IPforYOU
Annual meeting with EUIPO experts.
Get the latest news and important updates on legal changes in the fields of trademarks and designs.
This meeting is tailored for IP professionals and organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in collaboration with the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO).
Key topics
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2025 Designs Reform
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Trademarks - Submission of evidence in EUIPO oppositions
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Convergence projects and Sustainability of EU Practices
For whom?
This webinar is intended for IP-professionals with practical experience in designs and trademarks matters.
The event will be conducted in English.
Registration
The webinar is free of charge. Registration via EUIPO's website is required. Click here to sign up for the event!
Remember that you get approved participation at NIPO's events through Advokatforeningen. You must submit the necessary information to the association yourself.
Details
Welcome
Bernt Boldvik, Director of the Designs and Trademark Department (NIPO) & Miguel Gusmão, Director of the Business Operations Department (EUIPO)
2025 Designs reform: The main changes related to the first phase of the legislative reform in the area of designs as of May 1, 2025
Claudia Attinà, EUIPO
Trademarks - Submission of evidence in EUIPO oppositions
Mary Desmond, EUIPO
Convergence projects and Sustainability of EU Practices: cooperation to harmonise trademark and design practices
Carolina Pitarch, EUIPO
Information about the convergence programs
Turid Oma, Senior Legal Adviser, NIPO
Closure
Turid Oma, Senior Legal Adviser, NIPO
Mary Desmond
Mary Desmond joined the EUIPO in 2000 where she undertook tasks in opposition proceedings. Since 2013 has been a design examiner and also works as an AG examiner in English and Italian. She is part of the DesignCLASS working group.
Prior to working in the EUIPO she worked for several years as an architect in London and Spain.
Claudia Attinà
Claudia Attinà is an Italian lawyer who has worked in the EUIPO since 2009, both as a legal assistant at the Boards of Appeal and as a decision taker in the Business Operation Department, where she currently works on opposition and cancellation cases.
Carolina Pitarch
Carolina Pitarch became a part of the EUIPO nine years ago, spending the majority of her time in the International Cooperation Area. Since 2023, she has been actively involved with the Communities and Consistent Practices Service in the European Cooperation Area. After contributing to the Common Practice number 15, a project on the classification of goods and services, Carolina is now managing Common Practice number 17, which addresses the distinctive character of slogans.
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