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| WIPO Arbitration and Domain Name Workshops | ||
| The WIPO Arbitration
and Mediation Centre has announced that it will be holding the following
events in Geneva, in October 2008.
October 21-22: WIPO
Arbitration Workshop Please note WIPO is offering MARQUES Members a discount when registering for either of these events, instead of the 1400 Swiss Francs per workshop MARQUES members can register for just 1000 Swiss Francs (please indicate your MARQUES membership when registering). Further details, programmes and registration forms for the workshops are available at http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/events/. Online registration is also available at https://webaccess.wipo.int/arb07/ |
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| 16-19 September 2008 - Noordwijk, The Netherlands MARQUES 22nd 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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| Local CTM & Trademark Judges | ||
| Following the successful seminar with CTM Judges in Alicante on June 11 which had more than 50 attendees and included presentations from 4 Judges; one of the Court of First Instance and 3 from the Court of Appeal, the MARQUES Programming Committee is now planning to hold a similar event in Geneva in late October. Further details will be available on the MARQUES website shortly. | ||
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| Registered Community Designs | ||
| Following the success of the report on the first 150 decisions on the Invalidity of Registered Community Design the MARQUES Designs Team extended the report to include the first 300 decisions. This report has now been updated with a new illustrated table and can be downloaded from the Team Section on the MARQUES Website. [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0026] | ||
| Cyberspace Team | ||
| The Perfect Sunrise | ||
| When hundreds of new generic Top Level Domains are launched next year, what Rights Protection Mechanisms will be offered? The Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN, with support and sponsorship from MARQUES has produced a PDF booklet that is designed to encourage new gTLD applicants to protect the rights of others. For more information or to download the booklet visit [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0027] | ||
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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 Société des Hôtels Méridien v Sedo GmbH over the domain name 'hotel-meridien.fr' in which a substantial award for damages was upheld. [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0025]. |
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