On October 14, 2013 OHIM and WIPO announced the integration of WIPO´s Madrid Goods and Services Manager (MGS) data into TMclass, OHIM´s free online goods and services classification tool.
The integration is a result of cooperative work between the two offices, in order to promote their common objectives and policy on trademark information dissemination.
It will help to enhance the quality, value and flow of such information among WIPO and OHIM´s respective member states, stakeholders and users.
The integration will facilitate transparent and comprehensive information useful to trade mark applicants and owners at global level.
TMclass is available in 26 languages, including Japanese, Korean and Turkish, and is available through http://tmclass.tmdn.org/ec2/.
MGS is WIPO’s free online goods and services classification and translation tool, and is available in 15 languages at http://www.wipo.int/mgs/index.jsp.
Source: OHIM
