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Team Meetings: report and photos
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More than 150 MARQUES members gathered in Amsterdam for the annual Team Meetings on 6th and 7th March.
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The HouseMARQUES interview: Professor Dirk Visser
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 Professor Dirk Visser gave the second annual Kay Uwe Jonas lecture at the MARQUES Team Meetings in Amsterdam this month. After his speech, James Nurton asked him a few questions.
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Update from the Education Team
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 Janice Trebble of the Education Team outlines some of its recent initiatives, and explains how MARQUES members can help.
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New Regulations in South Africa
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 Simonne Moodie of the Brands & Marketing Team provides a summary of the new Regulations Relating to Foodstuffs for Infants and Young Children in South Africa.
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MARQUES raises concerns over TM reforms
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 MARQUES has submitted comments on the latest developments regarding trade mark reforms in Europe.
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Observatory launches enforcement survey
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Have your say on IPR enforcement: MARQUES encourages members to complete Observatory survey.
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Latest Madrid Protocol developments
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 WIPO has announced several initiatives: a new publication on the Madrid system; a revised Guide to the International Registration of Marks under the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol; and amended official Madrid forms (MM forms).
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Francis Gurry on the impact of new gTLDs
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World IP Day 2014 to focus on movies
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 WIPO Director General Francis Gurry discussed various challenges posed to trade mark protection by the proliferation of new gTLDs earlier this month.
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 The theme of this year’s World IP Day, which takes place on 26th April, is Movies: A Global Passion.
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Upcoming MARQUES events
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MARQUES Social Media
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 Update your calendar with all the MARQUES events planned for the coming year.
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 In the past month, MARQUES bloggers have posted on the Trunki design case; German trade mark statistics; and the DEXEUS trade mark case in Spain, among many other topics.
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Magmatic: "horned animal" ride-on case not infringed by tiger and ladybird competitors
 As promised, here's a note on the ruling of the Court of Appeal for England and Wales inMagmatic Ltd v PMS International Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 181, which was decided last Friday. In short, the court held, reversing the decision of the trial judge, that the defendant's ride-on suitcase for children known as the "Kiddee Case" did not infringe the claimant's Community registered design (CRD) for another ride-on suitcase known as the "Trunki".
DPMA - trade mark statistics for 2013
 Some trade mark statistics for our readers' delectation before the weekend. The German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) has issued a press release concerning trade mark filings and registrations for 2013. 60161 trade mark applications were filed at the DPMA – an increase of 0.5% compared to 2012- and 43507 trade marks matured to registration – a decrease of 5.6% compared to 2012.
Spain: DEXEUS - A shared goodwill attached to single trademark registration and other important issues
The enormous backlog in the Courts does generally prevent their judges from analyzing deeply and extensively the facts and questions of law that may arise from a claim. However, from time to time, a Judge decides to sit down and devote her precious time to a case in order to explain meticulously the reasons of its decision, the applicable law and how this is construed by other Courts, resulting in an important piece in the case-law in the corresponding field of law.
MARQUES on social media
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Issue 039
