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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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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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LUSH bath-bombs Amazon in keyword trial
 The High Court, England and Wales, recently handed down its judgment in Cosmetic Warriors Limited and Lush Limited v Amazon.co.uk Limited and Amazon EU SARL [2014] 181 (Ch). This writer, a big fan of Lush's sugary lip scrub, eagerly awaited the judgment. Lush, widely known for its bath bomb products, claimed Amazon infringed its Community trade mark for the sign LUSH in respect of cosmetics and toiletries including, soap ...
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General Court: representation of a yellow curved line
In Case T-331/12, Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG applied for the following figurative sign for various goods in Classes 7,9, 10 and 11, always specifying for each class that “all aforementioned goods with an electronic screen” ...
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Gautzsch: CJEU gives guidance on "circles interested"
 The Third Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its ruling yesterday in Case C 479/12, H. Gautzsch Großhandel GmbH & Co. KG v Münchener Boulevard Möbel Joseph Duna GmbH, this being a request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), on some questions relating to the interpretation of Directive 6/2002 on Community designs ....
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Issue 038
