The Administrative Board and Budget Committee, OHIM's governing bodies composed of representatives of the Member States of the EU and the European Commission, have ended their biannual meeting at OHIM's headquarters in Alicante.

 

On June 8, the Administrative Board issued a favorable opinion on the draft OHIM Guidelines for Examination in the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, and endorsed the Convergence Programme project on Figurative Marks containing descriptive/non-descriptive words.

 

At the joint meeting of the Administrative Board and the Budget Committee on June 9, OHIM President António Campinos presented the Annual Report 2014 of the Office and the EU Observatory on Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights. President Campinos also informed ABBC Members about the Office's progress towards the achievement of the goals of its Strategic Plan, the progress made on the Strategic Plan 2020, and the status of the implementation of the Inter-institutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.

 

On June 10, the Budget Committee gave its discharge to the President of the Office in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2013.

 

(Source: OHIM)