Italiano English Study Professionals Services News Contacts News European Union trademark 22/02/2016 On 24 December 2015, the EU regulation no. 2015/2424 which will come into force starting from next 23.03.2016. Important changes will ensue: the Community trademark will change its name to the European Union trademark, just as the OHIM will change its name to the European Union Intellectual Property Office. In addition to changes of a formal nature, the new regulation also provides for changes of a substantial nature, in particular a decrease in the filing and renewal fees, as well as in the fees for objections and cancellations, which will also be reduced. As of March 23, 2016, filing or renewing a trademark in a class will cost less. In fact, to date, the filing or renewal fee of the Community trademark includes up to three classes of products or services. With the new regulation, however, the filing or renewal fee will be proportional to the number of classes of products or services that you intend to protect with a given brand. Particular attention should be paid to the changes inherent to the list of products and services of trademarks already registered. In fact, the new regulation provides that trademarks filed claiming the entire title of specific classes will suffer a reduction in protection, which will be limited to the literal meaning only. For the owners of trademarks filed before June 22, 2012 it will be possible to request the modification of the indication of the products and services in order to adapt it to the new legislation. The deadline for requesting changes to the list of products and services will expire on 24 September 2016. Patents Trademarks Twitter Sede di Reggio Emilia Via Dante Alighieri,4 - 42100 Reggio Emilia t. +39 0522 440344 - f. +39 0522 436270 E-mail reggioemilia@corradini.it Sede di Milano Piazza Luigi di Savoia, 24 - 20124 Milano t. +39 02 67072580 - f. +39 02 67385793 E-mail milano@corradini.it Sede di Bologna Galleria Cavour, 3 - 40124 Bologna t. +39 051 19900647 - f. +39 051 270294 E-mail bologna@corradini.it MAPPA DEL SITO Studio Professionisti Notizie Contacts Patents Patent in Italy European patent International patent Brand names Brand in Italy Community trademark International brand Searches Patent searches Trademark searches Surveillance Patent surveillance Trademark surveillance Copyright design Italian design Community design International Design Forms Links Reserved Area © Ing. C. Corradini & C. Srl - All rights reserved.