Issue 074

	February 2017 Contents:
	Coexistence agreement workshop held in Sofia	>
	EUIPO Observatory – recent activities and Working Programme for 2017	>
	Second anti-scam (anti-fraud) network meeting	>
	Get guidance on your EUIPO online application	>
	Switzerland implements CP5 Common Practice	>
	Looking ahead to TM5/ID5 2017 meetings	>
	Sign up for the Luxury Brands Symposium!	>
	EUIPO Academy Tuesday webinars	>
	MARQUES Media Roundup	>

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Coexistence agreement workshop held in Sofia
The latest MARQUES Coexistence Agreement Workshop was held on 1^st February at the BW Premier Collection City Hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria
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EUIPO Observatory – recent activities and Working Programme for 2017
Kristina Edén Johnsen of the MARQUES ACPT Team provides an update on the work of the EUIPO Observatory
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Second anti-scam (anti-fraud) network meeting		Get guidance on your EUIPO online application
EUIPO is hosting the second meeting of the Anti-Scam (formerly Anti-Fraud) Network on 28^th February		Members of the EUIPO Information Centre can now guide users through the online process when applying for an EU trade mark
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The first meeting of the Network was held in June 2014. Taking into account the increase of fraudulent activities of scammers who continue sending out misleading invoices to users, EUIPO is convoking a second meeting, which will be held ahead of the Liaison meeting on Cooperation which takes place form 1^st to 3^rd March. Members of the Network and User Associations are invited to attend. MARQUES is a member of the Network and is very active in the fight against scam invoices. It has established an Anti-Fraud Task Force to address this issue. The Task Force is assisting the EUIPO and Swedish authorities in a criminal case against a large scam invoice operation (see MARQUES 2016 Achievements List)
Switzerland implements CP5 Common Practice		Looking ahead to TM5/ID5 2017 meetings
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) has implemented the CP5 Common Practice of Relative Grounds of Refusal – Likelihood of Confusion (Impact of non-distinctive/weak components).		The dates for the TM5 and ID5 annual and mid-term meetings, which will be hosted by EUIPO, have been announced
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Sign up for the Luxury Brands Symposium!
There are only a few weeks to go until the second MARQUES Luxury Brands Symposium, to be held in Hong Kong on Thursday 16^th and Friday 17^th March
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EUIPO Academy Tuesday webinars		MARQUES Media Roundup
Webinars, which last from 30 to 60 minutes, take place every Tuesday - here are the timings and topics planned for March		Where do you find the latest trade mark, design and related legal news? The MARQUES Class 46 and Class 99 blogs of course!
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