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Office for Harmonization
in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)
SME's and Trademarks
OHIM's initiatives for raising of awarenes on the importance of Trade
Mark protection
Beate Schmidt – Cancellation and Litigation Department (OHIM)
Wipo – Rome, Italy, 4 October 2010
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Community Trade Mark
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How to obtain protection
(Trade Marks and Designs)
The National Route
Individual
applications with
National PTOs
Individual fee for every
National application
Translation
Costs: Yes
Protection according
to national law
Lawyer’s
fees: ?
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How to obtain protection
The International Route via WIPO
A single fee to WIPO
Individual fees to be paid
to designated National
Offices
Translation
Costs
(EN,FR,ES)
Lawyer’s
fees?
Prior national
right necessary
A ‘bundle’ of rights’
is granted
Each right subject to
the national laws of the
designated country
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How to obtain protection
(Trade Marks and Designs)
The Community Route
1 registration procedure
in any of the languages of the EU
1 registration office: OHIM
1 fee (no translation costs)
1 right valid throughout 27
countries (unitary right)
1 court of law
Alicante
•Austria
•Belgium
•Bulgaria
•Czech Republic
•Cyprus
•Denmark
•Estonia
•Finland
•France
•Germany
•Greece
•Hungary
•Ireland
•Italy
•Latvia
•Lithuania
•Luxembourg
•Malta
•Poland
•Portugal
•Romania
•Slovak Republic
•Slovenia
•Spain
•Sweden
•The Netherlands
•United Kingdom
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Community Trade Mark
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Size of CTM Portfolios
(Trade Marks and Designs)
Owners distribution by size of CTM portofolios
1
23% - 208093 Owners
Between 2 and 5
32% - 106749 Owners
>100
8% - 322 Owners
Between 6 and 10
12% - 14750 Owners
Between 11 and 20
10% - 6359 Owners
Between 41 and 100
Between 21 and 407% - 989 Owners
8% - 2505 Owners
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CTM 5000 000
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SME and newcomers section
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