What's happening at the trade mark and design Register?
Files are the keystone of all trade mark and design registration offices. OHIM's Register is a massive database containing information, not just about the almost one million Community trade marks or designs registered to date, but also the associated correspondence.
Earlier this year, problems began to emerge with keeping some of this information up to date. By the end of the summer, changing the contact details of owners in the Register was taking up to three months and there were also delays in recording transfers (change of ownership) and other entries to the Register such as seniorities, amongst others.