European Union Intellectual Pr @EU_IPO@respublicae.eu
Unofficial mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ European Union Intellectual Property Office. Protecting trade marks and designs in the EU.
Joined Apr 2022
‘The “new context” of Brexit will play a role in future proceedings concerning genuine use’.
Genuine use and Brexit are under the General Court’s lens for the first time.
A case-law comment by Riccardo Raponi, Litigation Service, Boards of Appeal.
https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/alicante-news
The lack of novelty or individual character of a contested design represents 90 % of the invalidity cases filed before the EUIPO.
Join our webinar and learn how your evidence on disclosure of an earlier design can be accepted
🗓️ 20 September
🕙 10 AM CET
DesignClass is available in 30 languages. We have published some useful tips on how to use ‘Translate term’ option in the latest issue of Alicante News, our monthly newsletter.
Check it out here: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/alicante-news
IP Case Law | ‘SPINNING’ will continue to be an EU trade mark, according to the latest General Court ruling.
A 🇨🇿 company filed an application for the revocation, claiming that Spinning had become the ‘common name’ for that particular sporting activity.
2022 ‘IP for you’ seminars - in your country.
Experts from the EUIPO and the national IP offices will answer your questions and help you make the most of our tools and services.
Next stops: 🇩🇰 🇸🇰 and 🇫🇮
Calendar and how to register here: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/events-calendar-ipforyou
RT @EU_Commission: ⏳ This Wednesday→ #SOTEU 2022
The State of the Union speech will be a moment to reflect on the most pressing challenges and to create ideas for shaping our collective future.
President @vonderleyen will deliver her third SOTEU address on 14 September.
RT @IPKey_EU: Líderes de #Latinoamérica junto con la #UniónEuropea, participarán en la Conferencia Regional sobre #IndicacionesGeográficas en #Jalisco, #México.
Regístrate: https://register.ipkey.eu/event/ar/1/ipkey-la-regional-mexico
#OnThisDay, in 1985, Super Mario Bros was released.
And Intellectual Property has played a key role in making it one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time.
Find here some facts about Mario, Luigi, gaming…and IP: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/euipo_intellectualproperty-onthisday-mariobros-activity-6975334857329512448-ZYc9
Want to understand the value of your brand? Make the most of @IdeasPowered, the EUIPO’s initiative for SMEs - including free expert advice.
Apply now and start growing your business today: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/ideas-powered-for-business
The EUIPO has incorporated an in-house image search function into TMview.
It includes trade marks filed in EU IP offices - allowing users to automatically compare images to trade mark applications in those countries.
Read more here: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/guest/-/euipo-in-house-image-search-added-to-tmview
Are you studying design, art or fashion? Would you like to meet top experts in the design industry?
Participate in the #DesignEuropa Challenge, collect as many points as you can and earn a FREE ticket 🎫 to attend the DesignEuropa Talks in Alicante: http://ow.ly/xlTU50KGvx5
The EUIPO has received 2 432 NFT EUMs applications and 206 that contain terms related to the metaverse since 2021.
Virtual worlds are part and parcel of the complex IP & legal challenges we now face.
Join our webinar & learn all about EUIPO’s approach.
https://euipo.europa.eu/knowledge/calendar/view.php?view=day&time=1663020000
Due to maintenance work this weekend, service to a number of EUIPO platforms will be interrupted on September 10th.
EUIPN & IPEP Portals + their online tools will suffer sporadic outages due to preventive security tasks on applications and databases.
https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/guest/-/euipo-platforms-availability
IP is all around in the #EuroBasket. From the ball to the sneakers. From players protecting their 'brands' to logos of the teams and broadcasting services.
Find here 5 curiosities about the Eurobasket and IP https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6973883994505404417
We have recently launched the new EUTM filing form and we need your feedback!
Test the new features and let us know your views through the feedback option!
https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/eutm-filing-form
More information and access to the help guide here: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/guest/-/the-api-platform-and-the-new-eutm-filing-form-are-live-
RT @IdeasPowered: #WorldAgricultureDay 🌿 | Do you have an SME in the plant breeding or farming sectors?
The development of new plant varieties is protected through the @CPVOTweets, and its Community Plant Variety Rights system (CPVR system).
Celebrity authors like Victor Hugo were the victims of massive ‘piracy’ of their books in certain countries, which did not protect works by non-nationals.
He had a decisive role in the adoption of the Berne Convention.
More on our #IPinHistory series https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/guest/-/ip-in-the-19th-century
#OnThisDay in 1886, the 'Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works' was signed.
A milestone in the history of IP rights.
The first international copyright instrument.
Check out the EUIPO's tool for the examination of International Design Registrations designating the European Union.
Developed in collaboration with the @WIPO to increase the efficiency of design examination: http://ow.ly/Kpsu50KA1S0
ID5 is the multilateral cooperation forum which allows the Offices of China, the European Union, Japan, South Korea and United States to cooperate for the benefit of IP users in the field of design.
Unofficial mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ European Union Intellectual Property Office. Protecting trade marks and designs in the EU.
Joined Apr 2022
