European Union Intellectual Property Office
| Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property (until 23 March 2016: Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trademarks, designs)) EUIPO |
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| English name | EU Intellectual Property Office (until March 23, 2016: Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)) |
| French name | Office de l'UE pour la propriété intellectuelle (until March 23, 2016: Office de l'harmonisation dans le marché intérieur (marques, dessins et modèles)) |
| Spanish name | Oficina de la Propiedad Intelectual de la UE (until March 23, 2016: Oficina de Armonizacion del Mercado Interior (Marcas, Dibujos y Modelos)) |
| Organization type | European Union Agency |
| Seat of the organs | Alicante , Spain |
| Chair | Christian Archambeau |
| founding |
December 20, 1993 |
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The Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property (until March 23, 2016: Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market ( Trademarks , Designs and Models) , EUIPO for short ) based in Alicante (Spain) is an agency of the European Union responsible for the registration of Union trademarks and Community designs is responsible. The EUIPO is not responsible for other property rights, e.g. B. Patents .
About the office
The languages of the office are German , English , French , Italian and Spanish . It is a non-profit organization and is financed by collecting fees. In 2007 the office generated total income of over 200 million euros with around 650 employees and thus achieved a surplus of around 60 million euros.
history
The office was established by Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trademark (as it was then called). It was not until Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 on Community designs that it actually became more than a trademark office. In the deliberations about the establishment of the office, Spain prevailed, but the decision was not made for Madrid - there several international agreements on trademark law had been concluded - but for Alicante as the seat of the trademark office. With Regulation (EU) 2015/2424, the authority was renamed the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Community trademark was renamed the European Union Trademark with effect from March 23, 2016 . With regard to design protection, the term community design remains for the time being .
Legal bases
- Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trademark
- Regulation (EC) No. 2868/95 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on Community trademarks
- Regulation (EC) No. 2869/95 on the fees to be paid to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trademarks, designs and models)
- Regulation (EC) No. 216/96 on the rules of procedure before the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trademarks, designs and models)
- Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 on Community designs
- Regulation (EC) No. 2245/2002 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 on Community designs
- Regulation (EC) No. 2246/2002 on the fees to be paid to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trademarks, designs and models) for the registration of Community designs
- Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No. 207/2009 of the Council on Community trade marks and the implementation of Regulation (EC) No. 2868/95 of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 of the Council on Community Trademarks and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 2869/95 of the Commission on the fees to be paid to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trademarks, designs and models)
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the EU trade mark
- Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 of the Commission of May 18, 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No. 207/2009 of the Council on the EU trade mark and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2868/95 and the Regulation (EC) No. 216/96 of the Commission
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 of March 5, 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the EU trade mark and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430
See also
literature
- Marc Bienert: European regulatory agencies: democratic legitimation and rule of law control using the example of the Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property and the Plant Variety Office . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2018, ISBN 978-3-8487-4582-1 (plus dissertation, Saarland University, 2017).
Web links
- EUIPO - official website of the agency
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) - Appearance on the official website of the European Union
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual report of the Office for Harmonization " http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/resource/documents/OHIM/annualReports/ar2007_de.pdf"
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 of the Council of December 20, 1993 on Community Trademarks , accessed on May 21, 2013
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 of the Council of December 12, 2001 on Community designs , accessed on May 21, 2013
- ↑ Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 , accessed on March 18, 2016
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