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The Intellectual Property Offices of the European Union Intellectual Property Network continue to collaborate in the context of converging trade mark and design practices. They have now agreed on an additional Common Practice/Common Recommendations document on trademarks with the aim of providing general principles regarding evidence in trade mark appeal proceedings, in particular, its types, means, sources and identification of relevant dates, as well as its structure and presentation, and the treatment of confidential evidence.

This Common Practice/Common Recommendations document is made public through this Common Communication with the purpose of further increasing transparency, legal certainty and predictability for the benefit of examiners, internal and external appeal bodies and users alike.

The implementation date of the Common Practice for Cyprus is set at 30/06/2021 for procedures that will initiate after the implementation date.