Issue 114
  June 2020
Contents:
 

MARQUES Month details confirmed

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Virtual Round Table: Brands in a Time of Crisis

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MARQUES Brands, LGBT and Gender Survey

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Warning over scam WIPO invoice

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Latest information on Brexit

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Recent CJEU and General Court decisions

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Observatory publishes anti-counterfeiting reports

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News from EUIPO

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International design developments

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Thank you for your Coffee Break submissions!

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Forthcoming events

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MARQUES Media Roundup

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Disclaimer:
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MARQUES Month details confirmed

MARQUES will host a series of online educational and networking events during September 2020, which will be available to members and non-members

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Virtual Round Table: Brands in a Time of Crisis

MARQUES held a virtual round table on 25 June looking at how brands respond to crises/social actions such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement

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MARQUES Brands, LGBT and Gender Survey   Warning over scam WIPO invoice

The MARQUES IP Emerging Issues Team invite you to undertake a short survey entitled 'Brands, LGBT and Gender'

 

A particularly egregious example of a scam invoice has been received by a MARQUES member

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Latest information on Brexit

Roland Mallinson of the MARQUES Brexit Task Force provides an update on the latest developments

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Recent CJEU and General Court decisions

There have been a lot of judgments concerning trade marks, copyright and designs this month

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Observatory publishes anti-counterfeiting reports

The Observatory of the European Union has published two reports as part of a pan-European media campaign to fight counterfeiting and piracy

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News from EUIPO   International design developments

The latest information from EUIPO includes the recent User Group meeting, draft Guidelines (2020 edition), Board of Appeal hearings and cooperation with EURid

 

Mexico has joined the Hague System, and Israel has joined the WIPO DAS for designs

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Thank you for your Coffee Break submissions!

MARQUES wants to thank all the members who sent in news, tips and photos for the MARQUES Virtual Coffee Break initiative during the past three months


More than 60 members were featured on the Virtual Coffee Break page, alongside pictures of their workplaces, colleagues, family members and pets.

The Coffee Break emails, which have been sent out every Wednesday, also included news, resources and quizzes. Thank you for your contributions.

The Coffee Break will pause during July and August, and MARQUES will decide whether to restart it in September.

In the meantime, you can try your luck at the latest 10-question trivia quiz here. Everyone who gets all 10 answers correct will be listed on the leaderboard.

Forthcoming events   MARQUES Media Roundup

The Second Session of WIPO’s Conversation on IP and AI will take place as a virtual meeting from 7 to 9 July

 

Keep up to date with the latest trade mark and design news, book reviews, event coverage and MARQUES announcements on the Class 46 and Class 99 blogs

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