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The HouseMARQUES interview: Ingrid De Groot
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 MARQUES Internal Relations Officer Ingrid De Groot talks about her role and about managing the MARQUES website as Web Content Manager, picks out some of her highlights from the past 10 years and explains why her job sometimes requires diplomacy.
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Field Notes from the Outer Borders
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The IP Outer Borders Team collects and reports on unusual trade marks from around the globe. This month: the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra creates a sound logo.
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WIPO SCT – Designs Team report
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German Design Act modernised
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 MARQUES participated in the 30th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) in November 2013 in Geneva. Peter Gustav Olson from MAQS Law Firm in Copenhagen represented MARQUES.
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With the new German Design Act, which will enter into force on January 1, 2014, a number of significant changes and new innovations will come into force.
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Common Communication on class headings
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 OHIM's Common Communication on the Common Practice on the General Indications of the Nice Class Headings was published on 20th November.
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New common practice on B&W marks
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 Under a new common practice endorsed by the OHIM Administrative Board on 19th November 2013, black and white marks no longer automatically cover all colours.
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OHIM perceptions survey published
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New OHIM website launched
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Nine out of 10 Europeans have not bought counterfeit products or downloaded illegally in the past 12 months, according to a report on perceptions of IP published by OHIM in November
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 OHIM’s new website was launched on 2nd December.
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WIPO report examines brands
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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Investment in branding comes to nearly $0.5 trillion a year, exceeding investments on R&D and design, according to WIPO’s latest World Intellectual Property Report, published in November.
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 Follow twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and the blogs Class 46 and Class 99 for the latest news and debate around trade marks.
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The second report focuses on “Brands: Reputation and Image in the Global Marketplace” and includes economic data, analysis and case studies on how companies and others use brands, and what their use means for consumers, market competition and innovation.The report found that companies invested some $466 billion on branding in 2011, the latest year for which there are reliable data. More comprehensive data is available for the US, showing that investment in all branding expenditure there came to $340 billion in 2010. The report also found that middle-income economies such as China and India invest more in branding than high-income economies did when they were at a comparable development stage. The average brand value of companies based in middle-income economies has grown faster than that of companies in high-income economies. Read the full Report on WIPO’s website. James Nurton of the MARQUES Communication & Membership Team took part in the launch of the Report at WIPO in Geneva and MARQUES 2nd Vice-Chair Gregor Versondert also attended.
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Issue 035
