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| Drawing on
the variety of skills and expertise existing within its world-wide
membership,
MARQUES
seeks to ensure that its corporate finger rests on the pulse of
affairs. Every single member is encouraged to make a contribution -
in whatever form and through whatever medium suits - to the development of
MARQUES
as a global resource centre by agreeing to share professional strengths
with fellow members. At the same time each member is urged to
improve and enhance personal performance by drawing, from the centre,
support and guidance in those areas where he/she is not quite so strong or
experienced.
The Executive Committee of the full MARQUES Council - comprised of the Chairman plus two Vice-Chairman - directs the operation of a growing number of Project Teams which address issues related to their special sphere of responsibility. To find out more about the work the teams are involved in, or to contact a team either for assistance or to offer support please click on the relevant team from the list below. |
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| Amicus Curiae Team Submission of Amicus Curiae briefs before the European Courts either on its own or in cooperation with other professional organisations. | |
| Anti-Counterfeiting & Parallel Trade Team Investigations, Regional Issues, Trade secrets, Parallel Imports/Exhaustion, Piracy | |
| Brands & Marketing Team Advertising, marketing plan erosion, brand extension, comparative advertising, confusing/unfair/gray advertising, trade dress, sponsoring and ambush, IP creation, searches, co-branding, negative PR pursuit. | |
| Brighton Conference Team Conference planning, conference organisation, working with teams for cross conferences, dealing with post conference material. | |
| Council Overall responsibility for the Organisation | |
| Cyberspace Team Domains, privacy, patents, business methods, file sharing, trade marks, unfair competition and satellites. | |
| Designs Team Protection, Management, Tax Issues, Filings, Legal, Renewals, Designs vs. 3-D marks | |
| Education Team Studies, scholarships, Lewis Gaze memorial scholarships, seminars, in-house "stages". | |
| Executive Committee Top level strategy and decision making, top level external relations. | |
| Geographical Indications Geographical indications, designations of origin, WTO, TRIPS | |
| Intellectual Asset Management Team Raising the profile and awareness of brands as valuable business assets and to provide guidelines for best practice in the creation, management and commercialisation of those assets. | |
| IP Outer Borders Team Social responsibility of IP, How much IP do we need, Negative points/abuses, Managing the IP power, Intellectual property or monopoly privilege, Ethical responsibility of owners, Managers and creators, Creating and exploiting IP | |
| Membership Team Increasing membership, realising strategy and positions, evaluating results and if needed alter target, strategic control team. | |
| Programming Team Seminars Planning & Organising, Working with teams for cross seminars, Dealing with post seminar material | |
| Publication & Website Team Gathering material, Educational material (with the Education Team), Pre-conference material (with the Programming Team), All printed material, Mailing lists, Website design and update | |
| Regulatory Team | |
| Trademark Law and Practice Team Protection, Management, Tax Issues, Filings, Legal, Renewals, Affidavits, User requirements | |
| Unfair Competition Team Regional issues, look-alikes, own label, innovation, code of conduct, ethics, trademark councils | |
| Venue Team | |