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News Channel
Issue:
June 2008
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Great Win for Users in the International Trademark Registration System |
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During the 5th Meeting of the Working Group for the Legal Development of the
Madrid System, it was agreed to recommend to the General Assembly an
important change to the system. This change consist of that all designated
offices must issue a Statement of Grant of Protection for each successful
designation. Therefore, the so-called principle of "tacit acceptance" has
been broken. MARQUES
has been pushing for an increase of communication between WIPO and
users since 2005 and proactively supporting this recommendation in every
meeting since then.
MARQUES considers
this a very important step for the future of the International Registration
system. The next step is the final adoption of the recommendation by the
General Assembly in September 2008. |
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MARQUES Files Before WIPO
A New Proposal to Improve the Madrid System |
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On the occasion of the 5th Meeting of the Working Group,
MARQUES
sent a letter to WIPO's Assistant Director, Mr. Ernesto Rubio, with a
proposal to increase communication between users and WIPO. Briefly,
this proposal consists of turning the Register database into the central
repository for fully up-to-date information on the individual Designations
of International Registrations. Although the appropriate way is left on the
hands of WIPO,
MARQUES has
developed some ideas that could serve as a guideline for this project aimed
at increasing the access of updated information on the status of a
Designation. |
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Meeting of Association on ACTA (Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement) |
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MARQUES attended
the joint-meeting of IP associations organised on May in Berlin, which as
aimed at creating a forum so as to promote ACTA. The goal is to encourage
governments and institutions to engage in ACTA and push for strong
provisions against counterfeiting and piracy.
MARQUES
registered its full support to these initiatives and expressed its wiliness
to collaborate with this group.
MARQUES
was represented by Jane Collins, Chairman of
MARQUES. |
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New Director General for WIPO |
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The Coordination Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
nominated Mr. Francis Gurry the next Director General. Mr. Gurry will have
to be appointed by the General Assembly of WIPO at their next meeting
in September. |
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European Commission Launches
the Chine IPR SME Helpdesk |
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The China IPR SME Helpdesk is a new initiative funded by DG Enterprise and
Industry of the European Commission, which aims to support EU small and
medium sized enterprises in both the protection and enforcement of IPR in
China, through the provision of free information, training and first-line
advice. More information regarding the Helpdesk is available at
www.china-IPRhelpdesk.eu |
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11 June 2008 - Alicante
Meeting with the Spanish Judges of the
Community Trademark Courts |
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MARQUES
is organising a series of meeting designed to promote the debate and
knowledge of the social-economic function of trademarks and their legal
aspects in current society with the aim of promoting the study and
collaboration between trademark holders and the Judges of the Community
Trademark Courts. There
are a few places left at the first of these meetings which has been organised together with OHIM,
full details including the
programme and online registration are available at [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0022] |
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16-19 September 2008 - Noordwijk, The Netherlands
MARQUES Annual
Conference - Brands Out of the Box |
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Brands are increasingly recognised as valuable corporate assets, but how are
they best managed to build and maintain a business? This year’s
MARQUES
Conference will unpack brands, looking at everything from creation, through
protection and enforcement, to financial and competition issues – all in the
context of business needs.
Registration and full details
are now available online at
[http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0023] |
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Cyberspace Team |
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CALL FOR
SUPPORT ON ICANN CHANGES |
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MARQUES
is a member of the IPC (Intellectual Property
Constituency) of ICANN, which controls the administration of the domain name
system. ICANN is restructuring. It wants to improve the effectiveness of the
General Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) which forges policy, elects two
members to the ICANN Board and provides the highest level at which trade
mark representation can feature.
The Board is faced with two choices. The
first is to strengthen the position of registries and registrars and to
reduce the votes and influence of the private sector (including the IPC).
The second is to support a Joint Users Proposal, developed by the private
sector organisations within ICANN including the IPC, which proposes equality
between registries and registrars, private sector organisations and
representatives of the Not-For-Profit sector.
If you have five minutes to
spare, please review the further details we have prepared and then send
a message of support to ICANN in favour of the Joint Users Proposal
[http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0024]. All it takes is one email
and we've even
prepared a draft for you to use. |
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New Cases Available |
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MARQUES is pleased to
inform its members that this months selection of cases, drawn from
pan-European and national tribunals, has been added to the Case Database,
this months cases include the trade mark application "Pirates of the
Caribbean"
[http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0021]. |
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