On 3rd April 2017, President Putin of the Russian Federation (RU) signed a Federal law giving effect to the decision of the Parliament of the Russian Federation to ratify the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs. The Geneva Act of 2nd July 1999 […]
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The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) changed its name to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) with the entry into force of Regulation No 2015/2424 on 23rd March 2016. At the same time, the Community trade mark (CTM) became the European Union trade mark (EUTM).
Change of name of OHIM
An Agreement between the European Patent Organization and the Republic of Moldova, which allows a European patent to be validated in the Republic of Moldova, entered into force on 1st November 2015. This brings the total number of countries for which patent protection can be obtained by means of a […]
European patent validation now possible in Republic of Moldova
An historic Agreement concluded between the European Patent Organization and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco entered into force on 1st March 2015. The Agreement, which allows a European patent to be validated in Morocco, is the first such Agreement that the Organization has reached with a non-European country […]