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Watch the highlights from the Annual Conference
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It was a great week in Berlin, with lively panels; lots of discussion about brands, business and the law; and some great German hospitality. Watch the video to see more!
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In Brands We Trust Annual Conference Berlin 2023
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German Judges Meeting
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 More than 950 people attended the 37th MARQUES Annual Conference in Berlin from 19th to 22nd September
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The next MARQUES event is Meet the Judges, which will be held at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office in Munich on 24th November 2023
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New edition of Look-Alike Chart
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 The MARQUES Unfair Competition Team has published the 2023 edition of the Look-Alike Chart, which includes information on enforcement against look-alikes around the world
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MEPs approve non-agri GI proposal
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 On 12 September, the European Parliament voted in favour of adopting the Regulation on geographical indication (GI) protection for crafts and industrial products, commonly referred to as the non-agri GI protection
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From the Observatory...
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Council adopts position on Designs Directive and Regulation
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The MARQUES Anti-Counterfeiting and Parallel Trade Team shares its regular monthly update on IP enforcement developments, this month focusing on Madrid Fashion Week
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 The Council of the EU adopted its position on the proposed recast Directive on the legal protection of designs and its position on the proposed amended Regulation on community designs on 25 September
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News from EUIPO
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 The EUIPO has announced the winners of the DesignEuropa Awards, as well as an online piracy study and a webinar series on designs
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DesignEuropa Awards The Awards were held in Berlin on 5 September. MARQUES First Vice-Chair Dr Claudia Pappas attended on behalf of MARQUES. The winners were: - RemigoOne (Slovenia): SME category
- Smeg (Italy): industry category
- Maria Benktzon (Sweden): Lifetime Achievement Awardhere.
Read more on the MARQUES Class 99 blog here. Online piracy study A new EUIPO study found that TV content is the most pirated type of content in the EU, accounting for nearly half of all piracy, and piracy of live events, such as streaming of sports games, is also on the rise. The study measured the number of monthly accesses per internet user to illegal content, which had declined between 2017 and 2021. In 2022, the trend was reversed, and digital piracy increased by 3.3 %. EUIPO Executive Director Christian Archambeau said in a statement: "The new study shows that there is still much work to do to tackle piracy. Stopping this phenomenon is complex as piracy is continuously evolving with technology. This is why understanding the underlying mechanisms of piracy is essential to adopt effective policies and measures that contribute to reducing it." Read more on EUIPO's website here. Design webinars The EUIPO Academy is holding a series of four webinars in October titled "Track on design": - 3 October: Design protection: RCDs and UCDs
- 10 October: Recent case law on designs from the CJEU and EU General Court
- 17 October: Abusive design registrations
- 24 October: New RCD e-filing
Each webinar starts at 10:00 Alicante time. Find out more and sign up on EUIPO's website here.
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WIPO developments
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 Recent news from WIPO includes a new awareness survey, the Global Innovation Index and an in-person seminar on the Madrid System in Geneva
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Latest judgments from Luxembourg
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The EU General Court has had a busy September, with lots of interesting judgments in EUTM and RCD cases. We highlight a few of them
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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 The MARQUES blogs include reports on all the plenary sessions from the Annual Conference in Berlin as well as much more!
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Issue 153
