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The Study was started when the European Commission launched the Tender in
July 2009 and the Max Planck Institute was awarded the contract in November
2009. The latest news is that the Max Planck report was published in March
2011. The expected timeline is that stakeholders will give their input to
the Commission by early May, that the Commission will present the draft
Impact Assessment on the forthcoming proposals to amend the CTMR and TMD by
the end of May with a view of having the official adoption of the proposals
by the Commission by October 2011.
For more information please see the background documents and the responses
tabs and visit:
See also Managing Intellectual Property magazine's topic page:
The trade mark users organisations, including
MARQUES
and the sister
associations AIM, APRAM, BUSINESSEUROPE, CNIPA,
ECTA, EFPIA, FICPI, GRUR,
ICC, INTA and UNION, have contributed to the works by
submitting their observations to the Commission and to Max Planck, incl.
participating in a meeting with the Max Planck on 8 June 2010. The
organisations will continue to work together to promote the views of their
members.
At the 2010 Winter Meeting in Nice the
MARQUES
Council created an Ad Hoc "Study Task Force", aimed at following
developments, liaising with the Commission, OHIM as well as other
stakeholders and drawing up
MARQUES
observations in connection with the on-going work in relation to the Study.
The "Study Task Force" consists of representatives of member trade mark
owners and practitioners, including:
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Ms. Jane Collins, past Chairman of
MARQUES,
a member of the
Council and the Executive, Global
Head of Trademarks at Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Switzerland
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Ms. Cristina Duch, a member of
MARQUES
Unfair Competition Team, IP lawyer at Baker & Mackenzie,
Spain
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Ms. Petra Goldenbaum, a member of
MARQUES
Trade Mark Law and Practice Team, Chief Executive Lawyer of Trademark Department at CMS Hasche Sigle, Germany
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Ms. Tove Graulund, Chair of the Study Task Force, past
Chairman
MARQUES,
MARQUES
honorary member,
Director of Graulund IP Services,
Denmark
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Mr. Jochen Hoehfeld, Chair of
MARQUES
Trade Mark Law and Team, a Partner and Patent and Trademark Attorney at KSNH Patentanwälte
Klunker.Schmitt-Nilson.Hirsch, Germany
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Mr. Till Lampel, Chair of
MARQUES
Unfair Competition Team, Partner
and Attorney at Law at Harmsen . Utescher, Germany
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Ms. Alessandra Romeo,
MARQUES
External Relations Officer,
a member of the
MARQUES Council
and Executive, Trade Mark Attorney at Buzzi, Notaro & Antonielli d'Oulx, Italy
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Mr. David Stone, a member of
MARQUES
Council, Chair of
MARQUES Designs
Team, Partner and an IP lawyer at Simmons & Simmons, United Kingdom.
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Ms. Emma Stopford, a member of
MARQUES
Council and
MARQUES
Unfair Competition Team, Vice President &
Trade Mark Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
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