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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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The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, on behalf of the EU Commission (DG Trade), is launching a survey of EU entities with an interest in the protection and enforcement of IP rights in third countries. Similar surveys have been carried out by DG Trade in the past.
The survey aims to gather information, from those involved and interested, to build up a picture of the reality of IPR protection and enforcement in various third countries. This information will be collated by the Observatory and transmitted to DG Trade.
DG Trade will then be in a position to use the information, together with what it has gathered from other sources, in compiling analyses of the situation in the various third countries. It will put this information to use in compiling its own reports on the general IPR enforcement scene in third countries and the situation in individual countries and to provide assistance in preparation for negotiation with these countries.
The survey will be one of the tools used to help improve the IPR enforcement scene in third countries. It is thus important to all EU entities with an interest in this subject.
MARQUES encourages members to complete this online survey in respect of each country where you have an interest and knowledge.
It is available from 10 March to 10 June at:
https://www.tmdn.org/uss/index.php?sid=64891&lang=en.
The survey is easy to complete but in case of difficulty help is available from a dedicated email address within the Observatory: ObservatorySurvey@oami.europa.eu
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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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Issue 039
