Issue 061

	January 2016 Contents:
	More information on EU trade mark legal reform	>
	MARQUES activities in 2016	>
	The evolving relationship between consumers and brands	>
	OHIM Academy activities in 2016	>
	Pilot searching for figurative trade marks	>
	Observatory publishes study on online advertising	>
	IP Case Law Conference	>
	MARQUES Media Roundup	>

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More information on EU trade mark legal reform
MARQUES is monitoring the implementation of the EU trade mark reform legislative package and has made a number of resources available to its members
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MARQUES activities in 2016
MARQUES already has a number of events planned for this year. Which ones will you attend?
Spring Team Meeting The Spring Team Meeting takes place in Frankfurt, Germany on 3^rd and 4^th March. All Team and Council members have been sent invitations by email. As well as the Team and Council meetings, there will be the annual Kay Uwe Jonas lecture. This will be delivered by Prof Dr Christian Rohnke, and the title will be "Law vs. Fact? Where the concepts of trade mark law meet consumer perception". There will also be a workshop on brand valuation on Thursday morning, presented by the Education Team. Other events coming up The next event hosted by MARQUES will be a Coexistence Agreement Workshop in Warsaw, Poland on 18^th February. This will be conducted in Polish and the fee is €25. More details are on the dedicated page. The 30^th MARQUES Annual Conference will take place in Villaitana, Alicante, Spain from 20^th to 23^rd September. More details, including booking information, will be available in May. Among other events being planned for 2016 are: Judges Meeting in Copenhagen (date tbc) Arbitration and Mediation Seminar in London (19^th April) USPTO seminar in UK, Germany and Netherlands (week of 24^th October) More details about all of these will be posted on the MARQUES events page as soon as they are available.
The evolving relationship between consumers and brands
MARQUES IP Outer Borders Team Chair Lisa Pearson writes: It is my privilege to introduce our series of papers on the evolving relationship between consumers and brands
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OHIM Academy activities in 2016		Pilot searching for figurative trade marks
The OHIM Academy has a programme of webinars, conferences and seminars in 2016		MARQUES wishes to draw members’ attention to the pilot searching solution for figurative trade marks in the eSearch Plus tool
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Observatory publishes study on online advertising
A new report by the OHIM Observatory on Infringements of IP Rights analyses digital advertising on IP-infringing websites, and the sectors supporting those ads
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IP Case Law Conference		MARQUES Media Roundup
OHIM (soon to be renamed EU IPO) will host an IP Case Law Conference in Alicante on 5^th and 6^th May 2016		Catch up on all the trade mark and design news and analysis on the MARQUES blogs and social media channels. Here are some recent highlights
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