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Coming soon: Spring Meeting and webinars
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 The MARQUES Spring Team Meeting will take place online on 11 and 12 March, and there are webinars being held on 4 February and 2 March
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Team Meeting The Spring Team Meeting will follow the usual format, with meetings of Team and Council members, but will be conducted virtually. Team meetings will take place by videoconference between 4 and 10 March 2021, with the Leaders Meeting, Council Meeting and virtual networking reception taking place on Thursday 11 March 2021. The update of Team activities will be on Friday 12 March 2021. All Team and Council members will receive an invitation to attend in the next few weeks. Look out for details in your inbox. Webinar on Chinese translations and transliterations The China Team is hosting a webinar on this topic on Thursday 4 February 2021 from 10.00-11.30 CET. It will cover how to avoid conflicts over names and how to select the correct translation and transliteration of your trade marks. The speakers include Chinese trade mark experts and brand owners. The webinar will include a Q&A session. The registration price is €100 (MARQUES members) or €135 (non-members). Find out more and book your place here. Webinar on AI and IP today The Copyright Team and the Cyberspace Team will jointly host an introduction to artificial intelligence and IP for brand owners during a webinar on 2 March 2021 (time tbc). More details about this webinar, including the programme and speakers, will be posted on the MARQUES events page soon.
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New episode of Talking MARQUES
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 Episode 2 of the Talking MARQUES podcast is now available. This month's episode focuses on the threat from counterfeit and fraudulent pharmaceuticals, devices and vaccines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Copyright Directive tracker
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 The MARQUES Copyright Team has a launched a tracker on the implementation of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
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Joint comments on designs review
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 MARQUES, together with ECTA and INTA, has submitted joint comments on the European Commission's Inception Impact Assessment on the review of the Design Directive and Community Design Regulation
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Protection of GIs for non-agricultural products
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MARQUES has published initial feedback on the European Commission's Inception Impact Assessment published in relation to a proposed legislative initiative that would aim to create an EU-wide protection system for geographical indications of non-agricultural products
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European Commission launches SME Fund
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Madrid System forms updated
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 All EU SMEs can apply for co-financing for certain services under the new Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund, which will provide up to €20 million in grants for IP services this year
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 WIPO has published Information Notice No 1/2021 on Updated Official Forms under the Madrid System and New Accompanying Notes for Filing
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Recent EU General Court decisions
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The EU General Court has published a number of decisions in cases involving EUTM applications or registrations during January. Here is a selection
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WIPO PROOF now in 10 languages
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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WIPO's digital business service for safeguarding intellectual assets, WIPO PROOF, is now available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
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 Thanks to all the MARQUES Teams and members who continue to contribute updates to the Class 46 and Class 99 blogs!
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Issue 121
