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Erik Wilbers of WIPO gives Kay Uwe Jonas lecture
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Erik Wilbers, Director of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, discussed the evolution of the UDRP system in the 2017 Kay Uwe Jonas Memorial Lecture, held during the MARQUES Spring Team Meeting in Geneva
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Spring Team Meeting in Geneva
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Some 170 MARQUES members attended the Spring Team Meeting in Geneva this month, which included a workshop on the Madrid System, a Leadership Meeting of Team chairs, the annual Kay-Uwe Jonas Memorial Lecture and presentations by all 20 MARQUES Teams and Task Forces
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 Some 170 people attended the Meeting, and were welcomed by the new MARQUES Chair, Gregor Versondert of Procter & Gamble.
Gregor described the Teams as the “backbone of MARQUES” and said he looked forward to “expanding the scope of MARQUES reasonably” for example by holding more meetings in south-east Asia (such as the Luxury Brands Symposium in Hong Kong this month). He also encouraged Teams and members to look into issues around advertising saying this topic is a “business reality” for many brand owners. A number of Teams are working on studies related to advertising law already. For example, the Brands and Marketing Team and Regulatory Team are looking at advertising regulation in the US, Europe, China and the Middle East, as well as advertising to children, while the Unfair Competition Team is launching a project on the in-house evaluation/clearance of adverts. Teams also provided updates on panels and workshops planned for the MARQUES Annual Conference in Prague in September, as well as other meetings scheduled for the coming year. For an up-to-date list of upcoming events, see the MARQUES events page. The newest MARQUES Team is the Copyright Team, and it already has 25 members. Projects include a summary of the EU Directive on the Copyright Package, to be published online soon, and a study into case law on copyright and brand protection. The Team is also looking to work with other teams with related interests, such as the Designs Team. Finally, there was a great deal of interest in the Brexit Task Force, which will be making representations on behalf of MARQUES members on issues arising from the UK’s decision to leave the EU – not only to UK institutions but also those in other EU member states. Following a kick-off meeting, there was a short update on the work of the Task Force. Members can email MARQUES if they want to continue to be updated on its work.
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Your guide to the Hague System
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Certification marks report published
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MARQUES, in collaboration with WIPO, will present the first in a series of events on the Hague System on 27th April in Munich
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The Regulatory Team has compiled a report on certification marks, which is available to read on the MARQUES website
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Changes to geographical indications in Turkey
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Turkey’s new IP Code introduced some important changes to GI and TSG protection. Özlem Fütman of the MARQUES GI Team explains
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Field Notes from the Outer Borders: TRADEMARK
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In the latest report from the IP Outer Borders Team on unusual trade marks around the globe, Rob Deans and Janet Satterthwaite discuss attempts to register TRADEMARK as a trade mark
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Updates from EUIPO
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WIPO cybersquatting cases hit record high
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Meetings in Barcelona and Alicante and this month’s list of Tuesday webinars are all likely to be of interest to MARQUES members
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Trade mark owners filed 3,036 cases under the UDRP with WIPO in 2016, an increase of 10% on the previous year, according to data published this month
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Report reveals European citizens’ views on IP
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A new study published by the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights assesses how EU citizens perceive intellectual property, to what degree they respect IP rights and how their perceptions compare by age and region
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Recommendations on packing materials from HK Customs
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DG TAXUD has shared some recommendations for IP right holders in the EU regarding packing material (labels, stickers, etc) shipped from Hong Kong
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Luxury Brands Symposium in Hong Kong
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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MARQUES held the Luxury Brands Symposium in Hong Kong on 16th and 17th March
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Don’t wait to keep up-to-date with MARQUES news and activities! Find out what’s happening in trade marks and designs with the MARQUES blogs, and on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
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Issue 075
