In-house counsel from Mars and Google helped attendees at the MARQUES Annual Conference understand some of the mysteries and issues around rebranding

During last month’s Annual Conference, MARQUES delegates were able to attend a workshop organised by the European Trade Mark Law & Practice team and the EUIPO and hosted at EUIPO’s headquarters in Alicante. The EUIPO gave a preview of planned new online tools as well as a recap of those that are already available for all users of the EU trade mark system

17th October saw another successful run (the fifth) of the popular annual “Question the Trade Mark Judges”. Hosted by University College London, it is organised jointly by MARQUES and UCL’s Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL)

28% of all jobs in the EU can be directly attributed to IPR-intensive industries, as can 42% of total economic activity in the EU, according to a new study published this month

There are a number of recent developments at EUIPO that will be of interest to MARQUES members

Jürg Simon of the MARQUES GI Team discusses the benefits of the new Swiss geographical mark

There are many concerns about the new Mexican trade mark opposition system, as Laura Collada of the MARQUES International Trade Mark Law and Practice Team explains

The 11^th edition of the Nice Classification will enter into force on 1^st January 2017

There are seminars on The Hague Agreement and Madrid System planned in Geneva during November

In the first of a series of articles looking at various aspects of licensing brands, members of the MARQUES IAM Team discuss the advantages of exploiting your brand through licensing arrangements

Start planning for the 2017 and 2018 Annual Conferences, and other MARQUES events

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