Croatia joins Community design regime on 1 July

According to Communication 4/12 from the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), the accession of Croatia to the European Union will make its mark on both the registered Community designs and Community trade mark regimes. Croatia becomes a fully-fledged member of the European Union on 1 July 2013. From that very date, all Community designs and trade marks that are on the register will automatically extend to Croatia.