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....
AG2Review: new quality initiative for Absolute Grounds
On 1 October, in accordance with Decision No EX-20-06, the EUIPO is launching the ‘AG2Review’ initiative to enhance quality and consistency in absolute grounds examination. AG2Review is a peer-to-peer review of the Office’s AG objection letters before their notification to the trade mark applicant. Letters that have been peer reviewed are easily identifiable by the […]...
Daren Tang Assumes Functions as WIPO Director General
Daren Tang, a national of Singapore, officially assumed his functions as Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization on October 1, 2020, starting a six-year mandate at the helm of the Organization....
EUIPO and ECN join forces to support young companies
Some entrepreneurs and start-ups, particularly at the early stages of setting up a business, find it hard to get the financial backing necessary to take their innovative ideas off the ground. Others, often due to lack of familiarity with the topic, fail to see the benefits of protecting intellectual property when deciding to take their […]...
15th Liaison Meeting on Cooperation, 24th Liaison Meeting on Trade Marks and 19th Liaison Meeting on Designs at the EUIPO
The EUIPO will be holding the online sessions of the 15th Liaison Meeting on Cooperation, 24th Liaison Meeting on Trade Marks and 19th Liaison Meeting on Designs from 6 to 8 October 2020....
ECP working groups: 28 September to 2 October 2020
Experts from the European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN) are meeting virtually for the 9th European Cooperation Projects (ECP) working groups....
The European Digital SME Alliance teams up with the EUIPO
The EUIPO and the European Digital SME Alliance, have signed a collaboration agreement to develop and implement joint initiatives to support small and medium enterprises (SME). ...
6-Step Guide To Register Patent in India
Manual Filing and e-filing are the two different ways for filing the registration. ...
Virtual meeting with CNIPA and signature of Agreement on exchange of trade mark information
On 25 September, Mr Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and Mr Christian Archambeau, Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) held a virtual high-level meeting to discuss IP cooperation matters, namely to review the state of play of the bilateral cooperation activities with CNIPA, the IP Key [&helli...