Leaked documents provide insight into potential overhaul of EU trademark system

According to draft EuropeanCommission proposals obtainedby WTR, the European trademarksystem is set for a shakeup.A renamed Communitytrademark (CTM) and Office forHarmonisation in the InternalMarket (OHIM), the abandonmentof examination on relativegrounds and reduced applicationand renewal fees for CTMs areamong the potential changes.