EU Trade Mark Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 In Force

On 23 March 2016, European Union Trade Mark Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 came into force. The new Regulation amends Community Trade Mark Regulation 207/2009/EC, and makes a number of procedural and substantive changes to EU trade mark law. Most of the new Regulation's provisions are effective immediately, with the remainder scheduled to come into force in October 2017.

Key changes include the following:

• The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) will now be known as the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). As part of this change, the EUIPO has launched a new website.
• The "Community Trade Mark" will now be known as a "European Union Trade Mark" (EUTM).