Knowledgebase, Guides | Intellectual Property Section, Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property

14 AUG 2020

Tutorial - Invalidity and revocation of a trademark

View the tutorial to get information on the invalidity and revocation of a trademark. read more

14 AUG 2020

Tutorial - Objection to the registration of trademark

View the tutorial to get information on the objection to the registration of a trademark. read more

03 AUG 2020

Tutorial - How to protect your trademark

View the tutorial to get information on the protection of your trademark. read more

23 APR 2020

Common Communication on the representation of new types of trade marks

Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (hereinafter referred to as the “new Trade Mark Directive”). read more

03 APR 2020

Guides

Common announcement and practice CP10 ''Criteria for assessing disclosure of designs on the internet''

The IP Offices of the European Trade Mark and Design Network have now agreed on the third Common Practice on Designs, and the tenth overall, with the aim to identify common criteria for assessing disclosure of designs on the internet and to provide recommendations thereof. read more

02 APR 2020

Guides

Common communication and practice CP9 ''Distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements''

The IP offices of the European Trade Mark and Design Network have now agreed on a Common Practice with regard to the distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements when the shape is not distinctive in itself, with the aim of establishing a minimum threshold for distinctiveness of shape marks when the shape itself is non-distinctive. read more

Tutorial - How to protect your design photo

20 SEP 2019

Guides

Tutorial - How to protect your design

View the tutorial to get information on the protection of your design. read more

01 DEC 2017

Guides

Common communication on the representation of new types of trade marks for the implementation of directive 2015/2436

The Intellectual Property offices of the European Trademark and Design Netowrk publish a common communication on the representation of new types of trade marks for the implementation of directive 2015/2436. read more

15 APR 2016

Guides

Common Communication for the CP6 Convergence Project on Graphic representation of designs

Common Communication for the CP6 Convergence Project on Graphic representation of designs is now available. It offers users and interested IP Offices access to the Common Practice in its entirety and complementary information, such as the precise implementation dates for each implementing EU IP Office. read more

Guides

Guides

Tutorial - Invalidity and revocation of a trademark

Guides

Tutorial - Objection to the registration of trademark

Guides

Tutorial - How to protect your trademark

Guides

Common Communication on the representation of new types of trade marks

Guides

Common announcement and practice CP10 ''Criteria for assessing disclosure of designs on the internet''

Guides

Common communication and practice CP9 ''Distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements''

Guides

Tutorial - How to protect your design

Guides

Common communication on the representation of new types of trade marks for the implementation of directive 2015/2436

Guides

Common Communication for the CP6 Convergence Project on Graphic representation of designs

Newsletter

Gazette