New rules for Benelux trade marks came into force on 1 March 2019
22/03/2019
In 2015 the EU issued a new Trade Marks Directive (Directive no 2015/2436) in order to further harmonise and modernise the national trade mark rules. With regard to Benelux trade marks, the three Benelux Member States approved a Protocol on 11 December 2017 implementing a series of provisions of the Trade Marks Directive in the Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property ("BCIP") . The Protocol entered into force on 1 March 2019. Here we highlight the most important changes.
