The European Trade Mark and Design Network recently announced two new implementations of Cooperation Fund tools.
The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) has implemented trade mark e-filing developed by the Cooperation Fund.
Users of BOIP’s services will be able to avail of the following benefits:
- An intuitive and user-friendly interface
- Quick and easy to find and select all the relevant goods and/or services
- Immediate PDF confirmation in user mailboxes, with the application number and a financial overview
The Irish Patents Office (IEIPO) has implemented the Quality tool, developed by the Cooperation Fund.
The Quality tool provides a common statement of transparent service commitments for end users, which are structured to enable adoption by any European Industrial Property office. Quality standards are divided by category and measure timeliness, quality, accessibility and consistency of the services as perceived by the users.
The overall aim of the Cooperation Fund is to benefit users across the EU by providing state of the art tools and services for EU national and regional offices. The integration of the trade mark e-filing system in BOIP was possible due to the close cooperation between OHIM and Benelux colleagues.
The European Trade Mark and Design Network (ETMDN) is the hub that connects National and Regional Intellectual Property Offices, User Associations and other intellectual property organizations, which work together to achieve a true trade mark and design system in Europe. This means that common practices, services and tools are focused on the needs of IP professionals and rights holders. Projects are driven by working groups made of experts from the participating IP Offices and Associations, which provide guidance and input. The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), an Agency of the European Union, provides infrastructure and resources to support project implementation, together with participating IP Offices.
