São Tomé and Príncipe will use HDB

As of 12 December 2022, the National Service of Intellectual Property and Quality of São Tomé and Príncipe (SENAPIQ-STP) will use and accept the list of terms from the harmonised database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass.

Following the decision of SENAPIQ-STP to use the HDB, there are now 28 IP offices outside the EU that use and accept terms from this database.

The new incorporation of SENAPIQ-STP in TMclass brings the total number of participating national and regional IP offices, including ARIPO, OAPI, WIPO and the EUIPO, to 92.

TMclass offers users the opportunity to search for and translate goods and services to and from any of the 44 languages available as well as verifying the terms’ correct classification under the Nice classification.

The integration of SENAPIQ-STP in TMclass with HDB is thanks to EUIPO’s International Cooperation programme in collaboration with the EU funded project called Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Action for Africa (AfrIPI), which is directed by the European Commission and executed by EUIPO.

You can find out more at https://euipo.europa.eu/ec2/ and http://www.euipn.org/