The Office immediately started to address the problematic issues identified in the survey and is in the process of finding the best solutions with regard to the following six areas:

Quality of decisions
In order to achieve clarity and completeness of decisions, a dialogue with users is necessary to define the standards that the Office applies. Thus, interaction with users will be enhanced. In order to keep up to date with case-law, the OHIM will increase accessibility to searchable databases. Coherence should be increased through new electronic tools that will enable the user to better understand Office practices, i.e. a database on Office practice in relation to the similarity of goods and services is envisaged.

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