Issue 077

	May 2017 Contents:
	Sign up now for Annual Conference in Prague!	>
	Last chance to register: Hague Agreement, Paris	>
	MARQUES takes part in oriGIn meeting	>
	Field Notes from the Outer Borders: UNNAMED	>
	New eAppeal at EUIPO	>
	Latest Madrid System developments	>
	Case Law Laboratory in Alicante	>
	MARQUES Media Roundup	>
	New Convergence Projects	>

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Sign up now for Annual Conference in Prague!
Registration is now open for the 31^st MARQUES Annual Conference, which takes place in Prague from Tuesday 19^th to Friday 22^nd September 2017
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Last chance to register: Hague Agreement, Paris
Mastering The Hague Agreement – from Asia to the USA, through the EU takes place in Paris on 14^th June 2017
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MARQUES takes part in oriGIn meeting
Alessandro Sciarra, Chair of the Geographical Indications Team, gave a presentation at a side-event organised by the Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network (oriGIn) in the framework of the 37th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT), which took place in Geneva from March 27th to March 30th 2017
The objective of the side-event, which was held at the WIPO headquarters, was to present the state of the art of the oriGIn project of an online compilation of all geographical indications (GIs) protected in the world. The compilation will list the protected GIs with the indication of the country of origin, category of product, type of legal protection (sui generis, legislative act, court ruling, collective/certification mark, etc) and third countries where the GIs are protected via bilateral or plurilateral agreements. Difficulties outlined Alessandro outlined the existing difficulties for brand owners and IP professionals in accessing information about GIs and showed how these difficulties may have an impact on clearance of new brands, trade mark monitoring and due diligence exercises in projects of cooperation between trade marks and GIs. The oriGIn compilation, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year, will be available to the public. The GI Team will continue to follow this interesting project and will inform the MARQUES community as soon as the GI compilation is operative. Worldwide Symposium MARQUES has also been invited to attend the next Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications, organised jointly by WIPO and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (SAIC). This takes place in Yanzhou, Jiangsu Province, China from 29^th June to 1^st July 2017. Alessandro will represent MARQUES at the Symposium, which will look at topics including the socio-economics of GIs, management of GIs, branding strategies for origin-based products and the Madrid and Lisbon systems, as well as specific local, regional and international issues. Alessandro Sciarra, Chair of the Geographical Indications Team
Field Notes from the Outer Borders: UNNAMED
In the latest in its series of Field Notes concerning unusual trade marks, Nicoletta Galizia of the IP Emerging Issues Team looks at a brand with no name - UNNAMED by Byredo
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New eAppeal at EUIPO		Latest Madrid System developments
EUIPO launched a new service on 10^th April 2017 allowing users to file an appeal online, and provided more information in a webinar on 11^th April		MARQUES members might like to know about a number of recent initiatives from WIPO, which affect the Madrid System
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Case Law Laboratory in Alicante		MARQUES Media Roundup
EUIPO's first Case Law Laboratory will be held on 12^th June and is aimed at professionals in the field of trade mark and design law		Find out the latest news and analysis on trade mark, design and other relevant IP issues on the MARQUES blogs and social media pages
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European Cooperation: New Convergence Projects to be launched soon		India joins TMview
Two new Convergence Projects, covering use of a trade mark in a form differing from the one registered and distinctiveness of three-dimensional trade marks, are due to be launched in October 2017		Members might be interested to know that India joined TMview on 26th April 2017
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