Update: EUIPO Extension of Time Limits period extended

While the disruption caused by Covid-19 continues, the EUIPO has extended the automatic period of extension and announced on 29 April 2020 that all time limits in proceedings before the Office that fall due between 1 May 2020 and 17 May 2020 (inclusive) will be extended until 18 May 2020.

The Office added: “In the event parties to proceedings before the Office choose to discharge their procedural obligations before the expiry of the extended time limit, by submitting observations, documents or performing any other procedural act, the relevant time limit will be considered exhausted and the proceedings will continue without awaiting its expiration”.