The Director General of the Russian IP Office, Boris Simonov, said that he looked forward to closer links with OHIM as their “main IP partner in the EU”. In a video interview during an official visit by Rospatent to the Office, Mr Simonov described the current fast growth in interest in IP in Russia and their plans for wider international involvement.
During the visit to OHIM, on 29-30 June, Russia formally joined the Trademark Trilateral identification project, and the Rospatent delegation also discussed cooperating with OHIM on e-Business tools and the TMview joint database which currently provides trade mark data from 14 offices including OHIM and WIPO.
Video interview with Rospatent Director General Boris Simonov
http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/news/item1984.en.do
