The use of general terms, including the general indications of the class headings of the Nice Classification, shall be interpreted as including all of the goods and services clearly covered by the literal meaning of the indication or term. This means that protection will be applied only to the items listed in the application.

Proprietors of EU trade marks applied for before 22 June 2012 which are registered with respect to the entire heading of a Nice class, may declare that their intention on the date of filing had been to seek protection with respect to goods and/or services beyond those covered by the literal meaning of the heading of that class. A grace period of six (6) months will be granted to do so from 23 March 2016 to 23 September 2016.

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The office exerts all efforts possible to achieve its ideal target from reception to publication for CTM, estimated at 11 weeks, and up to 26 weeks until registration in straightforward and smooth applications and in case no national search is requested.

Moreover, significant improvements have been noticed regarding oppositions’ procedures and settlement. The timeline standard of 17 weeks has been reached and efforts are being made to make it shorter in the future.

By way of background, The CRM system creates a unified trademark/design registration system in Europe consisting of 27 countries, whereby one registration provides protection in all member states of the EURO.