Legislative change could give boost to “underutilised” IPO mediation services (updated)
Although many trademark teams continue to face budgetary pressures, a UK lawyer claims cost-effective mediation services offered by offices such as the UK IPO and OHIM are “underutilised”. For its part, OHIM admits to WTR that uptake of its mediation offering is “small” but “growing”. However, changes proposed in the European trademark legislative package could remove one of the main barriers to use of its current offering and lead to an upswing in the use of mediation.
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