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Interview: MARQUES Chair Antony Douglass
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 Specsavers Legal Director Antony Douglass, who specialises in intellectual property, data protection, marketing and digital strategy, took over as MARQUES Chair during the recent spring meeting in Frankfurt. In this interview, he talks about the role of Chair, his interesting day job and the big challenges brands face today.
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Highlights from the Spring Meeting
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 More than 150 Council and Team members attended the MARQUES Spring Meeting in Frankfurt on 1 and 2 March
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Book now for webinar on design case law
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 The MARQUES Designs Team will host a webinar on EU design law on Wednesday 3 May from 15.00 to 16.30 CET
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Question the Trade Mark Judges
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 On 7 March, UCL-IBIL and MARQUES hosted the latest “Question the Trade Mark Judges” event in London. The Q&A panel discussion covered various timely issues in EU and UK trade mark law and procedure
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Practical guides published
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AI against counterfeits
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The MARQUES Brands and Marketing Team has published two new documents: a Basic Introduction to Web3 presentation and a paper on social media impersonation
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As part of its ongoing project on AI and IP, the MARQUES Cyberspace Team has prepared a paper looking at how AI-powered solutions can help in the fight against counterfeiting
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From the Observatory
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 In their regular update, Petra Herkul, Maria Cecilia Romoleroux and Sonia Santos of the MARQUES Anti-Counterfeiting and Parallel Trade Team summarise recent news from the EUIPO Observatory, EMPACT and the European Commission
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WIPO reports annual IP data
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MARQUES joins EUIPO User Group Meeting
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 Use of the international trade mark system fell by 6.1% in 2022, but the number of designs included in international applications under the Hague System increased by 11.2%, according to figures published by WIPO
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 European Union Intellectual Property Office (@EU_IPO) _ Twitter.png) The EUIPO User Group Meeting took place in Alicante during the week of 27 March. This was the 34th meeting since they began in 1998.
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The data were published at the end of February and can be analysed on WIPO's website here. WIPO also revealed that filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty grew by 0.3% to 278,100 in 2022. India and the Republic of Korea both saw significant growth. The decline in international trade mark filings (the largest drop since 2009) followed growth of 15% in 2021. There were 69,000 applications in 2022, and L'Oréal was the top filer for the second year running, followed by Novartis AG and Glaxo Group. The growth in design filings was driven by applications from China, which joined the System in May 2022. Chinese applicants filed 2,558 designs out of a global total of 25,028, making China the second-placed country of origin after Germany. The top design filer was Procter & Gamble, followed by Philips Electronics and Samsung Electronics. Hague System amendments Amendments to Rule 14 of the Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement come into force on 1 April 2023. WIPO states: "The amendments to Rule 14 will allow the International Bureau to invite the applicant to make payment of at least the basic fee for one design before starting its examination. This will help improve service delivery by focusing examination on cases where fees have been paid." Read more in Information Notice 6/2023 on WIPO’s website. Pictures taken from WIPO's website
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Trade mark and design judgments in March
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The CJEU has published its opinion in a case concerning design rights, and the EU General Court has delivered several interesting judgments in cases concerning EUTMs and RCDs
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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 The MARQUES blogs include reports on cases and legal developments as well as news from MARQUES Teams. Sign up for notifications so you don’t miss out!
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Issue 147
