Weekly Design Update – Jan 2022 (2 of 3)

Have you checked out our Members Directory yet? It’s our new area allowing you to interact with other subscribers of Equinox!

To add your firm to the library, head over to the ‘My Company’ section under your profile icon.

From here you can fill out as much information as you would like to show to our subscribers.  Once you’re happy to be added, just click the toggle ‘Show profile in public directory’!

NB: Only users with admin permission level are able to access the ‘My Company’ profile section. If you have any queries or problems, please get in touch via email to ip-services@workanyware.co.uk.

“New for January 2022! We have modernized the look, and enhanced the layout and content of our Hague System forms in order to improve user experience and make the completion of our forms simpler and more efficient.

What are the main changes?

Apart from a new color scheme and adjusted layout, we have:

• revised the language used in the forms;
• added new fields and continuation sheets so that you can provide us with more comprehensive details; and
• deleted superfluous fields to make completion of the forms and processing of your requests more straightforward.

The forms, which are available in English, French and Spanish – the official languages of the Hague System – are now in editable PDF format only.

Simply send us your completed forms using our Document Upload Service – available through Contact Hague – using your WIPO Account.

Reminders!

• You must use official Hague System forms to request any changes/updates to your international registrations.
• We strongly recommend that you use eHague to file your international applications and renew your international registrations.

“In 2022, small and medium-sized companies will continue to have the opportunity to receive financial support in order to make use of their intellectual property and to develop control over it. The support is granted by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

You can get financial support for trademark and design application fees, international patent application fees and the IP pre-diagnostic service (IP Scan).

The amount of the support depends on the applications your company has made and the services it has ordered. The compensated share of the fees also varies according to the object the support is granted for (50–90%). A single company can get up to €2,250 in financial support during the year.

You can apply for the support from 10 January 2022 to 16 December 2022.

Further information on the EUIPO website.“

“On December 27, 2021, a draft project of amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus was distributed for the nationwide discussions.

The full text of the amendments project can be found here.

Position of Belarusian citizens concerning the amendments project, along with their probable suggestions and remarks can be addressed to the National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus.

Please click hereto get the application form.

The received materials will be thoroughly summarized, systematized and processed by the National Center of Legal Information.”