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OHIM’s Strategies in Supporting SMEs Javier RUJAS Deputy Director General Affairs & External Relations Department Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
OHIM’s Strategies inSupporting SMEs
Javier RUJASDeputy Director
General Affairs & External Relations DepartmentOffice for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
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INTRODUCTION
• The CTM 2002 Survey• The Prospective Study about the
Design Registration Demand at a EULevel
ä Most SMEs when needing to file aCTMA or a RCDA rely on the adviceand the services of a representative
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No surprise !• it is not their everyday business• just a tool, although important,
which helps themsell their products & services
andcompete in the market
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• Trade mark and designprotection / registration
is somehow foreign to SMEsneed to register is often only
realised too late (as aconsequence of infringementcases)
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• In principle, there are three mainways in which SMEs can be helped
raising awareness on the benefits of TM & Dregistering or on the damages non-registering maybring
facilitating registration procedures (by makingthem as simple and transparent as possible)
increasing accessibility to TM & D information
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Although OHIM is a very youngorganisation
ä Some effort in these three fieldshas been made
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• A proper raising awarenesscampaign on CTMs & RCDsspecifically addressed to SMEshas not been carried out.
• Only recently, have we begun tocollaborate with WIPO in thisfield
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However, with the support of IP nationaloffices, professional associations,chambers of commerce, etc., we haveorganised, or participated in, disseminationactivities in
·All Member States (15)·All New Member States (10)·All Candidate Countries (3)·Other countries (15)
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• In most cases, SMEs attendedthese dissemination events
• Nevertheless, plenty still needsto be done specifically for SMEson CTM & RCD awareness
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FACILITATING REGISTRATION
• The registration of CTMs & RCDsis a regulatory matter
• The CTMR & the RCDR must becomplied with
Consequently, there is little roomto manoeuvre
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• Notwithstanding, the CTMR & the RCDRpresent a number of features that mayappeal to SMEs
language regimeno need for a representative for EU
based applicantsno need to use the official filing forms
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Different ways to file: fax, post,courier, electronically (e-filing) orpersonal delivery
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SUBMISSION OF ANAPPLICATION
In person
Fax
Post
Courier Service
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FORMS
PAPER FORM
ETMAF
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Information on the legal statusof the application (through the website or by phone)
“Info Desk”, etc.
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INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY
• The CTM & RCD systems arehighly user-friendly
• Perhaps, the easiest way forSMEs to access relevantinformation on the CTM, the RCDor the OHIM is our web site
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INFO PRODUCTS & SERVICES
http://oami.eu.int/
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ON-LINE SERVICES
RCD BULLETIN - Search toolCTM - BULLETIN - Search toolCTM ON-LINE - Community trade mark consultation serviceCTM AGENT - Search for an Agent or RepresentativeONLINE TM SEARCH IN CANDIDATE COUNTRIES - New MemberStates & Candidate Countries trade mark consultation serviceCTM DOWNLOAD - online “raw” CTM dataEURONICE - extended list of goods and services and the class towhich they pertain, - 11 (20) EU LanguagesEUROLOCARNO - equivalent to EURONICE in the design field, - 11(20) EU LanguagesE-FILING: TRADE MARKS & DESIGNS
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Community Designs Bulletin
Registrations of Community designsEntries in the Register subsequent to registrationRenewals and information on expired registrations
Multilingual edition: 11 (20) EU Languages
Free
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