Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Improved OHIM e-Filing

OHIM's new RCD e-filing system is live, replacing the old one. I've just trialled it. There are a couple of major improvements:
  1. The data is apparently uploaded directly into the mighty OHIM computer system - there isn't a little man or woman re-keying it anymore;
  2. You get a proper filing receipt right away, looking like the snail mail version;
  3. You can review a pdf looking vaguely like the paper application form.
It's still annoying that there is no offline alternative to the web-based form, alas. It would also be nice to be able to save what you did for re-use - you can only buffer it for 2 hours for checking. However, it is a definite improvement.

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