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EUIPO Boards of Appeal Where have they been? Where are they going? THEN AND NOW 1997: starting from zero End 2016 : almost 2,500 appeals files and 2,900 decisions taken 2017: 19 Members A third of the EU General Courts

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EUIPO Boards of Appeal

Where have they been? Where are they going?

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1997: starting from zero
End 2016 : almost 2,500 appeals files and 2,900 decisions taken
2017: 19 Members
A third of the EU General Court’s case load is trademark work

THEN AND NOW

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Late 90s: Building from diversity
Constructing case law (shape marks, slogans, smell marks,

colors, tarnishment..)

BUILDING

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Independence (impartiality; objective panel decisions; secret

deliberations; President and presidium as guardians of independence)

Quality (90% + notification within 8 months; GC confirmation rates, ISO,

mediation and conciliation)

Speed (written proceedings; one round submissions; 5 languages)
Consistency and coherence (Grand Board; Appeals Knowledge Circle;

role of national/previous decisions). MEETING THE CONERNS OF PROFESSIONALS

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(1) Administrative

Contact with practitioners (case law laboratories / conferences;

inter Office working groups; surveys)

Aim for excellence (best practices)

PREPARING FOR CHANGE

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(2) Legal

Abolition of need for graphical representation (obstacles of clear & precise

and another characteristic)

PGIs & PDOs
Collective and certification marks
Internet evidence
Brexit

PREPARING FOR CHANGE