Cabo Verde joins TMclass and the Harmonised Database

On 26 August 2024, the Cabo Verde ‘Instituto de Gestão da Qualidade e da Propriedade Intelectual’ (IGQPI) joined the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) TMclass search tool and implemented the harmonised database (HDB) list of terms for trademark classification within the tool.

TMclass and HDB allow users to search and translate classification terms in 41 languages, while the TMclass graphical user interface supports a total of 37 languages.

The integration of Cabo Verde in TMclass is a concrete result of the EUIPO’s extensive cooperation efforts in African jurisdictions through the EU funded IP cooperation project AfrIPI.

By joining TMclass, the IGQPI joins a group of 10 pioneering African countries and 2 regional IP offices in fully embracing digital internationalisation. As a result, there are now 34 non-EU intellectual property offices using TMclass and accepting terms from this harmonised database, bringing the total number of participating IP offices to 94.

For further information, please visit our websites www.euipn.org and https://euipo.europa.eu/ec2/.