Issue 082

	October 2017 Contents:
	Video interview: MARQUES Chair Gregor Versondert	>
	Annual Conference photos and presentations	>
	Question the trade mark judges	>
	Latest updates from EUIPO	>
	New tools and tips on Madrid	>
	Upcoming MARQUES events	>
	MARQUES Media Roundup	>

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Video interview: MARQUES Chair Gregor Versondert
Chair of the MARQUES Council Gregor Versondert sat down during the Annual Conference in Prague to talk about his role, the Association’s plans and the big challenges in trade marks
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Annual Conference photos and presentations
Following the Annual Conference in Prague in September, delegates can now download resources from the MARQUES website. Reports of the sessions are also available
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Question the trade mark judges
The annual UCL-IBIL/MARQUES event at which IP practitioners can put judges on the spot took place in London last month
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Latest updates from EUIPO
MARQUES is pleased to share with readers news of recent important developments from EUIPO
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New tools and tips on Madrid
Madrid Monitor, the accession of Indonesia and some new webinars are among recent developments announced by WIPO
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Upcoming MARQUES events		MARQUES Media Roundup
The next Meet the Judges event will take place in Lisbon in December – the first time the meeting has been held in Portugal		Sign up for updates from the blogs, and join us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter for the latest MARQUES news. Recent topics covered include the latest EUIPO study, key cases from the CJEU and national courts and upcoming designs events at WIPO
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Recent posts include: New EUIPO study on fake e-shops selling IP-infringing products (Class 46) A new study titled "Research on Online Business Models Infringing Intellectual Property Rights - Phase 2" by the EUIPO investigates suspected trade mark infringing e-shops utilising previously used domain names and reveals the presence of over 27,000 fake e-shops selling IP infringing products in four EU countries: Sweden, UK, Germany and Spain. The study indicates that what on the surface seems like thousands of unrelated e-shops are likely to be one or a few businesses marketing suspected trade mark infringing goods to European consumers. Read more: https://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4560 Bundesgerichtshof: It is not over yet for the packet in the pocket (Class 46) In yesterday's decision, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) annulled two rulings of the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) that held both three-dimensional signs depicted below not to be eligible for protection as trade marks. Read more: https://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4556 Seminar on the Hague System on 2nd November (Class 99) MARQUES is pleased to bring readers news of another upcoming event at WIPO in Geneva. The one-day Seminar on the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs takes place on 2nd November Read more: https://www.marques.org/class99/Default.asp?XID=BHA811 You can also follow MARQUES on: LinkedIn Facebook Twitter

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