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News Channel
Issue: November 2008
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Details of all
MARQUES events and conferences are
published on the MARQUES website at
http://www.marques.org/conferences |
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GI Seminar
20 November 2008, Geneva |
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MARQUES
will be holding a one day seminar on Geographical Indications on the 20th
November in Geneva, for further details including online registration visit [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0033]. |
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Designs
Seminar
4 December 2008, London |
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MARQUES
will be holding an evening seminar on Designs on the 4th December in
London, further details including online registration are available at [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0034]. |
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Anti-Counterfeiting & Parallel Trade Team |
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Custom Activities Relating to Counterfeit and Piracy |
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On behalf of
MARQUES
the Chair of the Anti Counterfeiting Team, Joachim Hofmann, Syngenta
Switzerland attended in Brussels on October 7, 2008 a meeting on European
Commision DG TAXUB. It is a meeting on custom activities relating to
Counterfeit and piracy. The minutes of this meeting can be found at the
MARQUES
website section Anti Counterfeiting Team.
Furthermore, the
EC DG TAXUD has developed a "Manual" (Intellectual Property Rights - Manual
for lodging of applications for Customs Action) in cooperation with the
members which are attached in addition to the "meeting minutes" and a copy
of the current Regulation ("Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July
2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain
intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods
found to have infringed such rights").
For more
information or to download the documents visit [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0036] |
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Cyberspace Team |
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Applicant Guidebook |
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ICANN has
published an Applicant Guidebook addressed to all those interested in
applying for a new gTLD franchise. This announcement is a new step within
the programme of ICANN to create up to 500 new gLTDs in 12 months from
summer 2009. For further details, please visit [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0037]. |
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Keyword Advertising |
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The Cyberspace
Team have published a guide to Keyword Advertising in the US and Europe, to
download the guide visit [http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0038]. |
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Designs Team |
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Locarno Classification system for
Industrial Designs |
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MARQUES
has released a position paper on the proposed changes to the Locarno
Classification system for Industrial Designs. This paper is co-signed by
Jane Collins, Chair of MARQUES, and David Stone, Chair of the MARQUES
Designs Team. The paper has been sent to WIPO and OHIM and can be downloaded
by
clicking here. |
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Registered Community Design Datase
and Article 71 |
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MARQUES has sent a letter to Mr Wubbo De
Boer (OHIM) on the Registered Community Designs database and Article 71 of
the relevant Implementing Regulation. This letter is co-signed by Jane
Collins, Chair of MARQUES, and David Stone, Chair of the MARQUES Designs
Team. The letter can be downloaded by
clicking here. |
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Education Team |
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WIPO Case Studies |
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WIPO is
seeking Case Studies to enrich its database of teaching materials and has
asked whether MARQUES
members are able to assist with this.
A case study should be aimed at business managers and others who wish to
obtain skills in IP assets management. It should also allow instructors and
students to participate in group discussions to explore the ideas and
problems presented.
A case study should reveal how business managers have taken decisions
concerning the effective creation, protection, leveraging and
commercialization of IP assets, which in turn have contributed to building
an sustaining competitive strength and generating value.
In developing and writing a text fro a Case Study, the following
requirements need to be borne in mind:
- The case should be based
on real events
- The case should contain
sufficient specific information to help to evaluate the outcome of the
business decision and consider alternative courses of action
- The case should concern
a business management decision on intellectual property of a firm and/or
its competitor(s)
- The case should contain
elements useful to discussions on how business strategy should be
formulated and improved by considering aspects of intellectual property,
and how intellectual property should be managed to effectively create and
extract value from the firm’s business
- The case should include
published and secondary sources, for example: newspaper and magazine
articles, books, survey summaries, web sites, etc.
If you feel you are able to
contribute or would like to be involved with this, please contact Janice
Trebble of Saunders & Dolleymore on
janicetrebble@dolleymores.com
for more information. |
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Publications &
Website Team |
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The
Publications & Website Team is currently monitoring the progress of a
European trade mark law and information source created by a group of MARQUES
members and supporters. This is the Class 46 weblog, which currently
contains nearly 700 separate, searchable items of news including notes on
recent decisions, laws, official notices and commercial news. Class 46 is
interactive, so you can post comments (all comments are moderated). The
Class 46 weblog is free to all, and carries no advertisements or pop-ups.
Class 46 is available at
http://class46.blogspot.com |
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Trademark Law &
Practice Team |
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Communication 4/03 of the President
of OHIM |
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MARQUES
has released a position paper on the Communication 4/03 of the President of
OHIM concerning the use of class headings in lists of goods and services for
CTM applications and registrations from Knud Wallberg, Chair of the MARQUES
Trademark Law and Practice Team, and Jochen Höhfeld, who is in charge of the
MARQUES
EU Sub Team within the Trademark Law and Practice Team. The paper was sent
to OHIM last week and can be downloaded by
clicking here. |
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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
[http://www.marques.org/Elink?ID=0035]. |
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