On 10 September, OHIM President, Mr. António Campinos participated in a bilateral meeting between OHIM and the Swedish Patent and Registration Office.
The President met with the Director General of the Swedish Office, Susanne Ås Sivborg, and was accompanied by a top level delegation from OHIM.
Discussions focused on recent developments at OHIM, the progress of the European Trade Mark and Design Network and issues relating to the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights.
Other subjects dealt with included the Academy and the progress of Cooperation Fund and Convergence Programme initiatives, as well as talks on bilateral cooperation between the Swedish Office and OHIM.
A day earlier, on 9 September, Mr. Campinos visited the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia where he met the Patent Office’s Acting Director, Ieva Viļuma, and the Minister of Justice, Jānis Bordāns.
Community trade mark owners as well as patent and trade mark attorneys from various parts of Latvia were also present.
OHIM and the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia have undertaken a number of cooperation activities since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions in 2001.
Source: OHIM
