France's INPI joins TM Class

February 06, 2015

The French IP office INPI has joined TM Class, a database of trade mark classification

The database now covers all European IP offices. It contains about 65,000 pre-approved terms of classifications of goods and services. These are translated into the 23 working languages used in offices across Europe.

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