Issue 070
  October 2016
Contents:
 

Demystifying the rebrand

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The future of classification online

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Judges tackle 10 trade mark questions

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Latest data on economic performance of IP-rich industries

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Updates from EUIPO

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The new Swiss “geographical mark”

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The Mexican trade mark “opposition”

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New edition of Nice Classification

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WIPO seminars in November

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The pluses and minuses of licensing brands

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Mark your calendars!

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MARQUES Media Roundup

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Disclaimer:
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Demystifying the rebrand

 

 

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

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The future of classification online


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

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Judges tackle 10 trade mark questions

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)

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Latest data on economic performance of IP-rich industries

 

Updates from EUIPO


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

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The new Swiss “geographical mark”

 

 

 

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

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The Mexican trade mark “opposition”

 

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

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New edition of Nice Classification

 

WIPO seminars in November


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

 


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

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The pluses and minuses of licensing brands

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

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Mark your calendars!

 

MARQUES Media Roundup

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

 

 


Keep up to date with trade mark and other IP developments on the MARQUES blogs and social media

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Recently on the blogs:

Sealed! Finnish Market Court rules in trade mark and unfair business practice case on figurative seal mark. Read more: http://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4444.

General Court: Gucci v Guess- the European episode. Read more: http://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4441.

General Court rules on belated evidence in EUIPO invalidity proceedings. Read more: http://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4443.

You can also keep up to date with MARQUES on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

In next month’s issue of HouseMARQUES, look out for a special video interview with MARQUES Chair Uwe Over, recorded during the Annual Conference in Villaitana.

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