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Latest news on OHIM website
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 MARQUES has been actively monitoring the difficulties arising from the launch of the new OHIM website.
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Various users, including MARQUES members, experienced problems with the website after it was launched on 2nd December.
These have been recognised by OHIM, which has set up a page on the website listing reported errors and the progress being made to rectify them. You can read the latest updates here.
Each issue listed on this page is illustrated with a colour-coded progress bar. There is also detailed information on errors experienced.
OHIM will update the list weekly, and the most recent update was on 24th January. Users can also submit details of other errors experienced.
In the meantime, the MARQUES Trade Mark Law & Practice Team, led by second vice-chair Sofía Martínez-Almeida y Alejos-Pita of Gomez Acebo & Pombo in Madrid, has been working on detailed comments on the website that will be sent to OHIM shortly.
The comments will note that, while MARQUES welcomes the aims behind the new website, many users have been disappointed by the disruptions and malfunctioning during the first weeks of operation.
The paper will list a number of significant issues raised by MARQUES members, illustrated by screenshots from the website.
The Team would like to thank all MARQUES members who have submitted details of their experiences with the new site and welcomes any further comments: please email info@marques.org with the subject line “OHIM website”.
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HouseMARQUES interview: Lee Grosskreuz Hechtel
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 Lee Grosskreuz Hechtel is deputy general counsel of NBTY and chair of the MARQUES Regulatory Team. She talks to James Nurton about nutraceuticals, plain packaging – and Airedale terriers.
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Update on EU trade mark reform
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 MARQUES’ EU Trademark Reform Task Force has published comments on the latest plans for European trade mark reform.
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Find out about the OHIM Observatory
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New CTM and RCD examination guidelines
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The OHIM Observatory now has its own website and recently distributed its first newsletter.
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OHIM recently published new examination guidelines for Community trade marks and registered Community designs, which come into effect on 1st February.
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Design Liaisons Meeting in Alicante
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MARQUES was invited to attend the 12th Liaison Meeting on Design held in Alicante on 25th and 26th November 2013. The two vice-chairs of MARQUES’ Designs Team, Sebastian Fischoeder and Robert Stutz, participated.
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IP Outer Borders Team publishes fair use report
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 The IP Outer Borders Team has been surveying trade mark practitioners throughout the world regarding the intersection of trade marks and freedom of speech, including parody, art, personal and political expression or simply comparative advertising.
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China trade mark flowcharts updated
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 For the past 12 months, the China Team has been working on flowcharts on the PRC trade mark prosecution and opposition procedures, cancellation proceeding and civil litigation.
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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: How can a philosophy be hidden in a trade mark?
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Coming soon: Coexistence Workshop in Zurich
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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The next MARQUES Coexistence Agreement Workshop will be held in Zurich on 5th February.
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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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Issue 037
