The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), or OHIM (Spanish: OAMI or Oficina de Armonizacion del Mercado Interior, German: HABM or Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt, French: OHMI or Office de l'Harmonisation dans le Marché Intérieur, Italian: UAMI or Ufficio per l'Armonizzazione nel Mercato Interno) is the trademark and industrial designs registry for the internal market of the European Union. Taken from europa. ... A trademark (Commonwealth English: trade mark)[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to set the business and its products or services apart from those of other businesses. ... Jump to: navigation, search Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved. ... Registry has several meanings, all of which generally relate to its original or historical meaning as a written, official or formal record of information, or the place where such records are kept. ... An internal market operates inside an organisation or set of organisations which have decoupled internal components. ...

It administers all Community Trade Marks and Community Designs and is generally involved in any intellectual property matters dealt with by the EU. A Community Trade Mark, or CTM, refers to any trademark which is pending registration or has been registered in the European Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search In law, particularly in common law jurisdictions, intellectual property or IP refers to a legal entitlement which sometimes attaches to the expressed form of an idea, or to some other intangible subject matter. ...

It is based in Alicante, Spain, and its director is Wubbo de Boer. View over Alicante and the Mediterranean Alicante (Castillian Spanish) or Alacant (Valencian Catalan) is the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of the Alacantí, in the southern part of the Land of Valencia, Spain, a historic Mediterranean port. ...

See also

• European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Intellectual property organisation
• International Trademark Association (INTA)

The European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, which is the main organ of the organisation) is a public international organisation set up by the European Patent Convention. ... Intellectual property organizations are international intergovernmental organizations that involve cooperation in the area of copyrights, trademarks and patents. ...

External links

• Official website