IPKAT IN JAPAN; OHIM OPPOSITION GUIDELINES

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Changes to OHIM Opposition Guidelines

The OHIM Examination Guidelines are being revised and OHIM is inviting comments by 30 September 2006. Six main issues are up for discussion:

* procedural matters
* identity
* global assessment
* similarity of goods and services
* similarity of signs
* proof of use.

The IPKat reckons that it’s about time that the Guidelines on dilution were revised too.