28.06.2010
09:00 - 13:00

The Community Trade Mark And Design Systems: An Added-Value For Local Market Actors

European Economic and Social Committee
Rue Belliard 99
1040 Brussels
Phone: +32 (0)2 546 90 11
Fax: +32 (0)2 513 48 93
Email: press@eesc.europa.eu

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Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), Jean Claude Combaldieu Meeting Room (JCC)
Avenida de Europa, 4
E - 03008 Alicante

Spain

The Single Market Observatory (SMO) is organising a public hearing which aims at establishing a fruitful dialogue with the socio-economic players of the Alicante area and engaging in an exchange of views on how to improve the functioning of the Single Market. As a unitary system of protection in the European market, the European trade mark represented in legal terms a major improvement over national trade marks, not just because it simplified the acquisition of exclusive rights over distinctive marks for products and services, but also because it brought benefits for the market and for consumers and users. The Community trade mark has had a significant impact on the completion of the European Single Market. Making Community products and services readily identifiable has promoted the free circulation of goods. Compliance with European safety regulations has made it easier for consumers and users to trust certain brands.

Liina Carr, Vice-Chair of the EESC Single Market Observatory; Peter Lawrence, Vice-President of the OHIM; Juan Bautista Riera Sánchez, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce of Alicante; Rafael Cerda Ferrer, President of the Economic and Social Council of the Comunidad Valenciana; Andrea Di Carlo, Director of the Institutional Affairs and External Relations Department, OHIM; Wubbo de Boer, President of OHIM.