EUIPO convergence
Based on an MoU with the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the ISIPO has since 2013 followed the Convergence Practices on Trademark and Designs procedures and implemented several common practices for the sake of harmonization and for the benefit of users.
| Trademarks | Implemented |
| CP1: Harmonization on Trade Marks Classification Practice (IP Translator). | 01.01.2014 |
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CP2: Convergence of Class Headings. |
01.01.2014 |
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CP3: Distinctiveness – Figurative Marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words. |
15.09.2017 |
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CP4: Scope of Protection of Black and White Marks. |
01.04.2021 |
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CP5: Grounds – Likelihood of Confusion (Impact of non-distinctive/weak components). Not implemented as such whereas the ISIPO practice already was in line with the common practice. |
Not formally implemented |
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CP8: Use of a Trade Mark in a Form Differing from the one Registered. |
Not yet implemented |
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CP9: Distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements when the shape is not distinctive in itself. |
Not yet implemented |
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CP11: New Types of Marks: examination of Formal Requirements and Grounds for Refusal. |
11.11.2022 |
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CP12: Evidence in Trade Mark Appeal Proceedings: filing, structure and presentation of evidence, and the treatment of confidential evidence. Not formally implemented, however, the common communication forms basis of ISIPO guidelines in the treatment of evidence in trademark cases. |
Not formally implemented |
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Designs |
Implemented |
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CP6: Convergence on graphic representations of Designs. |
15.05.2018 |
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CP10: Criteria for Assessing Disclosure of Designs on the Internet. Not implemented as such whereas the ISIPO practice already was in line with the common practice. |
Not formally implemented |