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Protect your trade marks and designs in the European Union

Protect your intellectual property in the European Union

Guidelines repository

On this page you will find previous editions of the EUIPO’s Guidelines.

Trade mark guidelines
Design guidelines

Previous editions	Date of entry into force
Legislative Reform II, 2017	01.10.2017
1, 2017	01.02.2017
2, 2016	01.08.2016
Legislative Reform	23.03.2016
1, 2016	01.02.2016
2, 2015	01.08.2015
1, 2015	01.02.2015
2, 2014	01.08.2014
1, 2014	01.02.2014
Before 2014	-

Previous editions	Date of entry into force
2018	01.10.2018
Legislative Reform II, 2017	01.10.2017
1, 2017	01.02.2017
2, 2016	01.08.2016
Legislative Reform	23.03.2016
1, 2016	01.02.2016
2, 2015	01.08.2015
1, 2015	01.02.2015
2, 2014	01.08.2014
1, 2014	01.02.2014
Before 2014	-

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Feedback received for WP 2019
Note on the temporal application (retroactivity) of the new grounds for refusal in examination, opposition and cancellation proceedings

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