MARQUES is launching new educational and networking initiatives to support members in the current crisis, including webinars and a weekly Virtual Coffee Break email. The next webinar is on Brand Protection in a Time of Turmoil and is on 14 May

Members of the MARQUES Anti-Counterfeiting and Parallel Trade Team have published two articles on the issue of counterfeit pharmaceuticals

Marijana Kozakijevic of the MARQUES GI Team explains the importance of the entry into force of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

Innovate for a Green Future was the theme of this year's World IP Day on 26 April

WIPO is hosting a number of webinars that may be of interest to MARQUES members. Plus: Director General Francis Gurry has presented his annual report

On 29 April, Willem Leppink, who heads the MARQUES Anti-Fraud Task Force, and Alessandra Romeo, MARQUES External Relations Officer, joined the 5th Anti-Scam Network Meeting, led by EUIPO. MARQUES was also represented at the EUIPO User Group Meeting held on the same day

The EUIPO and MARQUES have developed two new e-learning modules within the framework of the ECP3 Academy Learning Portal cooperation project

The CJEU has published rulings in the Coty v Amazon, Gomboc Kutato and Gugler France cases

The call for entries for the DesignEuropa Awards 2020 has been extended to 8 May

The MARQUES blogs include articles on recent developments in trade mark and design law, including updates from China, Turkey and Ecuador