An EU Trade Mark (EUTM) is a unitary Trade Mark that covers the entire EU and provides protection in all 28 Member States, namely:
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom [for now!].
It must be noted that objections to an EUTM can be raised by proprietors of earlier conflicting rights in any EU Member State and therefore, at the very least, a Regional Identical Screening Search [see our searching packages] should be conducted before an EUTM application is filed, to ensure that any obvious obstacles to a smooth application are identified.
