Brussels, 22/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - Participants at the trialogue meeting on Wednesday, 22 April, welcomed the agreement obtained during this meeting on the trade mark dossier (see EUROPE 11299).
The Latvian Minister for Justice, Dzintars Rasnaès, was pleased to have obtained an agreement under the Latvian Presidency and highlighted the fact that the reform is a significant accomplishment for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises. Cecilia Wikström, the Swedish liberal in charge of the dossier at the European Parliament, said that she was glad “that after almost 2 years of hard work and tough negotiations we managed to reach a balanced approach on the trademark legislation, which will be simple and flexible enough to provide businesses and entrepreneurs protection that meets their needs”.
Elzbieta Bienkowska, the European commissioner for the internal market, was also very positive and described the agreement as “good news for Europe”. She said that the agreement on the EU trademark reform package “will lead to a modernised and more efficient legal framework. This will promote entrepreneurship and competitiveness”. (Jean Comte)