The Harmonization Committee’s activities include the conducting of surveys in all EU member states on the national law and practice with regard to legal issues of specific current interest. Surveys conducted by the Harmonization Committee e.g. dealt with:
trade mark use in opposition and cancellation proceedings
trade mark issues related to geographic indications
trade marks filed in bad faith
protection of marks with a reputation
legal enforcement of security interests of trade marks
conversion issues or
comparison of the national laws as far as the CTMR explicitly provides for the application of national law.
The Harmonization Committee thereby creates a knowledge base which is useful to propose best practices, compare and benchmark practices and helps other committees to prepare position papers, proposals and replies to questions submitted by European Boards and Agencies.