The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

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The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

The Community Trade Mark (CTM) and Community Design The European Union currently has 450 million inhabitants

What is the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market? (OHIM) EU Agency: Decentralised Legal personality Financial autonomy Tasks: Community Trade Mark (in operation since 1 April 1996) Community Design (in operation since 1 April 2003) SPAIN Alicante

THE OHIM The OHIM is a Community body (a regulatory agency involved in exercising the executive function in a specific sector); with legal personality; independent in relation to technical matters; with legal, administrative and financial autonomy; administering the Community trade mark (CTM) and the Community design (CD) systems; in the framework of Community law; with full regard and respect to the competencies exercised by the Community institutions

THE OHIM OHIM’s mission is to promote and administer the CTM and the CD systems: to carry out registration proceedings and related proceedings for CTMs and CDs; to maintain CTM and CD Registers; empowered to adopt individual decisions which are binding on third parties and subject to legal control by the Court of First Instance and the European Court of Justice. The OHIM is also responsible together with Community Trade Mark and Design Courts for decisions relating to the validity of registered marks and designs.

Financial Controller Administrative Board Budget Committee

OUR WORKING LANGUAGES EU OHIM All EU Member States Languages Spanish German French English Italian

There are currently around 650 people working at OHIM Staff are recruited from all 25 Member States of the European Union Nationals of new member states are being recruited specific qualifications All staff are proficient in at least 2 languages of the European Union

THE STAFF Staff from all EU countries with corresponding legal, linguistic and cultural background New: staff from new Member States Seconded Experts from Member States, extended to EFTA countries

THE STAFF (BY CITIZENSHIP)

1994-2004 BUDGET

1st year of the Registered Community Design Enlargement LATEST NEWS: MAIN TOPICS E-business 1st year of the Registered Community Design Enlargement Proposal to modify CTMR mainly Art. 39 Adhesion to the Madrid Protocol