CP 1   Acceptability of Classification Terms and the General Indications of the Nice Class Headings

CP 2   Interpretation of Scope of Protection of Nice Class Headings (formerly Implementation of „IP Translator”)

CP 3   Distinctiveness - Figurative and/or Combined Marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words

• • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Training material (2015)
  • Training material: Common Practice – Distinctiveness of Figurative and/or Combined Marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words

CP 4   Scope of Protection of Black and White Marks

CP 5   Relative Grounds for Refusal; Likelihood of Confusion (Impact of Non-Distinctive/Weak Components)

• • Frequently Asked Questions

CP 8   Use of a Trademark in a Form Differing from the one Registered

• • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Training material

           Common Communication on the Representation of New Types of Trademarks

• • o Electronic files formats accepted by each Office

CP 9   Distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements when the shape is not distinctive in itself

• • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Training material

CP 11 New Types of Marks: Examination of Formal Requirements and Grounds for Refusal

• • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Training material

CP 12 Evidence in Trademark Appeal Proceedings: Filing, Structure and Presentation of Evidence, as well as the Treatment of Confidential Evidence

• • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Training material 

CP13 TRADE MARK APPLICATIONS MADE IN BAD FAITH

• • Frequently asked questions on the Common Practice
  • Training material
  • Short description of the Common Practice implementation stages

CP14 TRADE MARKS CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY OR TO ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY

• • Frequently asked questions on the Common Practice
  • Training material
  • Short description of the Common Practice implementation stages
  • Appendix: Trade marks contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality

CP 15 COMPARISON OF GOODS AND SERVICES: treatment of terms lacking clarity and precision and common interpretation of Canon criteria and other factors

• • Training material
  • Common Communication on the Common Practice on the comparison of goods and services: treatment of terms lacking clarity and precision and common interpretation of Canon criteria and other factors
  • Short description of the steps to implement Common Practices

CP16 SIGNS DESCRIBING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF GOODS AND/OR SERVICES

• • Common Practice: Signs describing the subject matter of goods and/or services
  • Training material
  • Short description of the steps to implement EU Common Practices

CP 17 THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF SLOGANS

• • Common Practice: The distinctive character of slogans
  • Training material
  • Short description of the steps to implement EU Common Practices