tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8510804207546105055..comments2024-03-19T06:27:47.905+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Monday miscellanyVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-52749343656377084372014-12-02T13:48:42.772+00:002014-12-02T13:48:42.772+00:00I don't know about the IP community, but I get...I don't know about the IP community, but I get raised eyebrows everytime I tell a member of the general public that the body responsible for EU trademarks and designs is called "Office for the Harmoni(s/z)ation of the Internal Market". I guess that the expenditure of changing its name is harder to justify in these lean times, but I suspect it'll have to do it at some time in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-75529697406320428972014-12-02T09:36:46.418+00:002014-12-02T09:36:46.418+00:00OHMI, OAMI, OHIM. Time to harmonisze the name?OHMI, OAMI, OHIM. Time to harmonisze the name?Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-36280154295038568702014-12-02T09:32:49.802+00:002014-12-02T09:32:49.802+00:00I certainly support the proposal that OHIM’s name ...I certainly support the proposal that OHIM’s name is NOT CHANGED, and assume that many others do, too. I wonder if doing an online-survey by the ipkat might help support the case? Katharina Schmidhttp://www.schmid-ip.atnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-28953794666411177722014-12-01T21:05:15.267+00:002014-12-01T21:05:15.267+00:00Christopher Morcom QC is forgetting that OHIM is n...Christopher Morcom QC is forgetting that OHIM is now responsible for the EC Orphan Works register, under the directive that came into force in the UK recently (see SI 2014/2861 Sch para 5(9)). It should therefore certainly not be named a trade marks and designs agency; intellectual property office seems much more appropriate even without any patents work.Tim, Copyright for Archivistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255486832652479634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-16394104693634096262014-12-01T19:19:47.498+00:002014-12-01T19:19:47.498+00:00Article 2 of the original Community Trade Mark Reg...Article 2 of the original Community Trade Mark Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark) spelled Harmonisation with a 'z', which is probably the reason the OHIM does so as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38960932477942727992014-12-01T19:18:55.415+00:002014-12-01T19:18:55.415+00:00Article 2 of the original Community Trade Mark Reg...Article 2 of the original Community Trade Mark Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/;ELX_SESSIONID=064fJ89cJb86yL7GTJyvm3gp8lbCHSn15fhk2bn8xyP1yQwVXgjB!2005588632?uri=celex:31994R0040 No 40/94] of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark) spelled Harmonisation with a 'z', which is probably the reason the OHIM does so as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com