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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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Representatives from 16 associations, including MARQUES, took part in the meeting and discussed EUIPO's efforts to assist SMEs, the digital transformation and proposed legislative reform for designs. EUIPO has posted a video about the meeting on its LinkedIn page. The Office stated: "Users are at the heart of the EUIPO's work, and this meeting serves to give them voice and air their views on procedures, practices and tools that impact them directly." MARQUES was represented by External Relations Officer Alessandra Romeo and Johannes Fuhrmann, Chair of the ETMLP Team. Alessandra Romeo, Johannes Fuhrmann and Mikas Miniotas, Co-Chair of the Designs Team, represented MARQUES at the Liaison Meetings on Cooperation, Trade Marks and Designs that took place on 28, 29 and 30 March. 2021 Awareness Grants EUIPO has published details of the impact of the 2021 Awareness Grants. The 12 projects reached more than 106 million people in 14 EU countries. There were two strands, focusing on education and consumers. More details are available on EUIPO's website here. Tuesday webinars The Academy will hold three webinars in April, on shape marks; the SME Fund; and APIs – a new way of communicating with EUIPO. Find full details and register on EUIPO's website here. Photo shows screenshot of EUIPO video
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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
