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MARQUES welcomes Parliament vote on goods in transit
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 As part of the wider review of the EU trade mark legislation, the European Parliament has voted in favour of the amendments jointly tabled by MEPs Marielle Gallo and Bernhard Rapkay on provisions regarding counterfeit goods in transit.
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Coexistence Agreement Workshop held in Zurich
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 The latest MARQUES Coexistence Agreement Workshop was hosted by law firm MeyerLustenbergerLachenal in Zurich on 5th February.
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There were eight participants, most of them senior trade mark practitioners in private practice and the half-day workshop was followed by a drinks reception.
MLL lawyers Barbara Muller and Peter Schramm hosted the event, which followed a similar format to previous MARQUES workshops on the same topic.
“We started by outlining the major issues of interest, including those relating to antitrust and termination of agreements. We had to amend the factual background slightly for Switzerland,” said Barbara. After this introduction, the participants discussed the hypothetical problem and developed their solutions.
Barbara said one of the interesting lessons was that the outcome was very different to when the same exercise was practised by her firm’s IP team before the workshop.
“It’s a fun format, and it got quite competitive,” she added. “But if you give such a problem to a brand lawyer, it’s bound to get competitive!”
She added that the format meant that participants paid attention all the way through, something that is not always the case with lectures. They were also pleased that it delivered a clear outcome.
The workshop was held in German. Barbara suggested that the event could be repeated in French in Geneva, if someone would like to host it.
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Rolex decision a victory for brand owners
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 The judgment of the CJEU in Martin Blomqvist v Rolex (Case C-98/13 February 2014) is a stunning victory for brand owners – in more than one sense, as Ian Lowe explains.
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GI Team take part in Lisbon System Working Group
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Members of the MARQUES Geographical Indications Team were present for all five days of the 8th Session of the Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin) in Geneva, Switzerland from 2nd to 6th December 2013.
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Third Common Communication published
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OHIM website: list of errors available
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On 20th February EU national IP offices, participating user associations and OHIM published on their respective websites a third Common Communication in relation to the IP Translator ruling. This aims to provide clear, concise and consistent information on the acceptability of classification terms.
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 OHIM has provided further updates on the difficulties that users have experienced with its new website since the report in last month’s issue of HouseMARQUES.
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Forthcoming MARQUES events
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Media Roundup: LUSH v Amazon in keyword trial
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 Update your calendar with all the MARQUES events planned for the coming year.
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 Posts on the Lush v Amazon case, the representation of a yellow curved line and the Gautzsch design case were among those featured on the MARQUES blogs this month.
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Issue 038
