Economic downturn hits trade mark filings
26 September 2008
James Nurton, Noordwijk
Community trade mark filing activity has been “a little less flamboyant” this year, according to OHIM President Wubbo de Boer
De Boer told the practitioners attending the MARQUES Annual Conference in Noordwijk last week that the number of CTMs filed in the first half of this year increased by less than 3% compared to the same period last year.
According to statistics dated September 4 2008, OHIM has received 58,800 CTM applications so far this year.
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