OHIM calls for surplus to be repaid to TM owners
01 February 2010
The office in charge of the Community trade mark wants to refund most of its €300 million surplus to IP owners
James Nurton, London
The office in charge of the Community trade mark (CTM) has proposed that much of its substantial surplus be refunded to trade mark users, as part of its submission to a study on the European trade mark system
In its contribution, published on January 13, the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) proposes keeping €50 million as a strategic reserve.
But it says the rest...
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