September 25, 2017 About the EUIPO

Decision of the Executive Director adopting the Guidelines for Examination of European Union Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs at the EUIPO

On 22/09/2017, the Executive Director of the EUIPO signed the Decision adopting the revised Office Guidelines, which received a favourable opinion from the EUIPO’s Management Board earlier in September (Decision No EX 17-1 adopting the Guidelines).

The new Guidelines implement the changes arising from the second phase of the Legislative Reform, namely those which enter into force on 1 October 2017, and will be officially applied as of that date.

They are available on the EUIPO website under the Current trade mark practice and Current designs practice pages.

The changes will also be discussed during a Webinar on 26 October 2017, available to all our internal and external users