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

15 OCT 2020

Guides

Common communication 8 Use of a Trade Mark in a form differing from the one registered

The Intellectual Property Offices of the European Trade Mark and Design Network have now agreed on an additional Common Practice with regard to the use of trade marks in a form differing from the one registered, with the aim of identifying general principles for assessing when the use of a trade mark in a form differing from the one registered alters its distinctive character. read more

Tutorial - Modernization of the trademarks photo

12 OCT 2020

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Tutorial - Modernization of the trademarks

View the tutorial to get information on the modernization of the trademarks in Cyprus following the Trademarks law amendment. read more

Tutorial - Invalidity and revocation of a trademark photo

14 AUG 2020

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Tutorial - Invalidity and revocation of a trademark

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

Tutorial - Objection to the registration of trademark photo

14 AUG 2020

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Tutorial - Objection to the registration of trademark

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

Tutorial - How to protect your trademark photo

03 AUG 2020

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Tutorial - How to protect your trademark

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

23 APR 2020

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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

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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

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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