Guides
Common Communication CP15 «Comparison of goods and services: treatment of terms lacking clarity and precision and common interpretation of Canon criteria and other factors»
The Intellectual Property Offices of the European Union Intellectual Property Network continue to collaborate in the context of converging trade mark and design practices. They have now agreed on an additional Common Practice document on trade marks with the aim of establishing some general principles on the comparison of goods and services, more specifically, on the treatment of terms lacking clarity and precision and the common interpretation of the Canon criteria and other factors, as well as some examples to illustrate the agreed statements.
The Common Practice document is made public through this Common Communication with the purpose of further increasing transparency, legal certainty and predictability for the benefit of examiners and users alike.
The implementation date of the Common Practice for Cyprus is set at 12/06/2025 for procedures that will initiate after the implementation date.
