wipo

Call for Trademarks 2022

DEADLINE : Desk opening from 9:30 a.m. Oct. 25, 2022 and until available resources are exhausted

AVAILABLE FUNDS: 2 Million Euros.

A share equal to 5 percent of the available financial resources is earmarked for the granting of facilities to proponents who, at the time of submitting the application for access to facilities, are in possession of the legality rating.

BENEFICIARIES and ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

  • MPMIs - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • With registered and operational headquarters in Italy
  • That are properly incorporated, registered in the Companies Register and active
  • that are not in a state of liquidation or dissolution and subject to bankruptcy proceedings
  • That are owners of the trademark objects of the application

Facilities aimed at facilitating the registration of Community trademarks with the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) and the registration of international trademarks with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).

The program includes two lines of intervention:

  • MEASURE A Measure B - Facilities to facilitate the registration of European Union trademarks with the EUIPO through the purchase of specialized services.
  • MEASURE A Measure B - Facilities to facilitate the registration of international trademarks with WIPO through the purchase of specialized services.

MEASURE A

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Having carried out, from June 1, 2019, the filing of the application for registration with EUIPO of the facilitated trademark and having complied with the payment of the relevant filing fees;

ALSO

  • Have obtained registration, with EUIPO, of the European Union trademark that is the subject of the application. Such registration must have occurred on a date prior to the submission of the application;

For Measure A, the facilities are granted to the extent of 80% of eligible expenses incurred for filing fees and eligible expenses incurred for the acquisition of specialized services and in compliance with the maximum amounts provided for each type and in any case within the maximum total amount per trademark of €6,000.00.

MEASURE B

Eligibility Requirements:

Having carried out, as of June 1, 2019, at least one of the following activities:

  • The filing of the application for registration with WIPO of a nationally registered trademark with UIBM or a European Union trademark registered with EUIPO and having complied with the payment of the relevant registration fees;
  • The filing of the application for registration with WIPO of a trademark for which an application for registration has already been filed with UIBM or with EUIPO and having complied with the payment of the relevant registration fees;
  • The filing of the application for subsequent designation of a trademark registered with WIPO and having complied with the payment of the relevant registration fees;

ALSO

  • Having obtained the publication of the application for registration in the WIPO International Register (Madrid Monitor) of the trademark applied for. The publication of the trademark application on the WIPO International Register must have occurred on a date prior to the submission of the application.

For Measure B, facilities are granted to the extent of 90% of eligible expenses incurred for the acquisition of specialized services and registration fees in compliance with the maximum amounts provided for each type and in any case within the maximum total amount per trademark of 9,000.00 euros.

For Measure B, for international registration applications filed as of June 1, 2019 for the same trademark, it is possible to make subsequent designations of additional countries; in this case the facilities are cumulative up to the maximum amount per trademark of €9,000.00.

For Measure B, for international registration applications filed before June 1, 2019, it is only possible to request facilitation for subsequent designations made after June 1, 2019, in which case the maximum amount of facilitation per trademark is € 4,000.00.

Each company may submit multiple applications for facilitations, for both Measure A and Measure B, up to a total value of € 25,000.00.

For the same trademark it is possible to cumulate the facilitations provided for Measures A and B (if in Measure B the European Union is not indicated as the designated country) in compliance with the maximum amounts indicated per trademark and per enterprise. For the same trademark, it is possible to apply for both Measure A and Measure B relief in a single application.

If an enterprise can apply for facilitation for more than one trademark, an application must be submitted for each of them, otherwise the application will be inadmissible.

The facilities under this Notice cannot be combined, for the same eligible expenses or part thereof, with other state aid or aid granted under de minimis or facilities financed with EU resources (e.g. EUIPO - IDEAS POWERED FOR BUSINESS). However, up to 100 percent of the expenses actually incurred, the facilities are available together with all general measures, including fiscal measures, which are not state aid and are not subject to the rules on cumulation.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

  • The application is filled out exclusively through the computer procedure and in the manner indicated at [www.marchipiu2022.it].
  • The application is submitted from 9:30 a.m. on October 25, 2022 and until the available resources are exhausted.
  • The application for participation, generated by the IT platform must be digitally signed by the legal representative of the company requesting the facilitation or by the delegated special attorney on the basis of special power of attorney.

Clovers remains at the disposal of clients to provide all the advisory work.