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21 March 2016Trademarks

OHIM to shut down ahead of EUIPO change

The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) will be closed tomorrow and its website shut down ahead of its transition to being named the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

The name change does not officially take effect until Wednesday, March 23, but the office and website will be closed in order to install “all the necessary upgrades”.

As of March 23, OHIM will become known as the EUIPO and Community trademarks (CTMs) will be referred to as European Union trademarks.

The current web address, www.oami.europa.eu, will automatically redirect to a new domain name, www.euipo.europa.eu, on March 23.

OHIM’s email addresses will also change to name.surname@euipo.europa.eu, though the currently used name.surname@oami.europa.eu will run in parallel for “several months”, OHIM said.

The name change is part of wider amendments to the EU trademark system.

One of the key changes in the reform is the reduction in CTM renewal fees from €1,500 ($1,681) to €850 for electronic filing, and from €1,500 to €1,000 for paper filing.

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