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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
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• Harmonisation of Laws
• Divergent practices
• Divergent User Experience
REDUCED USABILITY
LACK OF PREDICTABILITY
REDUCED CLARITY
LEGAL UNCERTAINTY
CONVERGE
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INCREASED COST FOR
USERS
CONSEQUENCES OF A
DIVERGENT SYSTEM
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- Modernisation of IP Offices (Cooperation Fund/ECPs)
- Common Tools
- Convergence of Practices
- Common Guidelines
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Designview
TMview
Image Search
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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
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500+ Implementations
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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%
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Code Indicator Name UnitTarget
20182018 Q4
3.1National Offices satisfaction withECP Tools (Back Office) % 73% 78%
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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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BENEFITS: CP3 Distinctiveness – Figurative Marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words
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Implementation of Common Practices (CP1 to 7)
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- EUTMR and TMD
- Modernise and streamline TM Systems in Europe
- Mirroring effect between EUTMR and TMD
- Legal Framework for Cooperation
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LEGAL REFORM
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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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