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EU trademark applicants may now undergo pre-assessment checks

Release time:

2023-07-14 09:56

 

 

June 2, 2023,The European Union Intellectual Property Office publishes a statement on its website,Announced that the pre-assessment check tool is now available to EU trademark applicants. As the name suggests, the tool is designedInPre-application stage,That is, before the EU trademark application is submitted to the EU Intellectual Property Office examiner for review.,Inspection applicationMediumspecific issues.

 

Once the applicant activatesIt'sThe tool (in the EU trademarkApplicationTableApplicationconfiguration section), the pre-assessment check will be completed by the applicantApplicationtable automatically. Currently, these checks can help identify issues related to the deceptive or offensive characteristics of a trademark, as well as conflicts between the trademark and any registered EU domain name or plant variety name.

 

The purpose of this new application tool is clearly to allow applicants to identify and correct theirEuropean UnionTrademark ApplicationMediumto reduce "delays and rejections of trademark applications 」. However, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EPO) makes it clear that "the results of this tool are for informational purposes only and are not exhaustive 」. In other words, correct any given according to the results of the pre-evaluation check tool.European UnionThe question in a trademark application does not guarantee that such application will be accepted and registered accordingly.European UnionTrademarks.