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Presidential Communication on Article 28(8)
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OHIM has clarified how it will implement Article 28 EUTMR, providing guidance on filing declarations regarding the specification of goods and services. Robert Guthrie explains
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Coexistence agreement workshop in Poland
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The latest MARQUES Coexistence Agreement Workshop was held in Warsaw, Poland on 18th February
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Field notes from the Outer Borders
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The IP Outer Borders Team’s latest field note is on … a field!
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Arbitrating and mediating trade marks
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MARQUES is hosting an event on arbitrating and mediating trade marks in London on 19th April 2016
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Unlock the benefits of IP Key
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Survey on IPR in third countries
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 IP Key has recently updated the Roadmap on trade mark protection in China, taking into account recent changes in the legislation
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MARQUES members are invited to participate in the forthcoming survey on enforcing IP rights in third countries, which launches on 1st March
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Speaking Freely: Brands, Art, Public Policy & Genericide
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The first article in the IP Outer Borders Team’s series on topical branding issues looks at public engagement with brands, and the clash between trade mark rights and freedom of expression
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Bags, luggage, jewellery and watches reports published
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The Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, based at OHIM in Alicante, has published two more reports on the economic cost of IPR infringement
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DesignEuropa awards launched
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Enforcement Database Forum
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The new DesignEuropa awards, to be held in November this year in Milan, will celebrate excellence in design and design management among RCD owners
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The Enforcement Database (EDB) Forum 2016 will take place at OHIM in Alicante on 28th and 29th June
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Reminder on IRs designating United States
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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 WIPO recently published the following Madrid Information Notice regarding international registrations designating the United States
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 Catch up on all the trade mark and design news and analysis on the MARQUES blogs and social media channels. Here are some recent highlights
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Would YOU be confused between EUROMARKER and EURIMARK? General Court says Yes The General Court rendered a judgment(see Judgment T-683/13),in a case where the general consumer is made up, for the most part, of Class 46 readers and in general IP practitioners. Read more: http://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4299 Germany: BGH confirms work title protection for smartphone-apps In “wetter.de” (I ZR 202/14) the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on 28 January 2016 held that the names of websites and smartphone-apps may per se be protectable as “work titles underSection 5 of the German Trade Mark Act (MarkenG), which concerns the protection of “commercial designations” and provides as follows: - Company symbols and titles of works shall enjoy protection as commercial designations.
- Company symbols are signs used in the course of trade as a name, company name or special designation of a business operation or an enterprise. Business symbols and other signs intended to distinguish the business operation from other business operations which are regarded as symbols of the business operation within involved trade circles shall be deemed equivalent to the special designation of a business operation.
- Titles of works are the names or special designations of printed publications, cinematic works, music works, stage works or other comparable works.
Read more: http://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4290 Turkey changes frequency of publication of Designs Bulletin The Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) has very recently announced an important change relating to its practice regarding the publication of trade marks. This was mentioned on the Class 46 weblog here. We have now learned that the TPI has made similar changes with regard to design registrations. Read more: http://www.marques.org/class99/Default.asp?XID=BHA724 MARQUES blogs and social media: Class 46 Class 99 Facebook page LinkedIn discussion group Twitter feed
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