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OHIM President Term Extended

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The Council of the European Union has decided to extend the term of Antonio Campinos as the President of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) for another five years.

The OHIM is the European Union agency responsible for managing two important vehicles for the protection of creativity and innovation – the Community trade mark and the registered Community design. From 2005 to November 2007 Campinos was the Head of the Portuguese Delegation on the Administrative Board, and from November 2007 to 2010 he was the Chairman of the OHIM's Administrative Board. He took over as the third president of OHIM in October 2010. 

The decision was made on June 24th and the term of the extension will begin on October 1, 2015. The Council Decision will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union on July 22.

 

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