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Bridging the national and EU Trade Mark systems

João Negrão EUIPO

Bucharest, 5 March 2019

Bridging the National and EU Trade M ark System s

THE EUROPEAN TRADE MARK SYSTEM : TWO TIER SINCE 1994

• National level

• European level

• Co-existence


• Harmonisation of Laws

• Divergent practices

• Divergent User Experience

REDUCED USABILITY

LACK OF PREDICTABILITY

REDUCED CLARITY

LEGAL UNCERTAINTY

CONVERGE


INCREASED COST FOR

USERS

CONSEQUENCES OF A

DIVERGENT SYSTEM


- Modernisation of IP Offices (Cooperation Fund/ECPs)

- Common Tools

- Convergence of Practices

- Common Guidelines

Designview

TMview

Image Search


COMMON TOOLS

SEARCH

FILING

EXAM.

BACK OFFICE

MGT/SUPPORT

ENFORCEMENT4.23 Anti-Counterfeiting Tool

4.22 Enforcement Database

E-Filing DSE-Services

E-Filing TM

CESTOTMClass

Similarity

Decision Desktop

Seniority

Historical Files

User Repository

Back Office TMs Back Office DS

User Satisfaction Survey

Common Gateway

E-LearningContact Centre Database

Quality StandardsForecasting Methodology


500+ Implementations


EUIPO

Portugal

Austria

Romania

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Code Indicator Name UnitTarget

20182018 Q4

3.3 eFiling in the network done using ECP tools % 73% 80.1%


Code Indicator Name UnitTarget

20182018 Q4

3.1National Offices satisfaction withECP Tools (Back Office) % 73% 78%


CP3 AG – Figurative marks containing non-distinctive words

CP4 Scope of protection of Black & White Marks

CP5 RG – LoC (Impact of non-distinctive/weak components)

CP7 Harmonisation of Product Indications

CP9 Distinctiveness of shape marks containing other elements when the shape itself is non-distinctive

CP10 Criteria for assessing disclosure of DS on the internet

CP8 Use of a TM in a form differing from the one registered

CP6 Graphical representation of designs CP12 Evidence in appeal proceedings

CP11 New types of marks

CP2 Convergence of Class Headings

CP1 Harmonisation of Classification – General Indications

CONVERGENCE OF PRACTICES


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HU

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National or regional IP Office

CP3 Distinctiveness by national or regional IP Office(Survey results for 2012 and 2015)

BENEFITS: CP3 Distinctiveness – Figurative Marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words

CPK

Implementation of Common Practices (CP1 to 7)

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7


CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

CP1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 5, 7,

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 CP1, 2, 4, 5, 6,

7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CP1, 2, 3, 4, 5

- EUTMR and TMD

- Modernise and streamline TM Systems in Europe

- Mirroring effect between EUTMR and TMD

- Legal Framework for Cooperation


LEGAL REFORM


TRANSPOSITION OF THE TM DIRECTIVE

- Technical support to EU IP Offices:Reference textsTransposition network

- Common Communication on the representation of new types of trade marks:

Accepted types of marksDefinitions and means of representationAcceptable electronic file formats

- CP11 New types of marks

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