TRAINEESHIPS AT THE OFFICE FOR HARMONISATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET (OHIM) - TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS

Background

The OHIM organises traineeships for young university graduates, organised in two periods lasting five months each. These traineeships consist of work experience in one of the services of the OHIM. They commence on 1 February (spring training period) and 1 September (autumn training period) of each year.

The traineeships aim principally to

- provide training in industrial property and more specifically in trade mark law;
- extend and apply knowledge acquired in the course of studies or working life;
- enable trainees to acquire personal experience through the contacts they make in their everyday work.

Eligibility

- be nationals of the Member States of the European Communities and candidate countries. However, a limited number of nationals of  third
  countries may be accepted.
- have a recognised university degree, proving completion of a full cycle of study, or in the case of trainees who are at the end of their studies,
  an official attestation from the university stating the marks obtained;
- have a thorough knowledge of at least two official languages of the European Communities; one of these languages must be a language of
  the OHIM (Spanish, German, English, French, Italian). For applicants from candidate countries and third countries, a good knowledge of
  only one of the OHIM's languages is required.

Deadlines

31 October  (for Spring training period)
31 March (for Autumn training period)

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