Issue 053
  May 2015
Contents:
 

Book now for the Annual Conference in Vienna!

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MARQUES plays its part in revision of Lisbon Agreement

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Learn about arbitration in Singapore

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Revisions to the Nice Classification

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TTAB rulings may be binding on federal courts – US Supreme Court

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Madrid System seminar coming up in Geneva

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WIPO updates Madrid website

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Mark your calendars

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Media Roundup

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Madrid System Survey: last chance

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Book now for the Annual Conference in Vienna!

 

Registration for the 29th MARQUES Annual Conference, to be held in Vienna from 15th to 18th September, is now open. The Early Bird rate is available until Friday 3rd July.

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MARQUES plays its part in revision of Lisbon Agreement

 

Members of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications took part in a Diplomatic Conference in Geneva last month. MARQUES was represented throughout the negotiations by members of the GI Team.

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Learn about arbitration in Singapore

 

MARQUES will host a meeting on protecting trade marks with arbitration and domain name UDRP as part of IP Week in Singapore in August.


The meeting will be co-hosted with the IP Academy, the education arm of IPOS, on Friday 28th August. The programme can be viewed on the MARQUES website.

Peter Wild, Chair of the MARQUES Programming Team, said the programme has two goals: “First, to create more awareness of the option, opportunities and advantages of arbitration in general, including among SME managers who we invite to think about arbitration clauses when they create contracts. Second, a special topic will be the UDRP system which has very small numbers in Singapore and we want to make it better known, and explain the advantages.”

Speakers include Trina Ha, legal counsel and faculty at the IP Academy, Stanley Lai of Allen & Gledhill, Erik Wilbers of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and Francine Tan of Francine Tan Law Corporation.

Overcoming resistance

Peter said he sees arbitration becoming more common in IP cases: “I started introducing arbitration clauses in every contract about two years ago. In the beginning there was resistance, but now I face less resistance and people are familiar with it.” He added that the efficiency and confidentiality of arbitration are key to its appeal.

“We hope people at this seminar will see both the opportunity and limits of arbitration,” said Peter.

He also said that the Singapore event will be replicated elsewhere, including in Europe, if it is a success.

In addition, MARQUES is planning to establish a new Dispute Resolution Team later this year.

Revisions to the Nice Classification

The Committee of Experts of the Nice Union has accepted changes to the Nice Classification proposed by OHIM and prepared by the CP1 Working Group. MARQUES was one of two users associations that took part in this Working Group.

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TTAB rulings may be binding on federal courts – US Supreme Court

 

Brand owners may now need to put more effort in to US oppositions and cancellations or risk being bound later in infringement suit, as Janet Satterthwaite explains.

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Madrid System seminar coming up in Geneva

 

WIPO updates Madrid website

WIPO is hosting a Madrid System Seminar at its headquarters in Geneva on 18th and 19th June.

 

The Madrid System website was updated in May, as part of a longer term project to ensure it meets the information and transactional requirements of users.

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Mark your calendars

 

Media Roundup

 

In addition to the Annual Conference, there are MARQUES events lined up this year in Dublin, Zurich, Singapore and The Hague.

 

 

Community design law research, a new CJEU referral from the Benelux and PUMA v POODLE in Germany were among the topics being discussed on the MARQUES blogs this month.

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Survey on Madrid System Dependency Principle

 

The deadline for completing WIPO’s Survey on the Madrid System Dependency Principle has been extended to 7th June.

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