Patent Law

At present, OHIM's service standards specify that 80% of designs should be registered in under six weeks, but Design Department Director Pedro Rodinger says that by meeting the criteria set out above, users can benefit from much faster registration. "We are hoping that this information will encourage more users to adopt simple measures such as opening an OHIM current account, which can make a big difference to the speed of registration. When the new e-filing system for designs is introduced next year, we hope to make even more dramatic improvements in timescales."

For more information see October's Alicante News