EUIPO, the European Union for intellectual property, is based in Alicante, in Spain it is the agency in charge of managing brands and industrial design of the internal market of the European Union.
Its task is to promote and manage Community trademarks and registered Community designs and models within the borders of the European Union, such as registration procedures for documents that respect the rights of the law on intellectual property. public consultation papers.
EUIPO is,the independent public and financially company and its activities are governed by Community law and by EU courts such as the European Union’s Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of European Union on a legal basis.
In 2008 he made a budget of almost three hundred million euros his budget, despite the costs for registrations have decreased by 25% (the cost has gone from 1600 Euros to 1000).
Every two years, EUIPO organizes a conference on the theme of brands and industrial design. These meetings have the prerogative to accentuate and encourage the harmonization of the filing and registration practices of trademarks in national territories.
The DesignEuropa Awards are organised by the EUIPO every two years to celebrate excellence in design and design management among registered Community design (RCD) holders, whether they are individual rights holders, small businesses or large enterprises. The first edition of the awards took place in Milan in 2016.
The goal of the European Union Office of Property is to improve the integrity of staff and flexibility and flexibility.
In the activity carried out by the EUIPO to improve quality, together with partners and stakeholders.
On the official website there are several sections of interest, such as, for example, the one concerning subsidies and public tenders.
In addition to this, we report the part of the site to learning: the center of sharing of skills that also offers an overview of the courses and a list of all the events.
