[E-trademarks] EU "Second Language" For Madrid Filing?

[Crane, Susan]

All EUTM applications must have a second working EU language designated.  The risk is that any inter partes proceedings can take place in either the language of filing or the second designated language.


Susan L. Crane
Group Vice President, Legal
Intellectual Property, Brands & Marketing

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
22 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
O (973) 753-6455
M (973) 879-3420
Susan.Crane at wyndham.com<mailto:Susan.Crane at wyndham.com>



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Dear List Mates, My client filed a U. S. trademark application about 5 months ago, and now he wants to file in the EU as well.   I'm filing through the International Bureau to back-date our EU application to the U. S. filing date.   So far so
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Dear List Mates,

My client filed a U.S. trademark application about 5 months ago, and now he wants to file in the EU as well.  I'm filing through the International Bureau to back-date our EU application to the U.S. filing date.  So far so good.  Now it's time to check the boxes for what jurisdictions we want to file on.  I see the box to indicate that we want to extend protection into the EU, but there's also a mandatory drop-down menu and an instruction "Please select second language."  Can someone please explain what this choice does, and what effect it will have?  Obviously, I've never dealt with this particular task before.  Many thanks in advance for your guidance.

Cheers,

Sam Castree, III

Sam Castree Law, LLC
3421 W. Elm St.
McHenry, IL 60050
(815) 344-6300

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