
The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) is the European Union agency responsible for registering trade marks and designs that are valid in all 27 countries of the EU. Foto: OHIM

The long awaited bilateral Seat Agreement with the Spanish government were signed in Madrid on 20 September by OHIM's President António Campinos and Spain's Secretary of State for the European Union, Sr. Diego López Garrido. With the signing of the Agreement comes a series of privileges and immunities, both for the Office as an organisation and for the Office's personnel, common to those granted to staff members at other international and EU organisations working in national jurisdictions. Foto: OHIM

The bests of Paya: Allain, Director of Operations Support Department of OHIM, María del Olmo and María Angeles, my Spanish colleagues at the entrance of the Paya building where my department is located. Foto: Simona-Ines Nitescu

The OHIM Hall of Fame at the main entrance hall in Agua Amarga building. OHIM, Alicante, Spain. Foto: OHIM

The reflecting pool of the main atrium at WIPO's new headquarters in the Swiss city of Geneva during the opening ceremony on 26.09.2011, coinciding with the celebration of the Assemblies of the Member States of the Word Intellectual Property Organization. OHIM, Alicante, Spain. Foto: OHIM

Penny for your thoughts, Mr. President? OHIM's President António Campinos during the OHIM bilateral meetings at WIPO in Geneva. OHIM, Alicante, Spain. Foto: OHIM
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